Re: [caret-users] crash of X KDE session

2006-12-06 Thread marco tettamanti

Hi John,
I have tried unlimiting the coredumpsize from a tcsh shell (as I was 
indeed using a bash shell and the coredumpsize was limited to 0 kbytes) 
but, for some reasons, even if caret crashes no core file gets written out.
All the display functions that I have tried out (rendering surfaces, 
overlaying metric maps and so on) seem to work fine. But I couldn't tell 
whether the problem is really limited to opening volumes, as I haven't 
tried out many other things.

I will try to upgrade the graphic card drivers!
Thanks!
Marco


John Harwell wrote:

Marco,

The creation of a core file may be inhibited.  So, make sure you are 
running one of the c-shell variances (enter the command /bin/csh or 
/bin/tcsh.  Enter the command limit.  If coredumpsize is anything 
but unlimited, do the following:


* Enter the command unlimit coredumpsize.
* Enter limit to verify that coredumpsize is unlimited.
* Run caret by typing ./caret5 but do not use gdb.
* Import the volume to get Caret to crash.
* Relogin.
* Enter the command gdb ./caret5 core.
* Type where at the gdb prompt and send me the output.

Are your able to load a surface into Caret5?

Have you tried updating your graphics card drivers?

John

On Dec 5, 2006, at 10:24 AM, marco tettamanti wrote:


Hi John,
I have downloaded caret5_exe_linux_debug and ran it, but strange things
happened... :-|
1) First, I ran the debug executable as caret5 -notext as you 
suggested: I selected File Import, and, wow! caret opened the file. I 
did the same

with File Open and it worked. Solved, I thought: must be the freetype
library. So I clicked on the upper right corner to quit Caret and,
whoops, the X session crashed.
2) Second, I started X again, and wanted to replicate this behavior. I
launched the debug caret5 -notext, choose File Import... Well, this time
the X session crashed at this point already.
3) Third, I followed your suggestion and typed gdb ./caret5 (the debug
version), choose File Import and the X session crashed. Unfortunately,
at rebooting there was no core file in the directory from where I
launched caret.
4) I have tried to re-download caret5_exe_linux_debug to check whether 
something had gone corrupted during 1), but Caret continued to crash 
right after a File Import command.


Thank you again!
Marco


John Harwell wrote:

Hi Marco,
We had a problem similar to this that had to do with the freetype 
library that is used to render the stereotaxic coordinates on the 
volume display window.  I have built a new version of Caret5 for 
linux that has an option, -notext, that will prevent Caret5 from 
trying to draw any text characters.
* Go to http://brainmap.wustl.edu/pub/john/marco/;.  Use the 
username pub and the password download to access the website.
* Download the file caret5_exe_linux_debug.zip.  This is a big file 
since it contains debugging information.  If it takes too long to 
download, download caret5_exe_linux.zip instead.
* Unzip this file which will produce the caret5 executable.  In the 
directory where you place the caret5 executable, start it with the 
command ./caret5 -notext.  Load a volume into Caret and see if 
Caret crashes.  If Caret does not crash after loading a volume, it 
probably means there is a problem with the freetype library on your 
computer (perhaps google freetype server crash.
* If Caret still crashes with the -notext option and you downloaded 
the debug zip file do the following:  Run the command gdb 
./caret5.  After about 15-30 seconds there will be a gdb prompt and 
enter the command run.  Load a volume into Caret.  When Caret 
crashes enter the command where at the gdb and send me the output.  
If your X session crashes, log back in, and, in the same directory, 
see if there is a file named core.  If there is a file named core, 
enter the command gdb ./caret5 core.  At the gdb prompt, enter the 
command where and send me the output.

Good Luck.
--
John Harwell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
314-362-3467
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Washington University School of Medicine
660 S. Euclid Ave.Box 8108
St. Louis, MO 63110   USA
On Dec 1, 2006, at 8:42 AM, marco tettamanti wrote:

Hi Donna,
I have tried to use File: Open Volume Anatomy and Open Volume 
Functional on:

image.hdr
image.HEAD
image.nii

as you suggested, but unfortunately they all cause the X session to 
crash.


