AlphaFold Error Plot: PermissionError

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The following bug report has been submitted:
Platform:        macOS-14.5-arm64-arm-64bit
ChimeraX Version: 1.8.dev202403220040 (2024-03-22 00:40:30 UTC)
Description
(Describe the actions that caused this problem to occur here)

Log:
UCSF ChimeraX version: 1.8.dev202403220040 (2024-03-22)  
© 2016-2024 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.  
How to cite UCSF ChimeraX  

> open
> /Users/pep/Downloads/fold_2024_05_24_10_26_ul9dimer_oli3_no_polyttt/fold_2024_05_24_10_26_ul9dimer_oli3_no_polyttt_model_1.cif

Chain information for
fold_2024_05_24_10_26_ul9dimer_oli3_no_polyttt_model_1.cif #1  
---  
Chain | Description  
A B | .  
C | .  
  
Alignment identifier is 1  
Alignment identifier is 1/C  

> select /C:5

22 atoms, 24 bonds, 1 residue, 1 model selected  

> select /C:5-10

128 atoms, 144 bonds, 6 residues, 1 model selected  

> select /C:16-17

41 atoms, 45 bonds, 2 residues, 1 model selected  

> select /C:16-19

84 atoms, 94 bonds, 4 residues, 1 model selected  

> select /C:8

22 atoms, 24 bonds, 1 residue, 1 model selected  

> select /C:8-15

168 atoms, 189 bonds, 8 residues, 1 model selected  

> ui tool show "AlphaFold Error Plot"

Traceback (most recent call last):  
File
"/Applications/ChimeraX_Daily.app/Contents/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-
packages/chimerax/alphafold/pae.py", line 101, in _structure_chosen  
self._guess_pae_file_or_database_id()  
File
"/Applications/ChimeraX_Daily.app/Contents/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-
packages/chimerax/alphafold/pae.py", line 118, in
_guess_pae_file_or_database_id  
pae_path = _matching_pae_file(structure_path)  
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
File
"/Applications/ChimeraX_Daily.app/Contents/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-
packages/chimerax/alphafold/pae.py", line 294, in _matching_pae_file  
dfiles = listdir(dir)  
^^^^^^^^^^^^  
PermissionError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted:
'/Users/pep/Downloads/fold_2024_05_24_10_26_ul9dimer_oli3_no_polyttt'  
  
PermissionError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted:
'/Users/pep/Downloads/fold_2024_05_24_10_26_ul9dimer_oli3_no_polyttt'  
  
File
"/Applications/ChimeraX_Daily.app/Contents/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-
packages/chimerax/alphafold/pae.py", line 294, in _matching_pae_file  
dfiles = listdir(dir)  
^^^^^^^^^^^^  
  
See log for complete Python traceback.  
  

> ui tool show "ESMFold Error Plot"

Traceback (most recent call last):  
File
"/Applications/ChimeraX_Daily.app/Contents/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-
packages/chimerax/alphafold/pae.py", line 101, in _structure_chosen  
self._guess_pae_file_or_database_id()  
File
"/Applications/ChimeraX_Daily.app/Contents/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-
packages/chimerax/alphafold/pae.py", line 118, in
_guess_pae_file_or_database_id  
pae_path = _matching_pae_file(structure_path)  
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
File
"/Applications/ChimeraX_Daily.app/Contents/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-
packages/chimerax/alphafold/pae.py", line 294, in _matching_pae_file  
dfiles = listdir(dir)  
^^^^^^^^^^^^  
PermissionError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted:
'/Users/pep/Downloads/fold_2024_05_24_10_26_ul9dimer_oli3_no_polyttt'  
  
PermissionError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted:
'/Users/pep/Downloads/fold_2024_05_24_10_26_ul9dimer_oli3_no_polyttt'  
  
File
"/Applications/ChimeraX_Daily.app/Contents/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-
packages/chimerax/alphafold/pae.py", line 294, in _matching_pae_file  
dfiles = listdir(dir)  
^^^^^^^^^^^^  
  
See log for complete Python traceback.  
  




OpenGL version: 4.1 Metal - 88.1
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[Tom Goddard]

User was trying to use AlphaFold Error Plot on an AlphaFold 3 prediction and the prediction directory apparently does not have read access so its files could not be listed. Not sure how that permission problem happened. Probably the user denied ChimeraX permission access to the Downloads directory.