# invalid encoding mne\_setup\_source\_space **URL:** \ **Category:** Mailing List Archive (read-only)\ **Tags:** list-archive\ **Created:** [August 6, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/invalid-encoding-mne-setup-source-space/783 "2014-08-06T21:48:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/mne/original/1X/85cc6bd2b69cb698a166dc6d880fb550510d0144.jpeg) [@system](https://mne.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/invalid-encoding-mne-setup-source-space/783/1 "2014-08-06T21:48:36Z")
Dear MNE community, I am new in using MNE and I have a question that relates to invalid encoding. I am having a problem with the use of the function mne\_setup\_source\_space. Let me explain how I reached to the error: after running freesurfer (installed on linux on virtual box) on one of my MRI scans I have installed mne with the following commands: export MNE\_ROOT=\ cd $MNE\_ROOT/bin . ./mne\_setup\_sh This was completed without an error. Then I have set my subjects' directory with: export SUBJECTS\_DIR=\/subjects export SUBJECT=\ Then I run: mne\_setup\_source\_space --ico -6 and it produces the following error.: > > > 1. Creating the source space file /usr/local/freesurfer/mne/MNE-2.7.0-3106-Linux-x86\_64/subjects/teo/bem/teo-oct-6-src.fif... /usr/local/freesurfer/mne/MNE-2.7.0-3106-Linux-x86\_64/bin/mne\_make\_source\_space: 2: /usr/local/freesurfer/mne/MNE-2.7.0-3106-Linux-x86\_64/bin/mne\_make\_source\_space: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string Source space creation failed /usr/local/freesurfer/mne/MNE-2.7.0-3106-Linux-x86\_64/bin/mne\_make\_source\_space: 1: /usr/local/freesurfer/mne/MNE-2.7.0-3106-Linux-x86\_64/bin/mne\_make\_source\_space: ELF[1][1]: not found Apparently is searching for a file with wrong encoding. Is there something else I should do to make it run? I have installed already netpbm successfully but I had the same problem when running mne\_setup\_source\_space. I also have set the encoding to utf-8 but no change in my error. Another thing is that I am able to run mne\_watershed\_bem and create the .surf files the .COR files but at the end an error appears and I don't have the .fif files in my bem/watershed folder or bem/watershed/ws folder. Also an error related to encoding appears so I guess the 2 errors are related. Can you please help in solving this issue? Thank you. Best Regards, K. (Nadia) Kalogianni PhD candidate TU Delft / Department of Biomechanical Engineering Mekelweg 2 2628 CD Delft Room: 34-H-3-320 T +31 15-27 84230 E k.kalogianni at tudelft.nl\ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: [http://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/pipermail/mne\_analysis/attachments/20140806/b9778457/attachment.html](http://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/pipermail/mne_analysis/attachments/20140806/b9778457/attachment.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/mne/original/1X/85cc6bd2b69cb698a166dc6d880fb550510d0144.jpeg) [@system](https://mne.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 1:00pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/invalid-encoding-mne-setup-source-space/783/2 "2014-08-07T13:00:52Z")
hi, let us know if Kam's answer helps or not. Best, Alex ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/mne/original/1X/85cc6bd2b69cb698a166dc6d880fb550510d0144.jpeg) [@system](https://mne.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/invalid-encoding-mne-setup-source-space/783/3 "2014-08-07T14:53:45Z")
It looks like the binary file $MNE\_ROOT/bin/mne\_make\_source\_space is being interpreted as a shell script. Do you have the same problem trying to run any other executable from $MNE\_ROOT/bin? Sounds like the binaries may have been somehow damaged in transit. Have you by any chance copied the MNE stuff to and from a Windows volume? - Matti