Thank you for you help!
Best,
Marco

Donna Dierker wrote:

Marco,
Does the problem occur when you use File: Open Volume Anatomy (or 
functional) File to open the same file?
If so, does it occur if you convert the file to NIfTI and/or AFNI?  
I'm guessing it will (e.g., suggesting a display issue, rather than 
a file I/O issue), but it helps to be sure.  If you have trouble 
converting to another file format, then upload the file here, and 
I'll provide you the converted version:

http://pulvinar.wustl.edu/cgi-bin/upload.cgi
On 11/30/2006 04:08 AM, marco tettamanti wrote:

Hi John and Donna,

Re: [caret-users] crash of X KDE session

2006-12-05 Thread marco tettamanti

Hi John,
I have downloaded caret5_exe_linux_debug and ran it, but strange things
happened... :-|
1) First, I ran the debug executable as caret5 -notext as you suggested: 
I selected File Import, and, wow! caret opened the file. I did the same

with File Open and it worked. Solved, I thought: must be the freetype
library. So I clicked on the upper right corner to quit Caret and,
whoops, the X session crashed.
2) Second, I started X again, and wanted to replicate this behavior. I
launched the debug caret5 -notext, choose File Import... Well, this time
the X session crashed at this point already.
3) Third, I followed your suggestion and typed gdb ./caret5 (the debug
version), choose File Import and the X session crashed. Unfortunately,
at rebooting there was no core file in the directory from where I
launched caret.
4) I have tried to re-download caret5_exe_linux_debug to check whether 
something had gone corrupted during 1), but Caret continued to crash 
right after a File Import command.


Thank you again!
Marco


John Harwell wrote:

Hi Marco,

We had a problem similar to this that had to do with the freetype 
library that is used to render the stereotaxic coordinates on the volume 
display window.  I have built a new version of Caret5 for linux that has 
an option, -notext, that will prevent Caret5 from trying to draw any 
text characters.


* Go to http://brainmap.wustl.edu/pub/john/marco/;.  Use the username 
pub and the password download to access the website.


* Download the file caret5_exe_linux_debug.zip.  This is a big file 
since it contains debugging information.  If it takes too long to 
download, download caret5_exe_linux.zip instead.


* Unzip this file which will produce the caret5 executable.  In the 
directory where you place the caret5 executable, start it with the 
command ./caret5 -notext.  Load a volume into Caret and see if Caret 
crashes.  If Caret does not crash after loading a volume, it probably 
means there is a problem with the freetype library on your computer 
(perhaps google freetype server crash.


* If Caret still crashes with the -notext option and you downloaded 
the debug zip file do the following:  Run the command gdb ./caret5.  
After about 15-30 seconds there will be a gdb prompt and enter the 
command run.  Load a volume into Caret.  When Caret crashes enter the 
command where at the gdb and send me the output.  If your X session 
crashes, log back in, and, in the same directory, see if there is a file 
named core.  If there is a file named core, enter the command gdb 
./caret5 core.  At the gdb prompt, enter the command where and send 
me the output.


Good Luck.

--
John Harwell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
314-362-3467

Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Washington University School of Medicine
660 S. Euclid Ave.Box 8108
St. Louis, MO 63110   USA

On Dec 1, 2006, at 8:42 AM, marco tettamanti wrote:


Hi Donna,
I have tried to use File: Open Volume Anatomy and Open Volume 
Functional on:

image.hdr
image.HEAD
image.nii

as you suggested, but unfortunately they all cause the X session to 
crash.


Thank you for you help!
Best,
Marco

Donna Dierker wrote:

Marco,
Does the problem occur when you use File: Open Volume Anatomy (or 
functional) File to open the same file?
If so, does it occur if you convert the file to NIfTI and/or AFNI?  
I'm guessing it will (e.g., suggesting a display issue, rather than a 
file I/O issue), but it helps to be sure.  If you have trouble 
converting to another file format, then upload the file here, and 
I'll provide you the converted version:

http://pulvinar.wustl.edu/cgi-bin/upload.cgi
On 11/30/2006 04:08 AM, marco tettamanti wrote:

Hi John and Donna,
I tried both of your methods, but unfortunately none solved my 
problem...
I have tried to rename the file .fonts.conf, alone and, following 
the thread between Roland and you, together with .fonts.cache-1 and 
.fontconfig/

I also tried running Donna's script sh ./caret_prefs_stripper.sh.
Helas, my entire X session always crashes when I import an Analyze 
image file.
My problem seem to be different form Roland's and Veronica's ones, 
in that the problem is not limited to Caret, but it affects the 
entire X environment.


