Dear Matthew, Below is the same error using SUSAN as Natasha pointed out using the same thread subject "SUSAN segmentation violation - please help!" /usr/local/fsl/bin/susan prefiltered_func_data_thresh 0.0 2.54777070064 3 1 1 mean_func 0.0 prefiltered_func_data_smooth FATAL ERROR ENCOUNTERED: COMMAND: /usr/local/fsl/bin/susan prefiltered_func_data_thresh 0.0 2.54777070064 3 1 1 mean_func 0.0 prefiltered_func_data_smooth ERROR MESSAGE: child killed: segmentation violation END OF ERROR MESSAGE child killed: segmentation violation while executing "if { [ catch { for { set argindex 1 } { $argindex < $argc } { incr argindex 1 } { switch -- [ lindex $argv $argindex ] { -I { incr arginde..." (file "/usr/local/fsl/bin/feat" line 312) Error encountered while running in main feat script, halting. child killed: segmentation violation As per your suggestion I have also attached the bad feat directory named Bad_feat_directory.tar.gz to https://oxfile.ox.ac.uk/oxfile/work/extBox?id=700839B35190E48BF Here are some of the answers to your queries /usr/local/fsl/bin/bet2 mean_func test -f 0.3 -n -m Segmentation fault (core dumped) fslstats prefiltered_func_data_st -r R -1.316284 1508.276733 Unrecognised option: R Additional information I have used the raw data to calculate the motion outliers using fsl_motion_outliers followed by regressing out the time points of excess movements (commands given below). fsl_motion_outliers -i EPI.nii.gz -o confound_w_mo_co.txt --dvars -s dvars_w_mo_co converted confound_w_mo_co.txt to confound_w_mo_co.mat fsl_glm -i EPI.nii.gz -d confound_w_mo_co.mat --out_res=EPI_dvars.nii.gz fslcpgeom EPI.nii.gz EPI_dvars.nii.gz The output of this exercise (EPI_dvars.nii.gz) was then fed into MELODIC for calculating Independent components, during which the error msg came as below /usr/local/fsl/bin/susan prefiltered_func_data_thresh 0.0 2.54777070064 3 1 1 mean_func 0.0 prefiltered_func_data_smooth ERROR MESSAGE: child killed: segmentation violation Kindly comment where exactly you see any problems in this analysis I appreciate your kind assistance in this regard Thanking you in anticipation Regards Himanshu Joshi ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the FSL list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=FSL&A=1