From owner-srs@net.bio.net Mon Aug 04 23:00:00 1997 Message-ID: <33E70DCF.34E8@faw.uni-ulm.de> Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 13:26:07 +0200 From: Markus Kieninger X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4c) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs CC: kieninge Subject: Problems with large sequences and applications in srs5.0.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: merlin.faw.uni-ulm.de Lines: 16 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!europa.clark.net!194.162.162.196!newsfeed.nacamar.de!blackbush.xlink.net!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de\!news.uni-ulm.de!merlin.faw.uni-ulm.de Hallo ! Each time I launch an application from SRS (e.g. TSWP) with a large sequence (e.g. HSLBRCA1 from EMBL-HUM) the CGI-Script stops in the middle of the following page. I tested it on my local copy of SRS and on the EMBL-Server with the same result. There are no problems if i launch an application with a smaller sequences (e.g. YTY1A1 from EMBL-FUN). Could this be a range problem in SRS ? Markus Kieninger ------------------------------------------------------ Markus Kieninger Tel.: 0731/501-8758 FAW, Ulm E-Mail: kieninge@faw.uni-ulm.de ------------------------------------------------------ From owner-srs@net.bio.net Wed Aug 06 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!baron.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!news-peer!btnet!nntp.news.xara.net!xara.net!nntp2.news.xara.net!xara.net!server5.netnews.ja.net!server3.netnews.ja.net!server4.netnews.ja.net!server2.netnews.ja.net!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!hgmp.mrc.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: etzold Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: Re: Problems with large sequences and applications in srs5.0.5 Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 14:25:20 +0100 Organization: EMBL-EBI Lines: 16 Message-ID: <33E9CCC0.6F0B6D45@ebi.ac.uk> References: <33E70DCF.34E8@faw.uni-ulm.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: idefix.ebi.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (Win95; I) To: Markus Kieninger X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Markus Kieninger wrote: > > Hallo ! > > Each time I launch an application from SRS (e.g. TSWP) with a large > sequence (e.g. HSLBRCA1 from EMBL-HUM) the CGI-Script stops in the > middle of the following page. I tested it on my local copy of SRS and on > the EMBL-Server with the same result. oops ...we don't even have an application here for DNA sequences so it has never been tested for large sequences. We are working on version 5.1 where the entire module dealing with sequences has been rewritten and i hope that the error will not occur anymore regards thure From owner-srs@net.bio.net Fri Aug 08 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!agate!newsfeed.kornet.nm.kr!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.indiana.edu!not-for-mail From: gilbertd@bio.indiana.edu (Don Gilbert) Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: 256 limit on number of library ids too small? Date: 8 Aug 1997 16:02:45 GMT Organization: Biology, Indiana University - Bloomington Lines: 31 Message-ID: <5sffv5$hrh$1@dismay.ucs.indiana.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: chipmunk.bio.indiana.edu We are trying to add several flybase data sections to SRS in a way that is compatible with use with other SRS databases. It looks like the current srsdb.i has a limit of 256 library ids. Numbers 1 - 140 are mostly taken by prior databanks, numbers 200 - 205 and 230-232 are taken. Questions: -- can the 256 number limit be expanded for the standard SRS to a short int at least? -- could we reserve and use for now lib ids 180 - 199 for flybase data sections? As an aside, we hope to make available icarus files for all FlyBase drosophila genome data soon, for anyone who wants to incorporate any of this in a standard SRS server. Because the flybase portable server we provide includes a more integrated service for Drosophila data, we recommend it over the standard SRS view of fly data. But if you have an SRS server, and want to add Drosophila data w/o an added server, please do use the icarus files we have prepared. You can I think install both and share indices between SRS standard and portable flybase servers (I'm off to test that). See http://flybase.bio.indiana.edu for current srs usage integrated in flybase service, and http://iubio.bio.indiana.edu/srs/ for preliminary uses in standard SRS. -- Don -- -- d.gilbert--biocomputing--indiana u--bloomington--gilbertd@bio.indiana.edu From owner-srs@net.bio.net Sun Aug 10 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!howland.erols.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!europa.clark.net!158.152.1.94!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!delos.dra.hmg.gb!server1.netnews.ja.net!