Comment 3 for bug 1716676

Thanks,

Looks like a corruption of the pickle file that we create to speed up the import of the model.
You can do the following
rm models/mssm_v4/*.pkl

And this should fix your problem.

Cheers,

Olivier

> On 13 Sep 2017, at 14:22, Alexander Leopold <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi Olivier!
>
> Thanks for your reply, I put the debug file in the attachment
>
> Best,
> Alex
>
> ** Attachment added: "MG5_debug"
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/mg5amcnlo/+bug/1716676/+attachment/4949359/+files/MG5_debug
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> Title:
> "import model_v4 mssm" suddenly doesn't work anymore
>
> Status in MadGraph5_aMC@NLO:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Hi! I am trying to generate susy events, for which I use the following
> script:
>
> #######################################
> set max_npoint_for_channel 0
> import model_v4 mssm
> define p = g u c d s u~ c~ d~ s~
> define j = g u c d s u~ c~ d~ s~
> define susystrong = go ul ur dl dr cl cr sl sr t1 t2 b1 b2 ul~ ur~ dl~ dr~ cl~ cr~ sl~ sr~ t1~ t2~ b1~ b2~
> generate p p > x1+ n2 $ susystrong \@1
> add process p p > x1- n2 $ susystrong \@2
> output gen_x1n2_mn1_100_mn2_300_LO -nojpeg
> launch
> set run_card ebeam1 6500
> set run_card ebeam2 6500
> set run_card pdlabel lhapdf
> set run_card lhaid 247000
> set run_card nevents 10000
> set run_card iseed 8
> set run_card drjj 0
> set mass 1000022 100
> set mass 1000023 300
> set mass 1000024 300
> set mass 25 125
> set mass 1000001 5.68441109E+05 # ~d_L^M
> set mass 2000001 5.45228462E+05 # ~d_R^M
> set mass 1000002 5.61119014E+05 # ~u_L^M
> set mass 2000002 5.49259265E+05 # ~u_R^M
> set mass 1000003 5.68441109E+05 # ~s_L^M
> set mass 2000003 5.45228462E+05 # ~s_R^M
> set mass 1000004 5.61119014E+05 # ~c_L^M
> set mass 2000004 5.49259265E+05 # ~c_R^M
> set mass 1000005 5.13065179E+05 # ~b_1^M
> set mass 2000005 5.43726676E+05 # ~b_2^M
> set mass 1000006 3.99668493E+05 # ~t_1^M
> set mass 2000006 5.85785818E+05 # ~t_2^M
> set mass 1000011 2.02915690E+05 # ~e_L^M
> set mass 2000011 1.44102799E+05 # ~e_R^M
> set mass 1000012 1.85258326E+05 # ~nu_eL^M
> set mass 1000013 2.02915690E+05 # ~mu_L^M
> set mass 2000013 1.44102799E+05 # ~mu_R^M
> set mass 1000014 1.85258326E+05 # ~nu_muL^M
> set mass 1000015 1.34490864E+05 # ~tau_1^M
> set mass 2000015 2.06867805E+05 # ~tau_2^M
> set mass 1000016 1.84708464E+05 # ~nu_tauL^M
> set mass 1000021 6.07713704E+05 # ~g^M
> set mass 1000025 -3.63756027E+05 # ~chi_30^M
> set mass 1000035 3.81729382E+05 # ~chi_40^M
> set mass 1000037 3.79939320E+05 # ~chi_2+^M
> #######################################
>
> this script was working before, calculating cross sections, but
> suddenly I get the error:
>
> set max_npoint_for_channel 0
> import model_v4 mssm
> Command "import
> /afs/cern.ch/work/a/aleopold/private/software/madgraph4/MG5_aMC_v2_4_3/susytest.txt"
> interrupted in sub-command:
> "import model_v4 mssm" with error:
> KeyError : '\x00'
> Please report this bug on https://bugs.launchpad.net/mg5amcnlo
> More information is found in 'MG5_debug'.
> Please attach this file to your report.
> quit
>
> I am using MadGraph 2.4.3 on lxplus, and have not changed the way I
> set up my environmental variables etc before, so I do not really
> understand where this error is coming from. Also starting MG5 manually
> and trying to import the model results in the same error message.
>
> For completeness, I set up doing the following:
>
> #######################################
> setupATLAS
> lsetup root
> export PYTHONDIR=/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/Python/2.7.3/x86_64-slc6-gcc48-opt
> export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$ROOTSYS/lib
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ROOTSYS/lib:$PYTHONDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/rh/python27/root/usr/lib64
> export PATH=/afs/cern.ch/work/a/aleopold/private/software/madgraph5/LHAPDF-install/bin:$PATH
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/afs/cern.ch/work/a/aleopold/private/software/madgraph4/LHAPDF-install/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> export PYTHONPATH=/afs/cern.ch/work/a/aleopold/private/software/madgraph4/LHAPDF-install/lib64/python2.7/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH
> #######################################
>
> Any help is highly appreciated!
>
> Best regards,
> Alex
>
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