# Error: Getting Grid Header Failed, check grid description file

**URL:** <https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/error-getting-grid-header-failed-check-grid-description-file/762>\
**Category:** Spatial Allocator\
**Created:** [June 17, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/error-getting-grid-header-failed-check-grid-description-file/762 "2019-06-17T23:04:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![gaga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@gaga](https://forum.cmascenter.org/u/gaga)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/error-getting-grid-header-failed-check-grid-description-file/762/1 "2019-06-17T23:04:29Z")

</div>

what’s kind of error as follows?

```
            Main Control CSV File

```

GENERATION CONTROL FILE ./surrogate\_generation\_grid\_2010.csv  
SURROGATE SPECIFICATION FILE ./surrogate\_specification\_2010.csv  
SHAPEFILE CATALOG ./shapefile\_catalog\_2010.csv  
SHAPEFILE DIRECTORY …/data/shapefiles\_2010/emiss\_shp2010  
SURROGATE CODE FILE ./surrogate\_codes\_2010.csv  
SRGCREATE EXECUTABLE …/bin/64bits/srgcreate.exe  
DEBUG\_OUTPUT Y  
OUTPUT\_FORMAT SMOKE  
OUTPUT\_FILE\_TYPE RegularGrid  
OUTPUT\_GRID\_NAME US27\_180x132  
GRIDDESC ./GRIDDESC.txt  
OUTPUT\_FILE\_ELLIPSOID +a=6370000.0,+b=6370000.0  
OUTPUT DIRECTORY …/output/US27\_180x132\_64bit  
OUTPUT SURROGATE FILE …/output/US27\_180x132\_64bit/srg\_total.txt  
OUTPUT SRGDESC FILE …/output/US27\_180x132\_64bit/SRGDESC.txt  
OVERWRITE OUTPUT FILES YES  
LOG FILE NAME srgRun\_US27\_180x132\_64bit.log.25  
DENOMINATOR\_THRESHOLD 0.0005  
COMPUTE SURROGATES FROM SHAPEFILES YES  
MERGE SURROGATES YES  
GAPFILL SURROGATES YES

```
            Get Grid Header For Surrogate Files

```

SRGCREATE\_ERROR\>WARNING: Environment variable: MAX\_LINE\_SEG, not set  
SRGCREATE\_ERROR\>Illegal instruction (core dumped)  
ERROR IN RUNNING THE EXECUTABLE: SRGCREATE

Error: Getting Grid Header Failed, check grid description file.

End Date: Fri Jun 14 17:43:16 PDT 2019  
Elapsed time in minutes: 0.00495

ERROR – The Program Run Stopped

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![dyang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dyang](https://forum.cmascenter.org/u/dyang)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/error-getting-grid-header-failed-check-grid-description-file/762/2 "2019-09-12T17:55:19Z")

</div>

Double check your GRIDDESC.txt file to make sure all information inside is correct.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![cjcoats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac8455/32.png) [@cjcoats](https://forum.cmascenter.org/u/cjcoats)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/error-getting-grid-header-failed-check-grid-description-file/762/3 "2019-09-12T18:21:38Z")

</div>

`"SRGCREATE_ERROR>Illegal instruction (core dumped)"` – are you sure that the program is compiled for the processor you’re running it on?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ali.mousavi.nezhad90](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.cmascenter.org/ali.mousavi.nezhad90/32/1527_2.png) [@ali.mousavi.nezhad90](https://forum.cmascenter.org/u/ali.mousavi.nezhad90)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/error-getting-grid-header-failed-check-grid-description-file/762/4 "2019-12-16T19:28:01Z")

</div>

I have the same problem, have you found the answer?