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!hgmp.mrc.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: etzold Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: Re: 256 limit on number of library ids too small? Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 14:06:02 +0100 Organization: EMBL-EBI Message-ID: <33EF0E3A.125F0C8A@ebi.ac.uk> References: <5sffv5$hrh$1@dismay.ucs.indiana.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: idefix.ebi.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (Win95; I) To: Don Gilbert X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Lines: 8 yes, we plan to extend the library-ID to a short which would give us a max of 65000 different databanks. Can't say when this will be available but probably within the next months regards thure From owner-srs@net.bio.net Sun Aug 10 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!daresbury!uninett.no!news.uni-c.dk!eagle.novo.dk!not-for-mail From: Peter Gildsig Jansen Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: SRS 5.0.5 on LINUX Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 14:22:35 +0200 Organization: Novo Nordisk Lines: 40 Message-ID: <33EF040B.31DF@novo.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: mozart.novo.dk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; IRIX 5.3 IP22) Hi SRS people Have anybody here compiled SRS 5.0.5 successfully on linux (gcc version 2.7.2)? I get some warnings like: sdlnew.c:454: warning: initialization makes integer from pointer without a cast error.c: In function `ErrNewStack': error.c:45: warning: passing arg 2 of `memset' makes integer from pointer without a cast error.c: In function `ErrPrint': error.c:125: warning: passing arg 2 of `memset' makes integer from pointer without a cast error.c:126: warning: passing arg 2 of `memset' makes integer from pointer without a cast In file included from library.c:60: appl.h:4: warning: `struct LIBoDataType' declared inside parameter list appl.h:4: warning: its scope is only this definition or declaration, appl.h:4: warning: which is probably not what you want. library.c:130: warning: initialization makes integer from pointer without a cast ... and then the srssection program (actually the nodd program) makes a core dump. Any suggestions? thanks /// peter -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Peter Gildsig Jansen Scientific Computing pcgj@novo.dk Novo Nordisk http://biobase.dk/~jansen Denmark -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- From owner-srs@net.bio.net Sun Aug 10 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!CIGB.EDU.CU!Ricardo.Bringas From: Ricardo.Bringas@CIGB.EDU.CU ("RICARDO BRINGAS") Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: Re: SRS 5.0.5 on LINUX Date: 11 Aug 1997 12:38:41 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 39 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <745D3500E9@serverdos.cigb.edu.cu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net > Have anybody here compiled SRS 5.0.5 successfully on > linux (gcc version 2.7.2)? I tried linux kernel 2.0.27, but I had a lot of problems. I tried then an older linux kernel 1.2.13 and after fixing a few small bugs it is running properly. > I get some warnings like: > > sdlnew.c:454: warning: initialization makes integer from pointer without > a cast > > error.c: In function `ErrNewStack': > error.c:45: warning: passing arg 2 of `memset' makes integer from > pointer without a cast > error.c: In function `ErrPrint': > error.c:125: warning: passing arg 2 of `memset' makes integer from > pointer without a cast > error.c:126: warning: passing arg 2 of `memset' makes integer from > pointer without a cast > In file included from library.c:60: > appl.h:4: warning: `struct LIBoDataType' declared inside parameter list > appl.h:4: warning: its scope is only this definition or declaration, > appl.h:4: warning: which is probably not what you want. > library.c:130: warning: initialization makes integer from pointer > without a cast I got several of these warning messages in both kernels, do not care ... > ... and then the srssection program (actually the nodd program) > makes a core dump. > > Any suggestions? A similar error was posted some time ago. Ricardo Bringas Center for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology PO Box 6162, Havana, Cuba E-mail : Ricardo.Bringas@cigb.edu.cu From owner-srs@net.bio.net Mon Aug 11 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!agate!newsfeed.kornet.nm.kr!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.indiana.edu!not-for-mail From: gilbertd@bio.indiana.edu (Don Gilbert) Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: Re: Problems in srsdb.i Date: 12 Aug 1997 23:24:22 GMT Organization: Biology, Indiana University - Bloomington Lines: 7 Message-ID: <5sqrb6$gk3$1@dismay.ucs.indiana.edu> References: <5sp6cn$t57@lion.embl-heidelberg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: chipmunk.bio.indiana.edu after changing a lib-id one needs to reindex the affected libraries. could that be the the problem? i ran into similar errors when i failed to reindex. - don -- -- d.gilbert--biocomputing--indiana u--bloomington--gilbertd@bio.indiana.edu From owner-srs@net.bio.net Mon Aug 11 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!delos.dra.hmg.gb!server1.netnews.ja.net!