Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/test/NightlyRun/test543.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/test/NightlyRun/test543.py	(revision 26669)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/test/NightlyRun/test543.py	(revision 26670)
@@ -69,9 +69,11 @@
 covclv[0,0]      = 1/10*covclv[0,0]
 covflmlt         = 0.05*np.identity(nb_flmlt)
-covglob          = np.zeros([6,6])
-covglob[0:2,0:2] = covtf
-covglob[2:4,2:4] = covclv
-covglob[4:6,4:6] = covflmlt
+#covglob          = np.zeros([6,6])
+#covglob[0:2,0:2] = covtf
+#covglob[2:4,2:4] = covclv
+#covglob[4:6,4:6] = covflmlt
 
+#Hard-coding covariance matrix because python is complaining
+covglob = np.array([[1e-4,0.,0.,0.,0.,0.],[0.,1e-4,0.,0.,0.,0.],[0.,0.,1e-2,0.,0.,0.],[0.,0.,0.,1e-1,0.,0.],[0.,0.,0.,0.,0.05,0.],[0.,0.,0.,0.,0.,0.05]])
 testchol = np.linalg.cholesky(covglob)
 print(testchol)