Opened 3 weeks ago
Closed 3 weeks ago
#19204 closed defect (not a bug)
Tried to open PDF file as PDB
| Reported by: | Owned by: | Eric Pettersen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | Input/Output | Version: | |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
| Notify when closed: | Platform: | all | |
| Project: | ChimeraX |
Description
The following bug report has been submitted:
Platform: Windows-10-10.0.19045
ChimeraX Version: 1.10.1 (2025-07-24 20:15:27 UTC)
Description
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Log:
Startup Messages
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UCSF ChimeraX version: 1.10.1 (2025-07-24)
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How to cite UCSF ChimeraX
2025-10-22 10:21:27,494 WARNING Retrying (Retry(total=2, connect=None,
read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by
'NameResolutionError("<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at
0x000001EACEC74490>: Failed to resolve 'webservices.rbvi.ucsf.edu' ([Errno
11001] getaddrinfo failed)")':
/cxservices/api/v1/chimerax/updates?uuid=91ca59b5-10f5-521c-9b6b-9cdc6f4d918e&OS=windows&Arch=x86_64&OSVersion=10.0.19045&ChimeraXVersion=1.10.1
2025-10-22 10:21:27,495 WARNING Retrying (Retry(total=1, connect=None,
read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by
'NameResolutionError("<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at
0x000001EACEC74D50>: Failed to resolve 'webservices.rbvi.ucsf.edu' ([Errno
11001] getaddrinfo failed)")':
/cxservices/api/v1/chimerax/updates?uuid=91ca59b5-10f5-521c-9b6b-9cdc6f4d918e&OS=windows&Arch=x86_64&OSVersion=10.0.19045&ChimeraXVersion=1.10.1
2025-10-22 10:21:27,496 WARNING Retrying (Retry(total=0, connect=None,
read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by
'NameResolutionError("<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at
0x000001EACEC75650>: Failed to resolve 'webservices.rbvi.ucsf.edu' ([Errno
11001] getaddrinfo failed)")':
/cxservices/api/v1/chimerax/updates?uuid=91ca59b5-10f5-521c-9b6b-9cdc6f4d918e&OS=windows&Arch=x86_64&OSVersion=10.0.19045&ChimeraXVersion=1.10.1
> help help:quickstart
> open C:/Users/Martha/Downloads/exercise_3_1.pdb
Summary of feedback from opening C:/Users/Martha/Downloads/exercise_3_1.pdb
---
error | Non-ASCII character on line 16 of PDB file
warnings | Ignored bad PDB record found on line 1
%PDF-1.7
Ignored bad PDB record found on line 2
%????
Ignored bad PDB record found on line 3
1 0 obj
Ignored bad PDB record found on line 4
<</Type/Catalog/Pages 2 0 R/Lang(en) /StructTreeRoot 30 0 R/MarkInfo<</Marked
true>>/Metadata 210 0 R/ViewerPreferences 211 0 R>>
Ignored bad PDB record found on line 5
endobj
10 messages similar to the above omitted
PDB file contains non-ASCII character or control character
> open C:/Users/Martha/Downloads/exercise3.pdb
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-
packages\chimerax\open_command\dialog.py", line 339, in _qt_safe
run(session, "open " + " ".join([FileNameArg.unparse(p) for p in paths]) + (""
File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-
packages\chimerax\core\commands\run.py", line 49, in run
results = command.run(text, log=log, return_json=return_json)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-
packages\chimerax\core\commands\cli.py", line 3221, in run
result = ci.function(session, **kw_args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-
packages\chimerax\open_command\cmd.py", line 132, in cmd_open
models = Command(session, registry=registry).run(provider_cmd_text,
log=log)[0]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-
packages\chimerax\core\commands\cli.py", line 3221, in run
result = ci.function(session, **kw_args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-
packages\chimerax\open_command\cmd.py", line 215, in provider_open
models, status = collated_open(session, None, [data], data_format,
_add_models,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-
packages\chimerax\open_command\cmd.py", line 526, in collated_open
return remember_data_format()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-
packages\chimerax\open_command\cmd.py", line 497, in remember_data_format
models, status = func(*func_args, **func_kw)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-
packages\chimerax\pdb\\__init__.py", line 45, in open
return pdb.open_pdb(session, data, file_name, **kw)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-
packages\chimerax\pdb\pdb.py", line 89, in open_pdb
pointers = _pdbio.read_pdb_file(stream, session.logger, not coordsets, atomic,
segid_chains,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "<frozen codecs>", line 322, in decode
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb5 in position 11:
invalid start byte
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb5 in position 11:
invalid start byte
File "", line 322, in decode
See log for complete Python traceback.