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!hgmp.mrc.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: etzold Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: Re: Problems in srsdb.i Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 19:39:03 +0100 Organization: EMBL-EBI Message-ID: <33F0ADC7.EF2311A4@ebi.ac.uk> References: <5sp6cn$t57@lion.embl-heidelberg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: etzold_p.ebi.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (Win95; I) To: Ramu Chenna X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Lines: 15 Ramu Chenna wrote: > > Hello All > > The other day I wanted to change the libid for PIR in srsdb.i. I changed it > from 8 to 13 and did a srssection. srssection did not compalin anything > but when i tried > changing the libid is a serious change and requires a full reindex of the databank. (all entry-id's contain the library id!) regards thure From owner-srs@net.bio.net Mon Aug 11 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!daresbury!uninett.no!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!newsfeed.nacamar.de!news-kar1.dfn.de!news.embl-heidelberg.de!usenet From: Ramu Chenna Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: Problems in srsdb.i Date: 12 Aug 1997 08:20:39 GMT Organization: EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany Lines: 28 Distribution: world Message-ID: <5sp6cn$t57@lion.embl-heidelberg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: shag.embl-heidelberg.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.12IS (X11; I; IRIX 5.3 IP22) X-URL: news:bionet.software.srs?ALL Hello All The other day I wanted to change the libid for PIR in srsdb.i. I changed it from 8 to 13 and did a srssection. srssection did not compalin anything but when i tried getz '[pir-id:S33532]' I got SWISSNEW: and with getz '[pir-id:S33532]' -e Segmentation fault Can somebody help me out. Ramu -- _______________________________________________________________ Chenna Ramu; EMBL; Postfach 10.2209; 69012 Heidelberg; Germany. Email: chenna@embl-heidelberg.de Url: http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~chenna/ Tel: (49) 6221 387530 (Off) ; Fax: (49) 6221 387517 ______ From owner-srs@net.bio.net Tue Aug 12 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!agate!newsfeed.kornet.nm.kr!xfer.kren.nm.kr!newsfeed.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.direct.ca!newsfeed.nacamar.de!news-kar1.dfn.de!news.embl-heidelberg.de!usenet From: Ramu Chenna Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: wgetz: include in list (Bug) Date: 13 Aug 1997 09:14:27 GMT Organization: EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany Lines: 16 Distribution: world Message-ID: <5srttj$j6n@lion.embl-heidelberg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: shag.embl-heidelberg.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.12IS (X11; I; IRIX 5.3 IP22) X-URL: news:bionet.software.srs?ALL Hi In the query form page, few fields under "include in list" were checked. In the result page all the checked were shown correctly. But the next chunk shows nothing but the last list checked. Certainly a bug. Ramu -- _______________________________________________________________ Chenna Ramu; EMBL; Postfach 10.2209; 69012 Heidelberg; Germany. Email: chenna@embl-heidelberg.de Url: http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~chenna/ Tel: (49) 6221 387530 (Off) ; Fax: (49) 6221 387517 ______ From owner-srs@net.bio.net Tue Aug 12 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!daresbury!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!hgmp.mrc.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: etzold Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: Re: wgetz: include in list (Bug) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 12:08:48 +0100 Organization: EMBL-EBI Lines: 20 Message-ID: <33F195C0.C82B9235@ebi.ac.uk> References: <5srttj$j6n@lion.embl-heidelberg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: idefix.ebi.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (Win95; I) To: Ramu Chenna X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Ramu Chenna wrote: > > Hi > > In the query form page, few fields under "include in list" were > checked. In the result page all the checked were shown correctly. > But the next chunk shows nothing but the last list checked. Certainly a bug. > yes that is a bug. In srs5.1 this will be fixed. Selection of fields will generate a 'view' for the list of databanks that was queried. and that view will stay for the entire session ...as you have noticed the release of srs5.1 has been delayed. we are suffering from 'featuritis' but at least we stopped adding more things that should be in it ...so end of august is the new prediction regards thure From owner-srs@net.bio.net Thu Aug 14 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!news.Stanford.EDU!