[Freesurfer] problem creating annotation using mri_sample_parc?

Dear all,

I am trying to create a annotation file from a ROI_file with multiple ROIs with values form 1:10 using mris_sample_parc

I had verified that myROIfile and subject001/surf/rh.white and also mri/T1.mgz loadable together in freeview (=same space).

when running the command

mris_sample_parc -v -sdir subject001 rh ~/Documents/myROIfile.mgz rh.myROIfile.annot

it first starts well, but then complains about

could not open translation file /Applications/freesurfer/cma_parcellation_colors.txt

However when trying to load the created annotation file it gives me the same never endign error:

CTABfindAnnotation: ct was NULL No such file or directory CTABfindAnnotation: ct was NULL No such file or directory CTABfindAnnotation: ct was NULL No such file or directory CTABfindAnnotation: ct was NULL No such file or directory ... etc.

I guess that the annotation is not on the surface, but what am I doing wrong?

Thank you in advance, Markus