If you have break in the protein chain, this problem will occur. Put "TER" card in the PDB file where ever the chain break is there, then run SFCHECK. The .ps output now will be complete and should be able to see in the viewer.
HTH -Karthik > Dear all, > > I have been trying to compare a model that I'm refining against the > native SFs > using SFCHECK. SFCHECK finishes normally (no errors in log file, seemingly > complete list of output .ps files), but produces a postscript file with only > the first page of output (and it is mostly blank). There is the typical > light-grey panels on a dark-grey background format that I'm used to for > SFCHECK > postscript files, but there are no figures or data. Also, my mouse icon > indicates it is "hung" trying to load/read the file (i.e. it's a moving "busy" > icon under Linux). > > I've tried other postscript viewers without luck. I can successfully > run > SFCHECK on a completely different model/MTZ pair without problem though. So > does anyone know of circumstances that would lead to a "hung" postscript file > from SFCHECK? > > Thanks for your help, > -Andy > > >