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!infeed2.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!192.220.251.22!netnews.nwnet.net!news-hub.interserv.net!news.interserv.com!email-now1.com From: "SPECIAL !!!" special@email-now1.com Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: COMPUTER HARDWARE / SOFTWARE Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 01:40:23 -0700 Organization: HIJK Lines: 6 Message-ID: <150897014023@email-now1.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hd66-181.hil.compuserve.com <<>> UP TO 70 % OFF !!! http://members.aol.com/Auction1st <><=>>><==<<>><=<>>> From owner-srs@net.bio.net Mon Aug 18 23:00:00 1997 Message-ID: <33F9A8D0.2731@faw.uni-ulm.de> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 16:08:16 +0200 From: Markus Kieninger X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4c) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs CC: kieninge Subject: Question about QueryResult-Page Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: merlin.faw.uni-ulm.de Lines: 28 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!infeed1.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!134.222.90.2!EU.net!blackbush.xlink.net!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!news.uni-ulm.de!merlin.faw.uni-ulm.de hallo ! I have got a question about the QueryResult-Page of SRS5, the EMBL-DB and launching a application. On the top of the "normal" QueryResult-Page (after I have started e.g. a EMBL-Query) there are 4 buttons (link, save, launch, view). If I then select one of the feature-links (e.g. source, exon,...), there are only 2 buttons left on the following Feature-Resultpage (link, save). The other buttons (launch and view) are missing. Is this a bug or a feature ? :-) There is often only a small feature-Sequence (source, exon) of the whole DNA-Sequence necessary for my application. So it would be much easier for me to launch the application from the Feature-Resultpage, instead of fetching the whole DNA-Sequence and extracting the feature-Sequence by hand. 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From owner-srs@net.bio.net Mon Aug 18 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!europa.clark.net!205.252.116.205!howland.erols.net!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!join.news.pipex.net!pipex!server1.netnews.ja.net!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!hgmp.mrc.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: Thure Etzold Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: Re: Question about QueryResult-Page Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 18:21:55 +0100 Organization: EMBL-EBI Lines: 31 Message-ID: <33F9D633.70E2E06E@ebi.ac.uk> References: <33F9A8D0.2731@faw.uni-ulm.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: idefix.ebi.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (Win95; I) To: Markus Kieninger X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Markus Kieninger wrote: > > hallo ! > > I have got a question about the QueryResult-Page of SRS5, the EMBL-DB > and launching a application. > > On the top of the "normal" QueryResult-Page (after I have started e.g. > a EMBL-Query) there are 4 buttons (link, save, launch, view). > If I then select one of the feature-links (e.g. source, exon,...), > there are only 2 buttons left on the following Feature-Resultpage (link, > save). The other buttons (launch and view) are missing. > > Is this a bug or a feature ? :-) This is definetely a feature! Since EMBL features have neither predefined views and also no applications both the 'view' and the 'launch' buttons should not be displayed. Try define a view for 'EMBL_features' and see if you get the 'view' button comes back. If you have an application that runs on EMBL entries which you would also want to run on EMBL_features you must add attribute contains:@DNASEQ_DATA to the $Libformat object of EMBL_features regards thure From owner-srs@net.bio.net Tue Aug 19 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!news.Stanford.EDU!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-was.dfn.de!news-kar1.dfn.de!news.embl-heidelberg.de!usenet From: Ramu Chenna Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: pdbfinder: author field Date: 20 Aug 1997 09:03:37 GMT Organization: EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany Lines: 24 Distribution: world Message-ID: <5tebt9$c1i@lion.embl-heidelberg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: shag.embl-heidelberg.