Hi - do you have more EVs than data points (inputs)?   That's not allowed in GLM, and doesn't make sense in modelling terms....
Cheers.



On 10 Mar 2010, at 09:44, Chien-Han Lai wrote:

Dear all FSL users:
Sorry to bother you.
Can anybody tells me how to solve the bugs while processing higher level analysis of FEAT?
Thank you.
Sincerely yours.
Dr. Lai
ln -s ../.files .files

Higher-level stats
cat ../design.lcon | awk '{ print  }' > design.lcon
/usr/local/fsl/bin/flameo --cope=filtered_func_data --vc=var_filtered_func_data  --mask=mask --ld=stats --dm=design.mat --cs=design.grp --tc=design.con  --runmode=flame1



An exception has been thrown
nevs >= ntpts, Singular matrix.Trace: Gsmanager::flame_stage1; Gsmanager::run.

Log directory is: stats
Setting up:
ntptsing=1.000000 
1.000000 

evs_group=1.000000 
2.000000 

No f contrasts

WARNING: The passed in varcope file, var_filtered_func_data, contains voxels inside the mask with zero (or negative) values. These voxels will be excluded from the analysis.
nevs=2
ntpts=2
ngs=2
nvoxels=256207
Running:

/bin/rm -f stats/zem* stats/zols* stats/mask* ; /bin/mv dof stats

Post-stats
child process exited abnormally
    while executing
"exec sh -c "${FSLDIR}/bin/remove_ext $cleanedargs" "
    (procedure "remove_ext" line 8)
    invoked from within
"remove_ext [ lsort -dictionary [ imglob zstat*.* ] ] [ lsort -dictionary [ imglob zfstat*.* ] ] "
    (procedure "feat5:proc_poststats" line 51)
    invoked from within
"feat5:proc_poststats $RERUNNING $STDSPACE "
    ("-poststats" arm line 6)
    invoked from within
"switch -- [ lindex $argv $argindex ] {

-I {
    incr argindex 1
    set session [ lindex $argv $argindex ]
}

-D {
    incr argindex 1
    set..."
    ("for" body line 2)
    invoked from within
"for { set argindex 1 } { $argindex < $argc } { incr argindex 1 } {
    switch -- [ lindex $argv $argindex ] {

-I {
    incr argindex 1
    set ses..."
    (file "/usr/local/fsl/bin/feat" line 137)

 


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