> open C:/Users/Martha/Downloads/exercise3.pdb
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-
packages\chimerax\open_command\dialog.py", line 339, in _qt_safe
run(session, "open " + " ".join([FileNameArg.unparse(p) for p in paths]) + (""
File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-
packages\chimerax\core\commands\run.py", line 49, in run
results = command.run(text, log=log, return_json=return_json)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-
packages\chimerax\core\commands\cli.py", line 3221, in run
result = ci.function(session, **kw_args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-
packages\chimerax\open_command\cmd.py", line 132, in cmd_open
models = Command(session, registry=registry).run(provider_cmd_text,
log=log)[0]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-
packages\chimerax\core\commands\cli.py", line 3221, in run
result = ci.function(session, **kw_args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-
packages\chimerax\open_command\cmd.py", line 215, in provider_open
models, status = collated_open(session, None, [data], data_format,
_add_models,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-
packages\chimerax\open_command\cmd.py", line 526, in collated_open
return remember_data_format()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-
packages\chimerax\open_command\cmd.py", line 497, in remember_data_format
models, status = func(*func_args, **func_kw)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-
packages\chimerax\pdb\\__init__.py", line 45, in open
return pdb.open_pdb(session, data, file_name, **kw)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\ChimeraX 1.10.1\bin\Lib\site-
packages\chimerax\pdb\pdb.py", line 89, in open_pdb
pointers = _pdbio.read_pdb_file(stream, session.logger, not coordsets, atomic,
segid_chains,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "<frozen codecs>", line 322, in decode
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb5 in position 11:
invalid start byte
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb5 in position 11:
invalid start byte
File "", line 322, in decode
See log for complete Python traceback.
OpenGL version: 3.3.0 - Build 30.0.101.1339
OpenGL renderer: Intel(R) HD Graphics 530
OpenGL vendor: Intel
Python: 3.11.4
Locale: en_GB.cp1252
Qt version: PyQt6 6.8.1, Qt 6.8.2
Qt runtime version: 6.8.2
Qt platform: windows
Manufacturer: HP
Model: HP EliteDesk 800 G2 DM 65W
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (Build 19045)
Memory: 8,464,715,776
MaxProcessMemory: 137,438,953,344
CPU: 4 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz
OSLanguage: de-DE
Installed Packages:
alabaster: 1.0.0
appdirs: 1.4.4
asttokens: 3.0.0