Best,
Marco

John Harwell wrote:

Marco,

Another user had a problem similar to this.  I believe it has to do 
with the FreeType library which gets used to create text characters 
that are drawn on the volume slices to show the voxel and its 
stereotaxic coordinate.


See if there is a file in your home directory named .fonts.conf 
(note that the file begins with a period so use the command ls -a 
to see the file).  If .fonts.conf exists, rename it, start Caret, 
and see if you can import a volume.


For more info:  
http://www.mail-archive.com/caret-users@brainvis.wustl.edu/msg00892.html 



--
John Harwell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
314-362-3467

Department of 

Re: [caret-users] crash of X KDE session

2006-12-04 Thread marco tettamanti

Hi John and Donna,
thank you for your suggestions! I will no try to dowload the debug 
release and follow your instructions.
In the meantime, I ran Caret with the 'strace' linux diagnostic command, 
hoping it may help you to trace the problem. I have attached the file 
with the whole text output.
I am a quite naive linux user, so I do not know how to read the output 
of the trace command, but as some point toward the end of the file I 
have found:


open(/mnt/hda5/work/negazione/neg_01b/anat3D/mean_anat3D.hdr, 
O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 12


and at the end of the text output:

write(7, \221\5\4\0\17\0\300\3\16\0\300\3\1\0\0\0, 16) = 16
read(7, 0xbfffcbbc, 32) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource 
temporarily unavailable)

poll([{fd=7, events=POLLIN, revents=POLLIN|POLLERR|POLLHUP}], 1, -1) = 1
read(7, 0xbfffcbbc, 32) = -1 ECONNRESET (Connection 
reset by peer)

write(2, caret5: Fatal IO error: client k..., 38) = 38
munmap(0xb7723000, 163840)  = 0
write(6, @, 1)= 1
close(6)= 0
close(5)= 0
close(3)= 0
close(4)= 0
munmap(0xb7955000, 4096)= 0
exit_group(1)   = ?


I will let you know about using debug_caret!

Best,
Marco

John Harwell wrote:

Hi Marco,

We had a problem similar to this that had to do with the freetype 
library that is used to render the stereotaxic coordinates on the volume 
display window.  I have built a new version of Caret5 for linux that has 
an option, -notext, that will prevent Caret5 from trying to draw any 
text characters.


* Go to http://brainmap.wustl.edu/pub/john/marco/;.  Use the username 
pub and the password download to access the website.


* Download the file caret5_exe_linux_debug.zip.  This is a big file 
since it contains debugging information.  If it takes too long to 
download, download caret5_exe_linux.zip instead.


* Unzip this file which will produce the caret5 executable.  In the 
directory where you place the caret5 executable, start it with the 
command ./caret5 -notext.  Load a volume into Caret and see if Caret 
crashes.  If Caret does not crash after loading a volume, it probably 
means there is a problem with the freetype library on your computer 
(perhaps google freetype server crash.


* If Caret still crashes with the -notext option and you downloaded 
the debug zip file do the following:  Run the command gdb ./caret5.  
After about 15-30 seconds there will be a gdb prompt and enter the 
command run.  Load a volume into Caret.  When Caret crashes enter the 
command where at the gdb and send me the output.  If your X session 
crashes, log back in, and, in the same directory, see if there is a file 
named core.  If there is a file named core, enter the command gdb 
./caret5 core.  At the gdb prompt, enter the command where and send 
me the output.


Good Luck.

--
John Harwell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
314-362-3467

Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Washington University School of Medicine
660 S. Euclid Ave.Box 8108
St. Louis, MO 63110   USA

On Dec 1, 2006, at 8:42 AM, marco tettamanti wrote:


Hi Donna,
I have tried to use File: Open Volume Anatomy and Open Volume 
Functional on:

image.hdr
image.HEAD
image.nii

as you suggested, but unfortunately they all cause the X session to 
crash.