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.12IS (X11; I; IRIX 5.3 IP22) X-URL: news:bionet.software.srs?ALL Hello Only the first line of the author field in pdbfinder is parsed! change author: ~ {$Out $In:[fields c:author] } tag /([A-Za-z.-]+\\.)([a-zA-Z ]+)/ {$Wrt:[s:"$2,$1"]} ~ to author: ~ {$Out $In:[fields c:author] } (tag /([A-Za-z.-]+\\.)([a-zA-Z ]+)/ {$Wrt:[s:"$2,$1"]})* ~ in pdbfinder.is Ramu -- _______________________________________________________________ Chenna Ramu; EMBL; Postfach 10.2209; 69012 Heidelberg; Germany. 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Thanx all From owner-srs@net.bio.net Wed Aug 20 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!news.Stanford.EDU!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.nacamar.de!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!ts47-4.homenet.ohio-state.edu!trostyanetsky.2 From: trostyanetsky.2@pop.service.ohio-state.edu (Leonid (Larry) Trostyanetsky) Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: RESEARCH ASSISTANT Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 23:45:16 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Lines: 27 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: ts47-4.homenet.ohio-state.edu X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] RESEARCH ASSISTANT in Bioorganic Chemistry. Undergraduate student needed to work on molecular modeling project of antitumor agent binding to DNA. Work involves the use of modeling programs such as MacroModel and Spartan on a dedicated SiliconGraphics Indigo Impact R10000. 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Coleman Associate Professor Department of Chemistry The Ohio State University 100 West 18th Avenue Columbus, OH 43210-1185 ------------------------------------------- (614) 292-4548 (voice) (614) 292-4647 (fax) coleman@chemistry.ohio-state.edu From owner-srs@net.bio.net Fri Aug 22 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!infeed2.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!192.220.251.22!netnews.nwnet.net!news-hub.interserv.net!news.interserv.com!soft.disc7.com From: "HURRY !" hardware@soft.disc7.com Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: ® ® ® COMPUTER SOFTWARE / HARDWARE ® ® ® Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 11:21:59 -0700 Organization: VWX Lines: 5 Message-ID: <220897112159@soft.disc7.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hd68-147.hil.compuserve.com ® ® ® COMPUTER SOFTWARE / HARDWARE ® ® ® >>> UP TO 90 % OFF <<< http://www.quantcom.com/Auctionfirst ><<><=<<>>==><=<><<< From owner-srs@net.bio.net Tue Aug 26 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov!cpk-news-feed4.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!Cabal.CESspool!bofh.vszbr.cz!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!hgmp.mrc.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: Peter Rice Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: Re: Help for PIR in SRS5 Date: 27 Aug 1997 11:19:36 +0100 Organization: The Sanger Centre Lines: 14 Sender: pmr@unst Message-ID: References: <3403F334.1EFF@infobiogen.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: unst.sanger.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Jean-Marc Plaza writes: > need help for Pir query form in SRS5.05. > > When i make a query in what ever field in > the query form "search PIR"(ID:hahu) > SRS always reply : no query was specified > (It's OK for swissprot) I see the same effect. When I check the user.par file, there is no query stored for PIR but there is for SWISSPROT. No sign yet of anything obvious in the .i files or in the query forms generated for SWISSPROT and PIR. From owner-srs@net.bio.net Tue Aug 26 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!news.Stanford.EDU!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.apfel.de!univ-lyon1.fr!jussieu.fr!infobiogen.fr!newsmaster From: Jean-Marc Plaza Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: Help for PIR in SRS5 Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 11:28:21 +0200 Organization: INFOBIOGEN Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3403F334.1EFF@infobiogen.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.infobiogen.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4u) Hi, need help for Pir query form in SRS5.05. When i make a query in what ever field in the query form "search PIR"(ID:hahu) SRS always reply : no query was specified (It's OK for swissprot) but when i make a search in pagelibinfo of PIR for ID:HAHU the results is correct ??? (and also for the other fields) All pir indices are well built -- --------------------------------------------------- Jean-Marc PLAZA INFOBIOGEN - CNRS 7, rue Guy Moquet BP8 94801 VILLEJUIF Cedex, France tel: +33 45 59 52 39 fax: +33 45 59 52 50 e-mail: plaza@infobiogen.fr --------------------------------------------------- From owner-srs@net.bio.net Tue Aug 26 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov!cpk-news-feed4.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!Cabal.CESspool!bofh.vszbr.cz!