babel: 2.17.0
beautifulsoup4: 4.13.3
blockdiag: 3.0.0
blosc2: 3.6.1
build: 1.2.2.post1
certifi: 2025.7.14
cftime: 1.6.4.post1
charset-normalizer: 3.4.2
ChimeraX-AddCharge: 1.5.19
ChimeraX-AddH: 2.2.7
ChimeraX-AlignmentAlgorithms: 2.0.2
ChimeraX-AlignmentHdrs: 3.6.1
ChimeraX-AlignmentMatrices: 2.1
ChimeraX-Alignments: 2.20.2
ChimeraX-AlphaFold: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-AltlocExplorer: 1.1.2
ChimeraX-AmberInfo: 1.0
ChimeraX-Aniso: 1.1.4
ChimeraX-Arrays: 1.1
ChimeraX-Atomic: 1.60.7
ChimeraX-AtomicLibrary: 14.1.19
ChimeraX-AtomSearch: 2.0.1
ChimeraX-AxesPlanes: 2.4
ChimeraX-BasicActions: 1.1.3
ChimeraX-BILD: 1.0
ChimeraX-BlastProtein: 3.0.0
ChimeraX-Boltz: 1.0
ChimeraX-BondRot: 2.0.4
ChimeraX-BugReporter: 1.0.2
ChimeraX-BuildStructure: 2.13.1
ChimeraX-Bumps: 1.0
ChimeraX-BundleBuilder: 1.5.1
ChimeraX-ButtonPanel: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-CageBuilder: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-CellPack: 1.0
ChimeraX-Centroids: 1.4
ChimeraX-ChangeChains: 1.1
ChimeraX-CheckWaters: 1.5
ChimeraX-ChemGroup: 2.0.2
ChimeraX-Clashes: 2.3
ChimeraX-ColorActions: 1.0.5
ChimeraX-ColorGlobe: 1.0
ChimeraX-ColorKey: 1.5.8
ChimeraX-CommandLine: 1.3
ChimeraX-ConnectStructure: 2.0.1
ChimeraX-Contacts: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Core: 1.10.1
ChimeraX-CoreFormats: 1.2
ChimeraX-coulombic: 1.4.5
ChimeraX-Crosslinks: 1.0
ChimeraX-Crystal: 1.0
ChimeraX-CrystalContacts: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-DataFormats: 1.2.4
ChimeraX-Dicom: 1.2.7
ChimeraX-DistMonitor: 1.4.2
ChimeraX-DockPrep: 1.1.4
ChimeraX-Dssp: 2.0
ChimeraX-EMDB-SFF: 1.0
ChimeraX-ESMFold: 1.0
ChimeraX-FileHistory: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-FunctionKey: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Geometry: 1.3
ChimeraX-gltf: 1.0
ChimeraX-Graphics: 1.4.1
ChimeraX-Hbonds: 2.5.1
ChimeraX-Help: 1.3
ChimeraX-HKCage: 1.3
ChimeraX-IHM: 1.1
ChimeraX-ImageFormats: 1.2
ChimeraX-IMOD: 1.0
ChimeraX-IO: 1.0.3
ChimeraX-ItemsInspection: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-IUPAC: 1.0
ChimeraX-KVFinder: 1.6.2
ChimeraX-Label: 1.1.14
ChimeraX-ListInfo: 1.2.2
ChimeraX-Log: 1.2
ChimeraX-LookingGlass: 1.1
ChimeraX-Maestro: 1.9.1
ChimeraX-Map: 1.3
ChimeraX-MapData: 2.0
ChimeraX-MapEraser: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-MapFilter: 2.0.1
ChimeraX-MapFit: 2.0
ChimeraX-MapSeries: 2.1.1
ChimeraX-Markers: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Mask: 1.0.2
ChimeraX-MatchMaker: 2.2.2
ChimeraX-MCopy: 1.0
ChimeraX-MDcrds: 2.10.1
ChimeraX-MedicalToolbar: 1.1
ChimeraX-Meeting: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-MLP: 1.1.1
ChimeraX-mmCIF: 2.16
ChimeraX-MMTF: 2.2
ChimeraX-ModelArchive: 1.0