Thank you for you help!
Best,
Marco

Donna Dierker wrote:

Marco,
Does the problem occur when you use File: Open Volume Anatomy (or 
functional) File to open the same file?
If so, does it occur if you convert the file to NIfTI and/or AFNI?  
I'm guessing it will (e.g., suggesting a display issue, rather than a 
file I/O issue), but it helps to be sure.  If you have trouble 
converting to another file format, then upload the file here, and 
I'll provide you the converted version:

http://pulvinar.wustl.edu/cgi-bin/upload.cgi
On 11/30/2006 04:08 AM, marco tettamanti wrote:

Hi John and Donna,
I tried both of your methods, but unfortunately none solved my 
problem...
I have tried to rename the file .fonts.conf, alone and, following 
the thread between Roland and you, together with .fonts.cache-1 and 
.fontconfig/

I also tried running Donna's script sh ./caret_prefs_stripper.sh.
Helas, my entire X session always crashes when I import an Analyze 
image file.
My problem seem to be different form Roland's and Veronica's ones, 
in that the problem is not limited to Caret, but it affects the 
entire X environment.


Best,
Marco

John Harwell wrote:

Marco,

Another user had a problem similar to this.  I believe it has to do 
with the FreeType library which gets used to create text characters 
that are drawn on the volume slices to show the voxel and its 
stereotaxic coordinate.


See if there is a file in your home directory named .fonts.conf 
(note that the file begins with a period so use the command ls 

Re: [caret-users] crash of X KDE session

2006-12-01 Thread marco tettamanti

Hi Donna,
I have tried to use File: Open Volume Anatomy and Open Volume Functional on:
image.hdr
image.HEAD
image.nii

as you suggested, but unfortunately they all cause the X session to crash.

Thank you for you help!
Best,
Marco

Donna Dierker wrote:

Marco,

Does the problem occur when you use File: Open Volume Anatomy (or 
functional) File to open the same file?


If so, does it occur if you convert the file to NIfTI and/or AFNI?  I'm 
guessing it will (e.g., suggesting a display issue, rather than a file 
I/O issue), but it helps to be sure.  If you have trouble converting to 
another file format, then upload the file here, and I'll provide you the 
converted version:


http://pulvinar.wustl.edu/cgi-bin/upload.cgi

On 11/30/2006 04:08 AM, marco tettamanti wrote:

Hi John and Donna,
I tried both of your methods, but unfortunately none solved my problem...
I have tried to rename the file .fonts.conf, alone and, following the 
thread between Roland and you, together with .fonts.cache-1 and 
.fontconfig/

I also tried running Donna's script sh ./caret_prefs_stripper.sh.
Helas, my entire X session always crashes when I import an Analyze 
image file.
My problem seem to be different form Roland's and Veronica's ones, in 
that the problem is not limited to Caret, but it affects the entire 
X environment.


Best,
Marco

John Harwell wrote:

Marco,

Another user had a problem similar to this.  I believe it has to do 
with the FreeType library which gets used to create text characters 
that are drawn on the volume slices to show the voxel and its 
stereotaxic coordinate.


See if there is a file in your home directory named .fonts.conf 
(note that the file begins with a period so use the command ls -a 
to see the file).  If .fonts.conf exists, rename it, start Caret, 
and see if you can import a volume.


For more info:  
http://www.mail-archive.com/caret-users@brainvis.wustl.edu/msg00892.html


--
John Harwell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
314-362-3467

Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Washington University School of Medicine
660 S. Euclid Ave.Box 8108
St. Louis, MO 63110   USA

On Nov 29, 2006, at 10:42 AM, marco tettamanti wrote:


Hi Donna and Hohn,
I am experiencing a severe problem with my caret installation in 
linux: whenever I try to import an Analyze Volume file, my entire X 
session immediately crashes, including all applications and I have 
to login in KDE from scratch.
I couldn't tell whether the problem is limited to the Import 
function only, because the system crashes so badly that I thought it 
would be better to obtain some feedback from you before doing some 
debugging. But all the other display functions of caret that I have 
tried out (rendering surfaces, overlaying metric maps and so on) 
seem to work fine.


I first encountered the problem a few days ago. I completely ignore 
what could be the origin of the problem. I had used the same 
installation without any problems before, including the Import 
function. I have also tried to do a fresh install, of both versions 
5.4 and 5.5, but the problem persists.


I did some updates of KDE and xorg recently, though, and I suspect 
that the problem may have arosen since then. All other applications 
run fine, though.


Also, I have installed the same .zip caret tar ball on another 
machine and there it runs fine...


This is the kernel of my machine:

Linux bll4 2.6.11-kanotix-11 #1 Sun May 29 22:32:10 CEST 2005 i686 
GNU/Linux



Any help would be greatly appreciated!