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!hgmp.mrc.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: Peter Rice Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: Re: Ecocyc and SRS5 Date: 27 Aug 1997 09:31:16 +0100 Organization: The Sanger Centre Lines: 10 Sender: pmr@unst Message-ID: References: <34033F85.2814@phu815.um.us.sbphrd.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: unst.sanger.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Filip Fuma writes: > > I was wondering if any has developed SRS 5 index files for > Ecocyc metabolic libraries? On my list of things to do. I had them for SRS4. I'm waiting for the "next SRS5 release" before I tackle them though. Our SRS 5 server is http://www.sanger.ac.uk/srs5/ From owner-srs@net.bio.net Tue Aug 26 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov!cpk-news-feed4.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!infeed1.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!192.48.96.126!in2.uu.net!208.198.64.1!netnews.sbphrd.com!not-for-mail From: Filip Fuma Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: Ecocyc and SRS5 Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 16:41:41 -0400 Organization: SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals Research & Development Lines: 4 Message-ID: <34033F85.2814@phu815.um.us.sbphrd.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: phu823.sbphrd.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4u) I was wondering if any has developed SRS 5 index files for Ecocyc metabolic libraries? thanks -- ff From owner-srs@net.bio.net Tue Aug 26 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov!cpk-news-feed4.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!Cabal.CESspool!bofh.vszbr.cz!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!server1.netnews.ja.net!server5.netnews.ja.net!server6.netnews.ja.net!daresbury!usenet From: Martin Hilbers Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: Re: Help for PIR in SRS5 Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 13:40:51 +0100 Organization: SEQNET Lines: 34 Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <34042052.41C6@dl.ac.uk> References: <3403F334.1EFF@infobiogen.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: s-ind2.dl.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; IRIX 5.3 IP12) To: Jean-Marc Plaza Jean-Marc Plaza wrote: > > Hi, > > need help for Pir query form in SRS5.05. > > When i make a query in what ever field in > the query form "search PIR"(ID:hahu) > SRS always reply : no query was specified > (It's OK for swissprot) > but when i make a search in pagelibinfo of PIR > for ID:HAHU the results is correct ??? > (and also for the other fields) > > All pir indices are well built Over here it appears to work... I don't recall having done anything special to make it so. (Euh - yes, indeed, this doesn't realy help you solving your problem, but I though you might like to know that it can be done..) Martin -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- | Martin Hilbers http://www.dci.clrc.ac.uk/Person.asp?m.p.hilbers | | SEQNET | E-mail: m.p.hilbers@dl.ac.uk | | Daresbury Laboratory | Tel: +44-1925-603492 | | Daresbury, Warrington | Fax: +44-1925-603100 | | Cheshire WA4 4AD | SEQNET is the UK national EMBNet node | | United Kingdom | http://www.seqnet.dl.ac.uk/ | ------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-srs@net.bio.net Tue Aug 26 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!daresbury!uninett.no!Norway.EU.net!EU.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!Cabal.CESspool!bofh.vszbr.cz!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!hgmp.mrc.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: Peter Rice Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: Re: Help for PIR in SRS5 Date: 27 Aug 1997 16:28:23 +0100 Organization: The Sanger Centre Lines: 18 Sender: pmr@unst Distribution: bionet Message-ID: References: <3403F334.1EFF@infobiogen.fr> <34042052.41C6@dl.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: unst.sanger.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Martin Hilbers writes: > Jean-Marc Plaza wrote: > > need help for Pir query form in SRS5.05. > > Over here it appears to work... I don't recall having done > anything special to make it so. Funny - seems to be just Sanger and InfoBiogen that have problems. OK, next possibility: We're running our SRS5 server on OSF. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Rice | Informatics Division, The Sanger Centre, E-mail: pmr@sanger.ac.uk | Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Tel: (44) 1223 494967 | Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, England Fax: (44) 1223 494919 | URL: http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Users/pmr/ From owner-srs@net.bio.net Tue Aug 26 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!europa.clark.net!4.1.16.34!