Thanks thomas for your reply but still I am getting error: I have used the following command and provided the qual file as well : mira --project=test --job=denovo,genome,draft 454_SETTINGS -FN:fai=2.GAC.454Reads.fna -FN:fqui=2.GAC.454Reads.qual Minimum reads per group needed for tagging (mrpg) : [san] 2 [454] 4 Minimum neighbour quality needed for tagging (mnq) : [san] 20 [454] 20 Minimum Group Quality needed for RMB Tagging (mgqrt) : [san] 30 [454] 25 End-read Marking Exclusion Area in bases (emea) : [san] 25 [454] 10 Also mark gap bases (amgb) : [san] yes [454] no Also mark gap bases - even multicolumn (amgbemc) : [san] yes [454] yes Also mark gap bases - need both strands (amgbnbs): [san] yes [454] yes Force non-IUPAC consensus per sequencing type (fnicpst) : [san] no [454] no Merge short reads (msr) : [san] no [454] no Gap override ratio (gor) : [san] 66 [454] 66 Edit options (-ED): Automatic contig editing (ace) : [san] no [454] yes Sanger only: Strict editing mode (sem) : no Confirmation threshold in percent (ct) : 50 Directories (-DI): When loading EXP files : When loading SCF files : Top directory for writing files : test_assembly For writing result files : test_assembly/test_d_results For writing result info files : test_assembly/test_d_info For writing log files : test_assembly/test_d_log For writing checkpoint files : test_assembly/test_d_chkpt File names (-FN): When loading sequences from FASTA : [san] test_in.sanger.fasta [454] 2.GAC.454Reads.fna When loading qualities from FASTA quality : [san] test_in.sanger.fasta.qual [454] 2.GAC.454Reads.qual When loading sequences from FASTQ : [san] test_in.sanger.fastq [454] test_in.454.fastq When loading project from CAF : test_in.sanger.caf When loading project from MAF (disabled) : test_in.sanger.maf When loading EXP fofn : test_in.fofn When loading project from PHD : test_in.phd.1 When loading strain data : test_straindata_in.txt When loading XML trace info files : [san] test_traceinfo_in.sanger.xml [454] test_traceinfo_in.454.xml When loading SSAHA vector screen results : test_ssaha2vectorscreen_in.txt When loading backbone from MAF : test_backbone_in.maf When loading backbone from CAF : test_backbone_in.caf When loading backbone from GenBank : test_backbone_in.gbf When loading backbone from FASTA : test_backbone_in.fasta Output files (-OUTPUT/-OUT): Save simple singlets in project (sssip) : [san] no [454] no Save tagged singlets in project (stsip) : [san] yes [454] yes Remove rollover logs (rrol) : yes Remove log directory (rld) : no Result files: Saved as CAF (orc) : yes Saved as FASTA (orf) : yes Saved as GAP4 (directed assembly) (org) : no Saved as phrap ACE (ora) : yes Saved as HTML (orh) : no Saved as Transposed Contig Summary (ors) : yes Saved as simple text format (ort) : no Saved as wiggle (orw) : yes Temporary result files: Saved as CAF (otc) : yes Saved as CAF (otm) : no Saved as FASTA (otf) : no Saved as GAP4 (directed assembly) (otg) : no Saved as phrap ACE (ota) : no Saved as HTML (oth) : no Saved as Transposed Contig Summary (ots) : no Saved as simple text format (ott) : no Extended temporary result files: Saved as CAF (oetc) : no Saved as FASTA (oetf) : no Saved as GAP4 (directed assembly) (oetg) : no Saved as phrap ACE (oeta) : no Saved as HTML (oeth) : no Save also singlets (oetas) : no Alignment output customisation: TEXT characters per line (tcpl) : 60 HTML characters per line (hcpl) : 60 TEXT end gap fill character (tegfc) : HTML end gap fill character (hegfc) : File / directory output names: CAF : test_out.caf MAF : test_out.maf FASTA : test_out.unpadded.fasta FASTA quality : test_out.unpadded.fasta.qual FASTA (padded) : test_out.padded.fasta FASTA qual.(pad): test_out.padded.fasta.qual GAP4 (directory): test_out.gap4da ACE : test_out.ace HTML : test_out.html Simple text : test_out.txt TCS overview : test_out.tcs Wiggle : test_out.wig ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Deleting old directory test_assembly ... done. Creating directory test_assembly ... done. Creating directory test_assembly/test_d_log ... done. Creating directory test_assembly/test_d_results ... done. Creating directory test_assembly/test_d_info ... done. Creating directory test_assembly/test_d_chkpt ... done. Localtime: Thu Jul 22 10:31:49 2010 ========================== Memory self assessment ============================== Running in 64 bit mode. Dump from /proc/meminfo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MemTotal: 8174224 kB MemFree: 94968 kB Buffers: 4644 kB Cached: 4976444 kB SwapCached: 287504 kB Active: 6618732 kB Inactive: 1307228 kB HighTotal: 0 kB HighFree: 0 kB LowTotal: 8174224 kB LowFree: 94968 kB SwapTotal: 2031608 kB SwapFree: 1476740 kB Dirty: 1984 kB Writeback: 0 kB AnonPages: 2936468 kB Mapped: 32408 kB Slab: 81840 kB PageTables: 37252 kB NFS_Unstable: 0 kB Bounce: 0 kB CommitLimit: 6118720 kB Committed_AS: 5290616 kB VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kB VmallocUsed: 263728 kB VmallocChunk: 34359474579 kB HugePages_Total: 0 HugePages_Free: 0 HugePages_Rsvd: 0 Hugepagesize: 2048 kB -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dump from /proc/self/status -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: mira State: R (running) SleepAVG: 0% Tgid: 6158 Pid: 6158 PPid: 17617 TracerPid: 0 Uid: 8395 8395 8395 8395 Gid: 3658 3658 3658 3658 FDSize: 256 Groups: 3658 VmPeak: 4972 kB VmSize: 4920 kB VmLck: 0 kB VmHWM: 1744 kB VmRSS: 1744 kB VmData: 464 kB VmStk: 84 kB VmExe: 4336 kB VmLib: 0 kB VmPTE: 28 kB StaBrk: 00a7e000 kB Brk: 017f0000 kB StaStk: 7fffc798fa70 kB Threads: 1 SigQ: 0/71680 SigPnd: 0000000000000000 ShdPnd: 0000000000000000 SigBlk: 0000000000000000 SigIgn: 0000000000000000 SigCgt: 0000000180000000 CapInh: 0000000000000000 CapPrm: 0000000000000000 CapEff: 0000000000000000 Cpus_allowed: 