[QE-users] Davcio error - tried everything

Vishnu Chaudhari vishnu.chaudhari at mail.mcgill.ca
Tue Mar 5 18:53:52 CET 2019


Hello,

I am unable to resolve the davcio error for my calculations. I am trying to perform a CI-NEB calculation and the code can be seen below. I have checked all the possibilities here, which are the disk is not full, the outdir is writable, the number of processors are same as for pw.x calculation and lastly the files are not corrupt. The code is as follows along with the output:

INPUT CODE:
BEGIN
BEGIN_PATH_INPUT
&PATH
                restart_mode = 'from_scratch' ,
               string_method = 'neb' ,
                  nstep_path = 800 ,
                          ds = 1.D0 ,
                  opt_scheme = 'broyden' ,
               num_of_images = 7 ,
                   CI_scheme = 'auto' ,
                    path_thr = 0.1D0 ,
 /
END_PATH_INPUT
BEGIN_ENGINE_INPUT
&CONTROL
  prefix = '2CH2_C2H4.1'
                    wf_Collect=.true.
                  pseudo_dir = "/home/vishnu20/projects/def-jkopysci/vishnu20/pseudopot"
         outdir  = "/home/vishnu20/projects/def-jkopysci/vishnu20/tmp/"
/

&SYSTEM
    a     =  1.24524e+01
    b     =  9.24891e+00
    c     =  2.21799e+01
    cosac       = -2.36567e-01
    degauss     =  2.00000e-02
    ecutrho     =  3.60000e+02
    ecutwfc     =  4.00000e+01
    ibrav       = -12
    nat         = 66
    nspin       = 1
    ntyp        = 4
    occupations = "smearing"
    smearing    = "methfessel-paxton"
/

 &ELECTRONS
    conv_thr         =  1.00000e-05
    diagonalization  = "david"
    electron_maxstep = 400
    mixing_beta      =  4.00000e-01
    startingpot      = "atomic"
    startingwfc      = "atomic+random"
 /

&IONS
                ion_dynamics = 'bfgs' ,
 /

ATOMIC_SPECIES
O      15.99940  O.pbe-rrkjus.UPF
Ga     69.72300  Ga.pbe-n-van.UPF
C      12.01070  C.pbe-rrkjus.UPF
H       1.00794  H.pbe-rrkjus.UPF

BEGIN_POSITIONS
FIRST_IMAGE
ATOMIC_POSITIONS angstrom
O       6.894569   0.000000  14.465264  0 0 0
O       0.668345   1.541484  14.465264  0 0 0
O       6.882359   3.067763  14.447903  0 0 0
O       0.810470   4.642762  14.657022
O       6.894569   6.165937  14.465264  0 0 0
O       0.809260   7.692772  14.656420
Ga     -2.268821   0.000000  13.915531  0 0 0
Ga      3.957402   1.541484  13.915531  0 0 0
Ga     -2.268821   3.082969  13.915531  0 0 0
Ga      3.957402   4.624453  13.915531  0 0 0
Ga     -2.268821   6.165937  13.915531  0 0 0
Ga      3.957402   7.707422  13.915531  0 0 0
O       2.960537   0.000000  13.622915  0 0 0
O      -3.265686   1.541484  13.622915  0 0 0
O       2.960537   3.082969  13.622915  0 0 0
O      -3.265686   4.624453  13.622915  0 0 0
O       2.960537   6.165937  13.622915  0 0 0
O      -3.265686   7.707422  13.622915  0 0 0
Ga      1.016908   0.000000  13.294106  0 0 0
Ga      7.243131   1.541484  13.294106  0 0 0
Ga      1.016908   3.082969  13.294106  0 0 0
Ga      7.243131   4.624453  13.294106  0 0 0
Ga      1.016908   6.165937  13.294106  0 0 0
Ga      7.243131   7.707422  13.294106  0 0 0
O      -0.905938   0.000000  12.599710  0 0 0
O       5.320285   1.541484  12.599710  0 0 0
O      -0.905938   3.082969  12.599710  0 0 0
O       5.320285   4.624453  12.599710  0 0 0
O      -0.905938   6.165937  12.599710  0 0 0
O       5.320285   7.707422  12.599710  0 0 0
O       7.401814   0.000000  11.865554  0 0 0
O       1.175591   1.541484  11.865554  0 0 0
O       7.401814   3.082969  11.865554  0 0 0
O       1.175591   4.624453  11.865554  0 0 0
O       7.401814   6.165937  11.865554  0 0 0
O       1.175591   7.707422  11.865554  0 0 0
Ga      5.478968   0.000000  11.171157  0 0 0
Ga     -0.747256   1.541484  11.171157  0 0 0
Ga      5.478968   3.082969  11.171157  0 0 0
Ga     -0.747256   4.624453  11.171157  0 0 0
Ga      5.478968   6.165937  11.171157  0 0 0
Ga     -0.747256   7.707422  11.171157  0 0 0
O       3.535338   0.000000  10.842349  0 0 0
O       9.761561   1.541484  10.842349  0 0 0
O       3.535338   3.082969  10.842349  0 0 0
O       9.761561   4.624453  10.842349  0 0 0
O       3.535338   6.165937  10.842349  0 0 0
O       9.761561   7.707422  10.842349  0 0 0
Ga      8.764696   0.000000  10.549732  0 0 0
Ga      2.538473   1.541484  10.549732  0 0 0
Ga      8.764696   3.082969  10.549732  0 0 0
Ga      2.538473   4.624453  10.549732  0 0 0
Ga      8.764696   6.165937  10.549732  0 0 0
Ga      2.538473   7.707422  10.549732  0 0 0
O      -0.398693   0.000000  10.000000  0 0 0
O       5.827530   1.541484  10.000000  0 0 0
O      -0.398693   3.082969  10.000000  0 0 0
O       5.827530   4.624453  10.000000  0 0 0
O      -0.398693   6.165937  10.000000  0 0 0
O       5.827530   7.707422  10.000000  0 0 0
C       1.612187   4.443305  15.711231
H       1.728069   3.410340  16.040701
H       1.796822   5.269563  16.392636
C       1.613613   7.898226  15.707480
H       1.793466   7.078531  16.397732
H       1.737723   8.934432  16.022825