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!Cabal.CESspool!bofh.vszbr.cz!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!server1.netnews.ja.net!server5.netnews.ja.net!daresbury!usenet From: Martin Hilbers Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: Re: Help for PIR in SRS5 Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 16:43:13 +0100 Organization: SEQNET Lines: 25 Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <34044B10.41C6@dl.ac.uk> References: <3403F334.1EFF@infobiogen.fr> <34042052.41C6@dl.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: s-ind2.dl.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; IRIX 5.3 IP12) Peter Rice wrote: > > Martin Hilbers writes: > > Jean-Marc Plaza wrote: > > > need help for Pir query form in SRS5.05. > > > > Over here it appears to work... I don't recall having done > > anything special to make it so. > > Funny - seems to be just Sanger and InfoBiogen that have problems. > > OK, next possibility: We're running our SRS5 server on OSF. > Nope - We're also running it on OSF -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- | Martin Hilbers http://www.dci.clrc.ac.uk/Person.asp?m.p.hilbers | | SEQNET | E-mail: m.p.hilbers@dl.ac.uk | | Daresbury Laboratory | Tel: +44-1925-603492 | | Daresbury, Warrington | Fax: +44-1925-603100 | | Cheshire WA4 4AD | SEQNET is the UK national EMBNet node | | United Kingdom | http://www.seqnet.dl.ac.uk/ | ------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-srs@net.bio.net Wed Aug 27 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!agate!newsfeed.kornet.nm.kr!howland.erols.net!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!oleane!jussieu.fr!infobiogen.fr!newsmaster From: Jean-Marc Plaza Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: DATABANKSin SRS5 Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 12:19:14 +0200 Organization: INFOBIOGEN Lines: 20 Message-ID: <340550A2.7834@infobiogen.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.infobiogen.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4u) Hi, concerning the icarus files databanks.i and databanks.is, is there a script already done to generate databank flat file ? Regards -- --------------------------------------------------- Jean-Marc PLAZA INFOBIOGEN - CNRS 7, rue Guy Moquet BP8 94801 VILLEJUIF Cedex, France tel: +33 45 59 52 39 fax: +33 45 59 52 50 e-mail: plaza@infobiogen.fr --------------------------------------------------- From owner-srs@net.bio.net Wed Aug 27 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov!cpk-news-feed4.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!baron.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!server3.netnews.ja.net!news.ox.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: johnp@worf.molbiol.ox.ac.uk (John Peden) Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: Does getz have a memory leak Date: 28 Aug 1997 12:20:30 GMT Organization: Oxford University Lines: 29 Message-ID: <5u3qee$fps$3@news.ox.ac.uk> Reply-To: johnp@molbiol.ox.ac.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: udcpc3.jr2.ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: News Version 5.0 from Hummingbird Communications Ltd. Hi, Problem on Digital UNIX 4.0 and SRS I have been having trouble with a memory leak in getz for several months, the leak was present in SRS4 and is still present in SRS5.05. The problem occurs when multiple sequence entries are read from disk and written to standard output. Memory is allocated to hold each sequence when it is read, but the memory is not released after the sequence has been written to the standard out. This process repeats until memory is exhausted. I have checked for memory leaks in getz using PURIFY, and cannot find any. I have also checked the getz /SRS code, and while memory is being allocated for each sequence object via EntryOpen(), it is apparently being correctly released by a EntryClose() call, on an entry by entry basis. I am therefore confused where this problem is occurring and whether this is a SRS or Digital UNIX or compiler specific problem and would appreciate confirmation that the problem does or does not occur on other systems/setups. A typical getz query: getz -sf fasta -f "id des seq" "[libs={genbank embl}-sl#45:] ! ([libs-org:escherichia coli] | [libs-org:metazoa])" After the query is processed and the first sequence is outputted, my memory usage is approximately 34Mb. However on my system memory usage continues to grow until it hits either the soft or hard memory limit (the hard limit is 600 Mb). John Oxfrord University Molecular Biology Data Centre. From owner-srs@net.bio.net Wed Aug 27 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!daresbury!uninett.no!Norway.EU.net!EU.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!Cabal.CESspool!bofh.vszbr.cz!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!hgmp.mrc.