Best,
Marco

--Marco Tettamanti, Ph.D.
San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Facoltà di Psicologia
Via Olgettina 58
I-20132 Milano, Italy
Tel. ++39-02-26434888
Fax ++39-02-26434892
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Facoltà di Psicologia
Via Olgettina 58
I-20132 Milano, Italy
Tel. ++39-02-26434888
Fax ++39-02-26434892
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


Re: [caret-users] crash of X KDE session

2006-11-30 Thread marco tettamanti

Hi John and Donna,
I tried both of your methods, but unfortunately none solved my problem...
I have tried to rename the file .fonts.conf, alone and, following the 
thread between Roland and you, together with .fonts.cache-1 and .fontconfig/

I also tried running Donna's script sh ./caret_prefs_stripper.sh.
Helas, my entire X session always crashes when I import an Analyze image 
file.
My problem seem to be different form Roland's and Veronica's ones, in 
that the problem is not limited to Caret, but it affects the entire X 
environment.


Best,
Marco

John Harwell wrote:

Marco,

Another user had a problem similar to this.  I believe it has to do with 
the FreeType library which gets used to create text characters that are 
drawn on the volume slices to show the voxel and its stereotaxic 
coordinate.


See if there is a file in your home directory named .fonts.conf (note 
that the file begins with a period so use the command ls -a to see the 
file).  If .fonts.conf exists, rename it, start Caret, and see if you 
can import a volume.


For more info:  
http://www.mail-archive.com/caret-users@brainvis.wustl.edu/msg00892.html


--
John Harwell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
314-362-3467

Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Washington University School of Medicine
660 S. Euclid Ave.Box 8108
St. Louis, MO 63110   USA

On Nov 29, 2006, at 10:42 AM, marco tettamanti wrote:


Hi Donna and Hohn,
I am experiencing a severe problem with my caret installation in 
linux: whenever I try to import an Analyze Volume file, my entire X 
session immediately crashes, including all applications and I have to 
login in KDE from scratch.
I couldn't tell whether the problem is limited to the Import function 
only, because the system crashes so badly that I thought it would be 
better to obtain some feedback from you before doing some debugging. 
But all the other display functions of caret that I have tried out 
(rendering surfaces, overlaying metric maps and so on) seem to work fine.


I first encountered the problem a few days ago. I completely ignore 
what could be the origin of the problem. I had used the same 
installation without any problems before, including the Import 
function. I have also tried to do a fresh install, of both versions 
5.4 and 5.5, but the problem persists.


I did some updates of KDE and xorg recently, though, and I suspect 
that the problem may have arosen since then. All other applications 
run fine, though.


Also, I have installed the same .zip caret tar ball on another machine 
and there it runs fine...


This is the kernel of my machine:

Linux bll4 2.6.11-kanotix-11 #1 Sun May 29 22:32:10 CEST 2005 i686 
GNU/Linux



Any help would be greatly appreciated!


Best,
Marco

--Marco Tettamanti, Ph.D.
San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Facoltà di Psicologia
Via Olgettina 58
I-20132 Milano, Italy
Tel. ++39-02-26434888
Fax ++39-02-26434892
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Facoltà di Psicologia
Via Olgettina 58
I-20132 Milano, Italy
Tel. ++39-02-26434888
Fax ++39-02-26434892
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


Re: [caret-users] crash of X KDE session

2006-11-30 Thread Donna Dierker

Marco,

Does the problem occur when you use File: Open Volume Anatomy (or 
functional) File to open the same file?


If so, does it occur if you convert the file to NIfTI and/or AFNI?  I'm 
guessing it will (e.g., suggesting a display issue, rather than a file 
I/O issue), but it helps to be sure.  If you have trouble converting to 
another file format, then upload the file here, and I'll provide you the 
converted version:


http://pulvinar.wustl.edu/cgi-bin/upload.cgi

On 11/30/2006 04:08 AM, marco tettamanti wrote:

Hi John and Donna,
I tried both of your methods, but unfortunately none solved my problem...
I have tried to rename the file .fonts.conf, alone and, following the 
thread between Roland and you, together with .fonts.cache-1 and 
.fontconfig/

I also tried running Donna's script sh ./caret_prefs_stripper.sh.
Helas, my entire X session always crashes when I import an Analyze 
image file.
My problem seem to be different form Roland's and Veronica's ones, in 
that the problem is not limited to Caret, but it affects the entire 
X environment.