LAST_IMAGE
ATOMIC_POSITIONS angstrom
O       6.894569   0.000000  14.465264  0 0 0
O       0.668345   1.541484  14.465264  0 0 0
O       6.882359   3.067763  14.447903  0 0 0
O       0.635533   4.625618  14.345673
O       6.894569   6.165937  14.465264  0 0 0
O       0.634487   7.706302  14.344744
Ga     -2.268821   0.000000  13.915531  0 0 0
Ga      3.957402   1.541484  13.915531  0 0 0
Ga     -2.268821   3.082969  13.915531  0 0 0
Ga      3.957402   4.624453  13.915531  0 0 0
Ga     -2.268821   6.165937  13.915531  0 0 0
Ga      3.957402   7.707422  13.915531  0 0 0
O       2.960537   0.000000  13.622915  0 0 0
O      -3.265686   1.541484  13.622915  0 0 0
O       2.960537   3.082969  13.622915  0 0 0
O      -3.265686   4.624453  13.622915  0 0 0
O       2.960537   6.165937  13.622915  0 0 0
O      -3.265686   7.707422  13.622915  0 0 0
Ga      1.016908   0.000000  13.294106  0 0 0
Ga      7.243131   1.541484  13.294106  0 0 0
Ga      1.016908   3.082969  13.294106  0 0 0
Ga      7.243131   4.624453  13.294106  0 0 0
Ga      1.016908   6.165937  13.294106  0 0 0
Ga      7.243131   7.707422  13.294106  0 0 0
O      -0.905938   0.000000  12.599710  0 0 0
O       5.320285   1.541484  12.599710  0 0 0
O      -0.905938   3.082969  12.599710  0 0 0
O       5.320285   4.624453  12.599710  0 0 0
O      -0.905938   6.165937  12.599710  0 0 0
O       5.320285   7.707422  12.599710  0 0 0
O       7.401814   0.000000  11.865554  0 0 0
O       1.175591   1.541484  11.865554  0 0 0
O       7.401814   3.082969  11.865554  0 0 0
O       1.175591   4.624453  11.865554  0 0 0
O       7.401814   6.165937  11.865554  0 0 0
O       1.175591   7.707422  11.865554  0 0 0
Ga      5.478968   0.000000  11.171157  0 0 0
Ga     -0.747256   1.541484  11.171157  0 0 0
Ga      5.478968   3.082969  11.171157  0 0 0
Ga     -0.747256   4.624453  11.171157  0 0 0
Ga      5.478968   6.165937  11.171157  0 0 0
Ga     -0.747256   7.707422  11.171157  0 0 0
O       3.535338   0.000000  10.842349  0 0 0
O       9.761561   1.541484  10.842349  0 0 0
O       3.535338   3.082969  10.842349  0 0 0
O       9.761561   4.624453  10.842349  0 0 0
O       3.535338   6.165937  10.842349  0 0 0
O       9.761561   7.707422  10.842349  0 0 0
Ga      8.764696   0.000000  10.549732  0 0 0
Ga      2.538473   1.541484  10.549732  0 0 0
Ga      8.764696   3.082969  10.549732  0 0 0
Ga      2.538473   4.624453  10.549732  0 0 0
Ga      8.764696   6.165937  10.549732  0 0 0
Ga      2.538473   7.707422  10.549732  0 0 0
O      -0.398693   0.000000  10.000000  0 0 0
O       5.827530   1.541484  10.000000  0 0 0
O      -0.398693   3.082969  10.000000  0 0 0
O       5.827530   4.624453  10.000000  0 0 0
O      -0.398693   6.165937  10.000000  0 0 0
O       5.827530   7.707422  10.000000  0 0 0
C       1.094911   5.393160  18.932066
H       1.070884   4.812583  18.009234
H       1.120229   4.828557  19.864769
C       1.092165   6.723980  18.918458
H       1.119477   7.303585  19.841858
H       1.062862   7.286842  17.984053



