Slicer constantly crashing, sometimes during save.

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Slicer constantly crashing, sometimes during save. Sometimes, depsite a non-crash save, saved file will not load. I’ve attached two error messages that occurred during my attempt to load:

Info: In D:\D\P\Slicer-0\Libs\MRML\Logic\vtkArchive.cxx, line 35

vtkArchive Error: Unzip error: Inconsistent uncompressed size: 0 in central directory, 282334 in local header Error

Info: In D:\D\P\Slicer-0\Libs\MRML\Logic\vtkArchive.cxx, line 35

vtkArchive Error: Unzip error: Truncated ZIP file data Error

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could not find mrml file in archive

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Thousands of users test Slicer very extensively and we are not aware of any issues that would cause Slicer to crash - other than when you run out of memory.

Make sure the available memory (physical RAM + virtual memory size that you set in your system settings) is at least 10x larger than the size of the data set you load.

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Hi Andras,

Thanks for your quick reply. I am currently working with 128 GB RAM on a ~50 MB file. Virtual memory is automatically set, currently ~20 GB. Working in Slicer v 4.11.0-2020-03-15 (I was having more problems with v4.10).

I changed the Settings>Cache settings to 10,000 MB Cache size and 200 MB Cache free buffer. Changing this seemed to reduce crashing during saving of files.

However, I’m still having this issue: I will save a file, Close Scene, and attempt to Load that .mrb, and nothing will load. I will get the following three error messages:

(1) Debug Qt
Unpacking bundle “C:/Users/Alex James Major/Documents/SlicerSavedFiles/Lucky/Lucky_02252020_V4 Origin_laminar locations_rotated back to stereotax_specific areas_2.mrb” to “C:/Users/Alex James Major/AppData/Local/Temp/__BundleLoadTemp2020-03-18_15+21+16.480”

(2) Info VTK
Info: In D:\D\P\Slicer-0\Libs\MRML\Logic\vtkArchive.cxx, line 35
vtkArchive Error: Unzip error: Inconsistent uncompressed size: 0 in central directory, 312279 in local header Error

Info: In D:\D\P\Slicer-0\Libs\MRML\Logic\vtkArchive.cxx, line 35
vtkArchive Error: Unzip error: Truncated ZIP file data Error

(3) Error VTK
could not find mrml file in archive

Any information on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated. Do I need to adjust “GPU memory size”?

Thanks for your time,

Alex

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Can you share an mrb file that you cannot load (upload somewhere and post the link here)?

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password: slicer

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The file is corrupted (cannot even be unzipped).

Did you try to save the mrb file to a network drive, external drive, or some other special storage space?

Do you have plenty of space in your temporary folder (menu: Edit / Application settings / Modules / Temporary directory)?

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I’m saving to a folder in my C drive, which has over 220 GB of space. Temporary directory is also in C drive.

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Can you reproduce the problem? Can you describe those steps?

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The next time this problem occurs I will try to copy/paste the log messages during the save. Thanks.

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You can find logs of the last 10 sessions in menu: Help / Report a bug.

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Hi Andras,

Thank you for your help, this issue is resolved.

Alex

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