[Mne_analysis] setup_forward_model duration

[Denis-Alexander Engemann]

Thanks Matti,

indeed that was it, I wasn't aware of that, actually it was a typo.
Good to know about these differences.

-Denis

2012/9/15 Matti Hamalainen <msh at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>:
>
> Denis,
>
> Do you really have an option specified as -ico 4, with one dash. Two dashes are needed. Otherwise the BEM surfaces are not decimated and it takes ages to run the three-compartment model, which you do not need unless you are analyzing EEG alone or EEG + MEG
>
> - Matti
>
> On Sep 14, 2012, at 17:05, Denis-Alexander Engemann <d.engemann at fz-juelich.de> wrote:
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>> Dear MNEs,
>>
>> I wonder myself how long the mne_setup_forward_model is usually expected to run.
>> I started the routine calling  'mne_setup_forward_model --surf -ico 4
>> --overwrite' about 9 hours ago, with all environmental variables set,
>> and it still is not completed.
>> At this point I cannot monitor the command line output which runs my
>> office computer (Debian Wheezy [testing] 64bit) but I can see via ssh
>> that the process still is running.
>> What irritated me was that following the output it should take a few
>> minutes and that the output got 'frozen' after a few lines for a
>> couple of hours.
>>
>> Any pointers would be highly appreciated.
>>
>> --Denis
>>
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