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+---
+name: Bug report
+about: Report a problem
+title: ''
+labels: ''
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+This is a template for asking questions and reporting bugs. Please fill in as much information as you can.
+
+**Describe your problem**
+
+Please write a clear description of what the problem is.
+
+**Environment:**
+ - OS: [e.g. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS]
+ - MPI runtime: [e.g. OpenMPI 2.0.1]
+ - RELION version [e.g. RELION-3.1-devel-commit-6ba935 (please see the title bar of the GUI)] 
+ - Memory: [e.g. 128 GB]
+ - GPU: [e.g. GTX 1080Ti]
+
+**Dataset:**
+ - Box size: [e.g. 256 px]
+ - Pixel size: [e.g. 0.9 Å/px]
+ - Number of particles: [e.g. 150,000]
+ - Description: [e.g. A tetrameric protein of about 400 kDa in total]
+
+**Job options:**
+ - Type of job: [e.g. Refine3D]
+ - Number of MPI processes: [e.g. 4]
+ - Number of threads: [e.g. 6]
+ - Full command (see `note.txt` in the job directory):
+   ```
+   `which relion_refine_mpi` --o Refine3D/job019/run --auto_refine --split_random_halves --i CtfRefine/job018/particles_ctf_refine.star --ref PostProcess/job001/postprocess.mrc --firstiter_cc --ini_high 12 --dont_combine_weights_via_disc --scratch_dir /ssd --pool 3 --pad 2  --ctf --ctf_corrected_ref --particle_diameter 142 --flatten_solvent --zero_mask --solvent_mask Result-by-Rado/run_class001_mask_th0.01_ns3_ngs7_box400.mrc --solvent_correct_fsc  --oversampling 1 --healpix_order 3 --auto_local_healpix_order 4 --offset_range 5 --offset_step 2 --sym O --low_resol_join_halves 40 --norm --scale  --j 8 --gpu "" --keep_scratch --pipeline_control Refine3D/job019/
+   ```
+
+**Error message:**
+
+Please cite the *full* error message as the example below.
+
+```
+A line in the STAR file contains fewer columns than the number of labels. Expected = 3 Found = 2
+Error in line: 0 0.0
+in: /prog/relion-devel-lmb/src/metadata_table.cpp, line 966
+=== Backtrace  ===
+/prog/relion-devel-lmb/bin/relion_motion_refine_mpi(_ZN11RelionErrorC1ERKSsS1_l+0x41) [0x42e981]
+/prog/relion-devel-lmb/bin/relion_motion_refine_mpi(_ZN13MetaDataTable12readStarLoopERSt14basic_ifstreamIcSt11char_traitsIcEEPSt6vectorI8EMDLabelSaIS6_EESsb+0xedd) [0x4361ad]
+/prog/relion-devel-lmb/bin/relion_motion_refine_mpi(_ZN13MetaDataTable8readStarERSt14basic_ifstreamIcSt11char_traitsIcEERKSsPSt6vectorI8EMDLabelSaIS8_EESsb+0x580) [0x436f10]
+/prog/relion-devel-lmb/bin/relion_motion_refine_mpi(_ZN10Micrograph4readE8FileNameb+0x5a3) [0x454bb3]
+/prog/relion-devel-lmb/bin/relion_motion_refine_mpi(_ZN10MicrographC2E8FileNameS0_d+0x2e3) [0x4568b3]
+/prog/relion-devel-lmb/bin/relion_motion_refine_mpi(_ZN17MicrographHandler14isMoviePresentERK13MetaDataTableb+0x180) [0x568280]
+/prog/relion-devel-lmb/bin/relion_motion_refine_mpi(_ZN17MicrographHandler17cullMissingMoviesERKSt6vectorI13MetaDataTableSaIS1_EEi+0xe6) [0x568dc6]
+/prog/relion-devel-lmb/bin/relion_motion_refine_mpi(_ZN13MotionRefiner4initEv+0x56f) [0x49e1ff]
+/prog/relion-devel-lmb/bin/relion_motion_refine_mpi(main+0x31) [0x42a5e1]
+/lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x2b7ac026e495]
+/prog/relion-devel-lmb/bin/relion_motion_refine_mpi() [0x42b3cf]
+==================
+```