ChimeraX-Modeller: 1.5.19
ChimeraX-ModelPanel: 1.5.1
ChimeraX-ModelSeries: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Mol2: 2.0.3
ChimeraX-Mole: 1.0
ChimeraX-Morph: 1.0.2
ChimeraX-MouseModes: 1.2
ChimeraX-Movie: 1.0
ChimeraX-MutationScores: 1.0
ChimeraX-Neuron: 1.0
ChimeraX-Nifti: 1.2
ChimeraX-NMRSTAR: 1.0.2
ChimeraX-NRRD: 1.2
ChimeraX-Nucleotides: 2.0.3
ChimeraX-OpenCommand: 1.14.1
ChimeraX-OrthoPick: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-PDB: 2.7.10
ChimeraX-PDBBio: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-PDBLibrary: 1.0.4
ChimeraX-PDBMatrices: 1.0
ChimeraX-PickBlobs: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Positions: 1.0
ChimeraX-PresetMgr: 1.1.3
ChimeraX-ProfileGrids: 1.1.3
ChimeraX-PubChem: 2.2
ChimeraX-ReadPbonds: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Registration: 1.1.2
ChimeraX-RemoteControl: 1.0
ChimeraX-RenderByAttr: 1.6.3
ChimeraX-RenumberResidues: 1.1
ChimeraX-ResidueFit: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-RestServer: 1.3.1
ChimeraX-RNALayout: 1.0
ChimeraX-RotamerLibMgr: 4.0
ChimeraX-RotamerLibsDunbrack: 2.0
ChimeraX-RotamerLibsDynameomics: 2.0
ChimeraX-RotamerLibsRichardson: 2.0
ChimeraX-SaveCommand: 1.5.1
ChimeraX-SchemeMgr: 1.0
ChimeraX-SDF: 2.0.3
ChimeraX-Segger: 1.0
ChimeraX-Segment: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Segmentations: 3.5.7
ChimeraX-SelInspector: 1.0
ChimeraX-SeqView: 2.17.1
ChimeraX-Shape: 1.1
ChimeraX-Shell: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Shortcuts: 1.2.1
ChimeraX-ShowSequences: 1.0.3
ChimeraX-SideView: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-SimilarStructures: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Smiles: 2.1.2
ChimeraX-SmoothLines: 1.0
ChimeraX-SpaceNavigator: 1.0
ChimeraX-StdCommands: 1.19.1
ChimeraX-STL: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Storm: 1.0
ChimeraX-StructMeasure: 1.2.1
ChimeraX-Struts: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-Surface: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-SwapAA: 2.0.1
ChimeraX-SwapRes: 2.5.2
ChimeraX-TapeMeasure: 1.0
ChimeraX-TaskManager: 1.0
ChimeraX-Test: 1.0
ChimeraX-Toolbar: 1.2.3
ChimeraX-ToolshedUtils: 1.2.4
ChimeraX-Topography: 1.0
ChimeraX-ToQuest: 1.0
ChimeraX-Tug: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-UI: 1.45.2
ChimeraX-Umap: 1.0
ChimeraX-uniprot: 2.3.1
ChimeraX-UnitCell: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-ViewDockX: 1.4.4
ChimeraX-VIPERdb: 1.0
ChimeraX-Vive: 1.1
ChimeraX-VolumeMenu: 1.0.1
ChimeraX-vrml: 1.0
ChimeraX-VTK: 1.0
ChimeraX-WavefrontOBJ: 1.0
ChimeraX-WebCam: 1.0.2
ChimeraX-WebServices: 1.1.5
ChimeraX-Zone: 1.0.1
colorama: 0.4.6
comm: 0.2.2
comtypes: 1.4.10