Best,
Marco

John Harwell wrote:

Marco,

Another user had a problem similar to this.  I believe it has to do 
with the FreeType library which gets used to create text characters 
that are drawn on the volume slices to show the voxel and its 
stereotaxic coordinate.


See if there is a file in your home directory named .fonts.conf 
(note that the file begins with a period so use the command ls -a 
to see the file).  If .fonts.conf exists, rename it, start Caret, 
and see if you can import a volume.


For more info:  
http://www.mail-archive.com/caret-users@brainvis.wustl.edu/msg00892.html


--
John Harwell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
314-362-3467

Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Washington University School of Medicine
660 S. Euclid Ave.Box 8108
St. Louis, MO 63110   USA

On Nov 29, 2006, at 10:42 AM, marco tettamanti wrote:


Hi Donna and Hohn,
I am experiencing a severe problem with my caret installation in 
linux: whenever I try to import an Analyze Volume file, my entire X 
session immediately crashes, including all applications and I have 
to login in KDE from scratch.
I couldn't tell whether the problem is limited to the Import 
function only, because the system crashes so badly that I thought it 
would be better to obtain some feedback from you before doing some 
debugging. But all the other display functions of caret that I have 
tried out (rendering surfaces, overlaying metric maps and so on) 
seem to work fine.


I first encountered the problem a few days ago. I completely ignore 
what could be the origin of the problem. I had used the same 
installation without any problems before, including the Import 
function. I have also tried to do a fresh install, of both versions 
5.4 and 5.5, but the problem persists.


I did some updates of KDE and xorg recently, though, and I suspect 
that the problem may have arosen since then. All other applications 
run fine, though.


Also, I have installed the same .zip caret tar ball on another 
machine and there it runs fine...


This is the kernel of my machine:

Linux bll4 2.6.11-kanotix-11 #1 Sun May 29 22:32:10 CEST 2005 i686 
GNU/Linux



Any help would be greatly appreciated!


Best,
Marco

--Marco Tettamanti, Ph.D.
San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Facoltà di Psicologia
Via Olgettina 58
I-20132 Milano, Italy
Tel. ++39-02-26434888
Fax ++39-02-26434892
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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(Formerly Donna Hanlon; no change in marital status -- see 
http://home.att.net/~donna.hanlon for details.)



[caret-users] crash of X KDE session

2006-11-29 Thread marco tettamanti

Hi Donna and Hohn,
I am experiencing a severe problem with my caret installation in linux: 
whenever I try to import an Analyze Volume file, my entire X session 
immediately crashes, including all applications and I have to login in 
KDE from scratch.
I couldn't tell whether the problem is limited to the Import function 
only, because the system crashes so badly that I thought it would be 
better to obtain some feedback from you before doing some debugging. But 
all the other display functions of caret that I have tried out 
(rendering surfaces, overlaying metric maps and so on) seem to work fine.


I first encountered the problem a few days ago. I completely ignore what 
could be the origin of the problem. I had used the same installation 
without any problems before, including the Import function. I have also 
tried to do a fresh install, of both versions 5.4 and 5.5, but the 
problem persists.


I did some updates of KDE and xorg recently, though, and I suspect that 
the problem may have arosen since then. All other applications run fine, 
though.


Also, I have installed the same .zip caret tar ball on another machine 
and there it runs fine...


This is the kernel of my machine:

Linux bll4 2.6.11-kanotix-11 #1 Sun May 29 22:32:10 CEST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux


Any help would be greatly appreciated!


Best,
Marco

--
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San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Facoltà di Psicologia
Via Olgettina 58
I-20132 Milano, Italy
Tel. ++39-02-26434888
Fax ++39-02-26434892
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


Re: [caret-users] crash of X KDE session

2006-11-29 Thread John Harwell

Marco,

Another user had a problem similar to this.  I believe it has to do  
with the FreeType library which gets used to create text characters  
that are drawn on the volume slices to show the voxel and its  
stereotaxic coordinate.


See if there is a file in your home directory named  
.fonts.conf (note that the file begins with a period so use the  
command ls -a to see the file).  If .fonts.conf exists, rename  
it, start Caret, and see if you can import a volume.