00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,000000ff Mems_allowed: 00000000,00000001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information on current assembly object: AS_readpool: 0 reads. AS_contigs: 0 contigs. AS_bbcontigs: 0 contigs. Mem used for reads: 112 (112 B) Memory used in assembly structures: Eff. Size Free cap. LostByAlign AS_writtenskimhitsperid: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_skim_edges: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_adsfacts: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_confirmed_edges: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_permanent_overlap_bans: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_readhitmiss: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_readhmcovered: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_count_rhm: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_clipleft: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_clipright: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_used_ids: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_multicopies: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_hasmcoverlaps: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_maxcoveragereached: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_coverageperseqtype: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_istroublemaker: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_isdebris: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_needalloverlaps: 0 40 B 0 B 0 B AS_readsforrepeatresolve: 0 40 B 0 B 0 B AS_allrmbsok: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_probablermbsnotok: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_weakrmbsnotok: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_readmaytakeskim: 0 40 B 0 B 0 B AS_skimstaken: 0 40 B 0 B 0 B AS_numskimoverlaps: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_numleftextendskims: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_rightextendskims: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_skimleftextendratio: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_skimrightextendratio: 0 24 B 0 B 0 B AS_usedlogfiles: 1 48 B 0 B 0 B Total: 920 (920 B) ================================================================================ Dynamic allocs: 0 Align allocs: 0 Fatal Error (may be due to problems of the input data): "You did not specify any input sequences to be loaded." ->Thrown: void Assembly::loadSequenceData_new() ->Caught: main Cheers Shab From: mira_talk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mira_talk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas Müller Sent: 22 July 2010 10:12 To: mira_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mira_talk] Re: FW: 454 assembly try: mira --project=test --job=denovo,genome,draft,est 454_SETTINGS -FN:fai=2.GAC.454Reads.fna But you should really also add the .qual file with FN:fqui=2.GAC.454Reads.qual cheers Thomas On Jul 22, 2010, at 10:53 AM, Shabhonam Caim (TGAC) wrote: Hello Mira Users I am trying to assemble the 454 reads using Mira by using following command: mira-3.0.0 mira --project=test --job=denovo,genome,draft,2.GAC.454Reads.fna and I am getting the following error: This is MIRA V3.0.0 (production version). Please cite: Chevreux, B., Wetter, T. and Suhai, S. (1999), Genome Sequence Assembly Using Trace Signals and Additional Sequence Information. Computer Science and Biology: Proceedings of the German Conference on Bioinformatics (GCB) 99, pp. 45-56. Mail general questions to the MIRA talk mailing list: mira_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:mira_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To (un-)subsubcribe the MIRA mailing lists, see: http://www.chevreux.org/mira_mailinglists.html To report bugs or ask for features, please use the new ticketing system at: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mira-assembler/ This ensures that requests don't get lost. Compiled by: bach Sun Jan 31 20:23:36 CET 2010 On: Linux arcadia64 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Wed Apr 1 20:53:41 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux Compiled in boundtracking mode. Compiled in bugtracking mode. Compilation settings (sorry, for debug): Size of size_t : 8 Size of uint32 : 4 Size of uint32_t: 4 Size of uint64 : 8 Size of uint64_t: 8 Current system: Linux n57140 2.6.18-92.el5 #1 SMP Tue Apr 29 13:16:15 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Parsing parameters: --project=454asembly --job=denovo, genome, draft pk.454.fasta Seen no assembly quality in job definition, assuming 'normal'. Seen no assembly type in job definition, assuming 'genome'. ,.. ========================= Parameter parsing error(s) ========================== * Parameter section: '(none)' * unrecognised string or unexpected character: genome * Parameter section: '(none)' * unrecognised string or unexpected character: draft * Parameter section: '(none)' * unrecognised string or unexpected character: pk * Parameter section: '(none)' * unrecognised string or unexpected character: 454 * Parameter section: '(none)' * unrecognised string or unexpected character: fasta =============================================================================== Fatal Error (may be due to problems of the input data): "Error while parsing parameters, sorry." ->Thrown: void MIRAParameters::parse(istream & is, vector<MIRAParameters> & Pv, MIRAParameters * singlemp) ->Caught: main Or can I please get the commands to run the 454 assembly (basic denovo assembly with default parameters) cheers Shab -- Crop Plant Biodiversity and Breeding Informatics Group (350b) Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population Genetics University of Hohenheim Fruwirthstrasse 21 D-70599 Stuttgart Phone: +49-711-459 24293