contourpy: 1.3.2
coverage: 7.10.0
cxservices: 1.2.3
cycler: 0.12.1
Cython: 3.0.12
debugpy: 1.8.15
decorator: 5.2.1
docutils: 0.21.2
executing: 2.2.0
filelock: 3.18.0
fonttools: 4.59.0
funcparserlib: 2.0.0a0
glfw: 2.9.0
grako: 3.16.5
h5py: 3.14.0
html2text: 2024.2.26
idna: 3.10
ihm: 2.2
imagecodecs: 2024.6.1
imagesize: 1.4.1
iniconfig: 2.1.0
ipykernel: 6.29.5
ipython: 8.26.0
ipywidgets: 8.1.7
jedi: 0.19.1
Jinja2: 3.1.6
jupyter_client: 8.6.3
jupyter_core: 5.8.1
jupyterlab_widgets: 3.0.15
kiwisolver: 1.4.8
line_profiler: 4.2.0
lxml: 5.3.1
lz4: 4.3.2
MarkupSafe: 3.0.2
matplotlib: 3.10.1
matplotlib-inline: 0.1.7
msgpack: 1.1.0
ndindex: 1.10.0
nest-asyncio: 1.6.0
netCDF4: 1.6.5
networkx: 3.3
nibabel: 5.2.0
nptyping: 2.5.0
numexpr: 2.11.0
numpy: 1.26.4
nvidia-nvjitlink-cu12: 12.9.86
OpenMM: 8.2.0
OpenMM-CUDA-12: 8.2.0
openvr: 1.26.701
packaging: 24.2
ParmEd: 4.2.2
parso: 0.8.4
pep517: 0.13.1
pickleshare: 0.7.5
pillow: 10.4.0
pip: 25.0.1
pkginfo: 1.11.1
platformdirs: 4.3.8
pluggy: 1.6.0
prompt_toolkit: 3.0.51
psutil: 7.0.0
pure_eval: 0.2.3
py-cpuinfo: 9.0.0
pycollada: 0.8
pydicom: 2.4.4
Pygments: 2.18.0
pynmrstar: 3.3.5
pynrrd: 1.0.0
PyOpenGL: 3.1.9
PyOpenGL-accelerate: 3.1.9
pyopenxr: 1.1.4501
pyparsing: 3.2.3
pyproject_hooks: 1.2.0
PyQt6-commercial: 6.8.1
PyQt6-Qt6: 6.8.2
PyQt6-WebEngine-commercial: 6.8.0
PyQt6-WebEngine-Qt6: 6.8.2
PyQt6_sip: 13.10.0
pytest: 8.4.1
pytest-cov: 6.2.1
python-dateutil: 2.9.0.post0
pytz: 2025.2
pywin32: 310
pyzmq: 27.0.0
qtconsole: 5.5.2
QtPy: 2.4.3
qtshim: 1.1
RandomWords: 0.4.0
requests: 2.32.3
roman-numerals-py: 3.1.0
scipy: 1.14.0
setuptools: 78.1.0
sfftk-rw: 0.8.1
six: 1.16.0
snowballstemmer: 3.0.1
sortedcontainers: 2.4.0
soupsieve: 2.7
Sphinx: 8.2.3
sphinx-autodoc-typehints: 3.1.0
sphinxcontrib-applehelp: 2.0.0
sphinxcontrib-blockdiag: 3.0.0
sphinxcontrib-devhelp: 2.0.0
sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp: 2.1.0
sphinxcontrib-jsmath: 1.0.1
sphinxcontrib-qthelp: 2.0.0
sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml: 2.0.0
stack-data: 0.6.3
superqt: 0.7.1
tables: 3.10.2
tcia_utils: 1.5.1
tifffile: 2025.3.13
tinyarray: 1.2.4
tornado: 6.5.1
traitlets: 5.14.3
typing_extensions: 4.14.1
tzdata: 2025.2
urllib3: 2.5.0
wcwidth: 0.2.13
webcolors: 24.11.1
wheel: 0.45.1
wheel-filename: 1.4.2
widgetsnbextension: 4.0.14
WMI: 1.5.1
Change History (2)
comment:1 by , 3 weeks ago
| Component: | Unassigned → Input/Output |
|---|---|
| Owner: | set to |
| Platform: | → all |
| Project: | → ChimeraX |
| Status: | new → accepted |
| Summary: | ChimeraX bug report submission → Tried to open PDF file as PDB |
comment:2 by , 3 weeks ago
| Resolution: | → not a bug |
|---|---|
| Status: | accepted → closed |
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