[Gate-users] Optical processes error - No surface command enabled

[Vesna Cuplov]

Hello David,

I just tried the example_OPTICAL from Gate v7.0 and it works. I tried both
the Optical_System.mac (in that macro I had to change the EngineSeed from
123456789 to a smaller number like 210.... something was not behaving
properly with the random seed generator on my installation, but that's not
a major issue).
This test means that the macros from the example_OPTICAL are correct and
that there is a problem with your install I think.

I see that you use Geant4 10.0.3 instead of the recommended Geant4 9.6.p03.
Also you do not need to use an external CLHEP version. Geant4 distributes a
minimal version of CLHEP with the toolkit. So when configuring Geant4
before its compilation, you can leave the GEANT4_USE_SYSTEM_CLHEP OFF.  If
you still wish to use an other CLHEP version for GATE, it is recommended to
use 2.1.3.1.

I think you should redo your install following the installation guide and
the recommended software versions.

Hope this helps,
vesna

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 8:34 AM, David Larsson <david.larsson at sth.kth.se>
wrote:

>     Dear Gate-users,
>
>  I am asking a question related to an issue I raised in a previous
> question/conversation to the mail-list (see e.g.
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.science.opengate.user/4549/match=david+larsson
> )
>
>  I want to simulate optical photon processes and have, after having
> issues with a created macro, gone back to the provided examples of Gate
> v7.0 (./examples/example_OPTICAL), . However, when trying to run the
> provided macros my batch run is interrupted with the error below.
>
>  Apparently, even though I've added optical processes they seem not to be
> initialized. Similarly, Gate does not seem to recognize surfaces as a valid
> feature of my geometries. This even though I run everything from the
> example folder with the Surfaces.xml and Materials.xml in the same
> directory.
>
>  I have succesfully re-compiled Gate with the optical processes set to
> 'ON' before attempting the simulations. I am running everything with the
> following versions:
>
>       Your current Root version is 5.34/22
>
>      Your current Geant4 version is 10.0.3
>
>      Your current CLHEP version is 2.1.4.1
>
>      Gate v7.0
>
>  Does anyone know what the problem might be and why I cannot succesfully
> simulate optical processes? Anyone having encountered something similar?
>
>  Any advice would be very helpful.
>
>  Regards,
>
>  David Larsson
>
>  Error message:
>
>  ***** COMMAND NOT FOUND </gate/crystal/surfaces/name Detection1> *****
>
> ***** Batch is interrupted!! *****
>
> List of Enabled processes:
>
>    ===  Process: OpticalMie  ===
> Particle: opticalphoton
>
>    ===  Process: OpticalBoundary  ===
> Particle: opticalphoton
>
>    ===  Process: OpticalAbsorption  ===
> Particle: opticalphoton
>
>    ===  Process: OpticalWLS  ===
> Particle: opticalphoton
>
>    ===  Process: OpticalRayleigh  ===
> Particle: opticalphoton
>
> List of initialized processes:
>
> [Core-0] Initialization of geometry
> [Core-0] Initialization of physics
> [Physic-0] WARNING: manual physic lists are being deprecated.
> Please, use physic list builder mechanism instead. Related documentation
> can be found at:
>
> http://wiki.opengatecollaboration.org/index.php/Users_Guide_V7.0:Setting_up_the_physics
> [Core-0] Initialization of actors
> ***** COMMAND NOT FOUND </gate/digitizer/Singles/readout/setDepth 1> *****
>
> ***** Batch is interrupted!! *****
> Pulse-processor type name 'opticaladder' was not recognised --> insertion
> request must be ignored!
> Idle>
> Session terminated.
>
> -------- EEEE ------- G4Exception-START -------- EEEE -------
> *** G4Exception : UI0001
>       issued by : G4UIterminal::SignalHandler()
> KeyboardInterrput with Ctrl-C
> *** Fatal Exception *** core dump ***
> -------- EEEE -------- G4Exception-END --------- EEEE -------
>
>
> *** G4Exception: Aborting execution ***
> Aborted (core dumped)
>
>  -----------
>
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