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: Peter Rice Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: Re: Does getz have a memory leak Date: 28 Aug 1997 16:50:11 +0100 Organization: The Sanger Centre Lines: 37 Sender: pmr@unst Message-ID: References: <5u3qee$fps$3@news.ox.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: unst.sanger.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 johnp@worf.molbiol.ox.ac.uk (John Peden) writes: > Problem on Digital UNIX 4.0 and SRS > > I have been having trouble with a memory leak in getz for several months, the leak was present in SRS4 and is still > present in SRS5.05. The problem occurs when multiple sequence entries are read from disk and written to standard > output. Memory is allocated to hold each sequence when it is read, but the memory is not released after the > sequence has been written to the standard out. This process repeats until memory is exhausted. > > getz -sf fasta -f "id des seq" "[libs={genbank embl}-sl#45:] ! ([libs-org:escherichia coli] | [libs-org:metazoa])" > > > After the query is processed and the first sequence is outputted, my memory usage is approximately 34Mb. > However on my system memory usage continues to grow until it hits either the soft or hard memory limit > (the hard limit is 600 Mb). I tried this (using emblnew in place of genbank) on our Digital UNIX 4.0 system. "top" showed "SIZE: 45M RES: 29M" when the output started. I guess the exact sizes depend on the databases being used. The SIZE and RES figures did indeed creep up as the sequences were written. That's a lot of sequences for one query, so I didn't wait for the end :-) Could this be somewhere in the parser, for example as the sequence is being read by Icarus? We use EMBL and EMBLNEW in the original flatfile format, but we have made some changes to the embl.is file because in FASTA format there was no ID for flatfile format databases (all a question of forcing the ID to be parsed). -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Rice | Informatics Division, The Sanger Centre, E-mail: pmr@sanger.ac.uk | Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Tel: (44) 1223 494967 | Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, England Fax: (44) 1223 494919 | URL: http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Users/pmr/ From owner-srs@net.bio.net Fri Aug 29 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!eru.mt.luth.se!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!infeed1.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!192.220.251.22!netnews.nwnet.net!news-hub.interserv.net!news.interserv.com!discount-software5.com From: "DISCOUNTS !" software@discount-software5.com Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: >>> COMPUTER SOFTWARE / HARDWARE <<< Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 00:14:26 -0700 Organization: PQR Lines: 5 Message-ID: <300897001426@discount-software5.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hd14-083.hil.compuserve.com <<<<<<< COMPUTER SOFTWARE / HARDWARE >>>>>>> >>> UP TO 90 % OFF <<< http://www.quantcom.com/auctionfirst/ =<>>=<==<=>==<<=><=> From owner-srs@net.bio.net Sat Aug 30 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!agate!usenet From: Michael Schmitz Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: Re: Does getz have a memory leak Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 17:51:29 -0700 Organization: Tinoco Lab, UC Berkeley Lines: 19 Message-ID: <3408BFC4.4C92@lcbvax.cchem.berkeley.edu> References: <5u3qee$fps$3@news.ox.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: tinocopwr.cchem.berkeley.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Peter Rice wrote: > > I have been having trouble with a memory leak in getz for several months, > >the leak was present in SRS4 and is still present in SRS5.05. > The SIZE and RES figures did indeed creep up as the sequences were > written. That's a lot of sequences for one query, so I didn't wait for > the end :-) > > Could this be somewhere in the parser, for example as the sequence > is being read by Icarus? Wasn't Icarus invented in SRS 5?? But a memory leak like this doesn't necessarily mean the sequence isn't freed. There may be other data structures, and SRS 4 had at least one problem with 'forgetting' pointers to malloced data. I don't remember details now, but it involved keeping multiple pointers to certain structures. Michael From owner-srs@net.bio.net Sun Aug 31 23:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!agate!newsfeed.kornet.nm.kr!xfer.kren.nm.kr!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-feed3.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!zylum.nettrip.net!not-for-mail From: Nick@tzcc.com (Nick Dinielli (The Fatman)) Newsgroups: bionet.software.srs Subject: For additional software support visit: http://www.tzcc.com Date: Mon, 01 Sep 1997 02:48:43 GMT Organization: NetTrip, Inc. 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