[ccp4bb] Pointless error in ccp4i2 import merged data...

Hi! I have a student trying to run i2, and a task to import merged data from cif which works fine for the other students is failing at the pointless step. The logfiles are identical up to pointless (apart from the random free-R flag assignment), but the problem occurs in pointless. The log file

Re: [ccp4bb] Pointless error in ccp4i2 import merged data...

That sort of thing works for me 1. Can you try running Pointless from the command line on the same file? 2. Failing that, can you send me the input file to Pointless to see why Pointless is failing Phil > On 17 Nov 2020, at 10:23, Kevin Cowtan >

Re: [ccp4bb] Pointless error in ccp4i2 import merged data...

Hi all The problem turned out to be that the user had a space in their username. Creating a new account solved it. Regards, On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 at 10:23, Kevin Cowtan wrote: > Hi! > > I have a student trying to run i2, and a task to import merged data from > cif which works fine for the other

Re: [ccp4bb] Pointless error in ccp4i2 import merged data...

Dear Kevin, It sometimes helps (for reasons unknown) to run i2 as an administrator once on Windows. Having said that, there may well be a pointless bug or compiler error which only manifests on some CPUs/Windows version, etc. But I'd try the run as admin idea first, if it's possible. If it's

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Re: [ccp4bb] Pointless error in ccp4i2 import merged data...

Dear Kevin, Glad you worked it out. Sorry I missed earlier messages. This is another common Windows problem - not just spaces either, but anything not ASCII alphanumeric is likely to cause problems. Stuart On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 at 12:54, Kevin Cowtan <

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