For more info:  http://www.mail-archive.com/caret- 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg00892.html


--
John Harwell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
314-362-3467

Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Washington University School of Medicine
660 S. Euclid Ave.Box 8108
St. Louis, MO 63110   USA

On Nov 29, 2006, at 10:42 AM, marco tettamanti wrote:


Hi Donna and Hohn,
I am experiencing a severe problem with my caret installation in  
linux: whenever I try to import an Analyze Volume file, my entire X  
session immediately crashes, including all applications and I have  
to login in KDE from scratch.
I couldn't tell whether the problem is limited to the Import  
function only, because the system crashes so badly that I thought  
it would be better to obtain some feedback from you before doing  
some debugging. But all the other display functions of caret that I  
have tried out (rendering surfaces, overlaying metric maps and so  
on) seem to work fine.


I first encountered the problem a few days ago. I completely ignore  
what could be the origin of the problem. I had used the same  
installation without any problems before, including the Import  
function. I have also tried to do a fresh install, of both versions  
5.4 and 5.5, but the problem persists.


I did some updates of KDE and xorg recently, though, and I suspect  
that the problem may have arosen since then. All other applications  
run fine, though.


Also, I have installed the same .zip caret tar ball on another  
machine and there it runs fine...


This is the kernel of my machine:

Linux bll4 2.6.11-kanotix-11 #1 Sun May 29 22:32:10 CEST 2005 i686  
GNU/Linux



Any help would be greatly appreciated!


Best,
Marco

--
Marco Tettamanti, Ph.D.
San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Facoltà di Psicologia
Via Olgettina 58
I-20132 Milano, Italy
Tel. ++39-02-26434888
Fax ++39-02-26434892
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: [caret-users] crash of X KDE session

2006-11-29 Thread Donna Dierker

Hi Marco,

Although your problem is a bit different, another possible culprit is 
the .caret5_preferences file:


http://brainvis.wustl.edu/pipermail/caret-users/2006-November/000931.html

We're still struggling with this problem at University of Washington.  
Today I asked Veronica to try the attached script, which strips the 
recent files and directories from the caret preferences before launching 
caret.  I'm curious whether it helps in your case, in case the 
.fonts.conf trick fails.  Let us know what you find.


On 11/29/2006 11:19 AM, John Harwell wrote:

Marco,

Another user had a problem similar to this.  I believe it has to do 
with the FreeType library which gets used to create text characters 
that are drawn on the volume slices to show the voxel and its 
stereotaxic coordinate.


See if there is a file in your home directory named .fonts.conf 
(note that the file begins with a period so use the command ls -a to 
see the file).  If .fonts.conf exists, rename it, start Caret, and 
see if you can import a volume.


For more info:  
http://www.mail-archive.com/caret-users@brainvis.wustl.edu/msg00892.html


--
John Harwell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
314-362-3467

Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Washington University School of Medicine
660 S. Euclid Ave.Box 8108
St. Louis, MO 63110   USA

On Nov 29, 2006, at 10:42 AM, marco tettamanti wrote:


Hi Donna and Hohn,
I am experiencing a severe problem with my caret installation in 
linux: whenever I try to import an Analyze Volume file, my entire X 
session immediately crashes, including all applications and I have to 
login in KDE from scratch.
I couldn't tell whether the problem is limited to the Import function 
only, because the system crashes so badly that I thought it would be 
better to obtain some feedback from you before doing some debugging. 
But all the other display functions of caret that I have tried out 
(rendering surfaces, overlaying metric maps and so on) seem to work 
fine.


I first encountered the problem a few days ago. I completely ignore 
what could be the origin of the problem. I had used the same 
installation without any problems before, including the Import 
function. I have also tried to do a fresh install, of both versions 
5.4 and 5.5, but the problem persists.


I did some updates of KDE and xorg recently, though, and I suspect 
that the problem may have arosen since then. All other applications 
run fine, though.


Also, I have installed the same .zip caret tar ball on another 
machine and there it runs fine...


This is the kernel of my machine:

Linux bll4 2.6.11-kanotix-11 #1 Sun May 29 22:32:10 CEST 2005 i686 
GNU/Linux



Any help would be greatly appreciated!


Best,
Marco

--Marco Tettamanti, Ph.D.
San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Facoltà di Psicologia
Via Olgettina 58
I-20132 Milano, Italy
Tel. ++39-02-26434888
Fax ++39-02-26434892
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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(Formerly Donna Hanlon; no change in marital status -- see 
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