Hi Thanks for the various suggestions. It turns out that I can get rid of the error by deleting the file ~/.CCP4/unix/status.def. Atlanta On 25 Aug 2009, at 16:29, Brad Bennett wrote: > Hi Atlanta- > > Yep, this one bit me (on Mac OS X), too. To fix it, I had to go to / > usr/local/ccp4-6.1.2/share/ccp4i/etc/UNIX and edit my configure.def > file. > Almost at the end of the file, there is a line that says > "USE_DBCCP4I_ON_STARTUP". Change the value from 1 to 0. This should > "refresh" your project directories in the ccp4 GUI. > > HTH- > Brad > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Atlanta Cook <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > Hi, > > I am running CCP4 version ccp4-6.1.1 on Mac OS X. I was working > without any problems until the gui crashed and when I tried to start > it up again it lost my PROJECT directory information. I restarted > the computer and now I can't even get the gui up, if flashes up for > a second and then I get the following message: > > Top level CCP4 directory is /sw/share/xtal/ccp4-6.1.1 > Using CCP4 programs from /sw/share/xtal/ccp4-6.1.1/bin > Error in startup script: wrong # args: should be > "dbccp4i_open_project project args" > while executing > "dbccp4i_open_project" > ("eval" body line 1) > invoked from within > "eval dbccp4i_open_project $project $args" > (procedure "DbLoadFile" line 12) > invoked from within > "DbLoadFile $project" > (procedure "DbOpenDatabase" line 13) > invoked from within > "DbOpenDatabase $project" > (procedure "DbOpen" line 30) > invoked from within > "DbOpen -init" > (procedure "DbInitialise" line 19) > invoked from within > "DbInitialise" > (procedure "taskbrowser" line 38) > invoked from within > "$system(RUN_MODE)" > ("default" arm line 9) > invoked from within > "switch $system(RUN_MODE) \ > script { > # Run a script ($CCP4I/scripts/project.script) with parameters from > def file > > source [file join $env(CCP4I_..." > (file "/sw/share/xtal/ccp4-6.1.1/ccp4i/bin/ccp4i.tcl" line 163) > invoked from within > "source [file join $env(CCP4I_TOP) bin ccp4i.tcl]" > (file "/sw/share/xtal/ccp4-6.1.1/ccp4i/bin/ccp4i" line 5) > > I can access ccp4 programs by a script so its just the gui that > doesn't work > > Atlanta >