END_POSITIONS
K_POINTS {gamma}

END_ENGINE_INPUT
END



OUTPUT CODE:

 Program NEB v.6.1 (svn rev. 13369) starts on  5Mar2019 at 12:22:26

     This program is part of the open-source Quantum ESPRESSO suite
     for quantum simulation of materials; please cite
         "P. Giannozzi et al., J. Phys.:Condens. Matter 21 395502 (2009);
          URL http://www.quantum-espresso.org",
     in publications or presentations arising from this work. More details at
     http://www.quantum-espresso.org/quote

     Parallel version (MPI), running on   120 processors
     R & G space division:  proc/nbgrp/npool/nimage =     120
     wavefunctions fft division:  fft and procs/group =       5     24

     parsing_file_name: ga2o3.in
     Reading input from pw_1.in
Warning: card &IONS ignored
Warning: card                 ION_DYNAMICS = 'BFGS' , ignored
Warning: card  / ignored
               file O.pbe-rrkjus.UPF: wavefunction(s)  2S renormalized
               file C.pbe-rrkjus.UPF: wavefunction(s)  2S 2P renormalized
               file H.pbe-rrkjus.UPF: wavefunction(s)  1S renormalized
     Reading input from pw_2.in
Warning: card &IONS ignored
Warning: card                 ION_DYNAMICS = 'BFGS' , ignored
Warning: card  / ignored
               file O.pbe-rrkjus.UPF: wavefunction(s)  2S renormalized
               file C.pbe-rrkjus.UPF: wavefunction(s)  2S 2P renormalized
               file H.pbe-rrkjus.UPF: wavefunction(s)  1S renormalized

     initial path length           = 14.8947 bohr
     initial inter-image distance  =  2.4825 bohr

     string_method                 =    neb
     restart_mode                  =    from_scratch
     opt_scheme                    =    broyden
     num_of_images                 =    7
     nstep_path                    =    800
     CI_scheme                     =    auto
     first_last_opt                =    F
     use_freezing                  =    F
     ds                            =    1.0000 a.u.
     k_max                         =    0.1000 a.u.
     k_min                         =    0.1000 a.u.
     suggested k_max               =    0.6169 a.u.
     suggested k_min               =    0.6169 a.u.
     path_thr                      =    0.1000 eV / A

     ------------------------------ iteration   1 ------------------------------

     tcpu =      1.4    self-consistency for image   1
     tcpu =    132.6    self-consistency for image   2

   Info: using nr1, nr2, nr3 values from input

   Info: using nr1, nr2, nr3 values from input
     tcpu =    253.6    self-consistency for image   3

   Info: using nr1, nr2, nr3 values from input

   Info: using nr1, nr2, nr3 values from input
     tcpu =    393.5    self-consistency for image   4

   Info: using nr1, nr2, nr3 values from input

   Info: using nr1, nr2, nr3 values from input
     tcpu =    543.1    self-consistency for image   5

   Info: using nr1, nr2, nr3 values from input

   Info: using nr1, nr2, nr3 values from input
     tcpu =    722.5    self-consistency for image   6

   Info: using nr1, nr2, nr3 values from input

   Info: using nr1, nr2, nr3 values from input
     tcpu =    879.9    self-consistency for image   7

   Info: using nr1, nr2, nr3 values from input

   Info: using nr1, nr2, nr3 values from input

     activation energy (->) =  14.588276 eV
     activation energy (<-) =  14.992592 eV

     image        energy (eV)        error (eV/A)        frozen

         1     -74101.5011634            0.103224            T
         2     -74095.6215756            7.379346            F
         3     -74088.1979204           15.711689            F
         4     -74086.9128876           18.871993            F
         5     -74091.6153398           16.823582            F
         6     -74098.3388029           12.715556            F
         7     -74101.9054798            0.018083            T

     climbing image =  4

     path length          = 14.895 bohr
     inter-image distance =  2.482 bohr

     ------------------------------ iteration   2 ------------------------------

     tcpu =   1059.3    self-consistency for image   2

   Info: using nr1, nr2, nr3 values from input

   Info: using nr1, nr2, nr3 values from input

 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
     Error in routine davcio (10):
     error while reading from file "/home/vishnu20/projects/def-jkopysci/vishnu20/tmp/2CH2_C2H4.1_2/2CH2_C2H4.1.wfc19"
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

     stopping ...

 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
     Error in routine davcio (10):
     error while reading from file "/home/vishnu20/projects/def-jkopysci/vishnu20/tmp/2CH2_C2H4.1_2/2CH2_C2H4.1.wfc20"
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

     stopping ...

 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
     Error in routine davcio (10):
     error while reading from file "/home/vishnu20/projects/def-jkopysci/vishnu20/tmp/2CH2_C2H4.1_2/2CH2_C2H4.1.wfc21"
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

     stopping ...

 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
     Error in routine davcio (10):
     error while reading from file "/home/vishnu20/projects/def-jkopysci/vishnu20/tmp/2CH2_C2H4.1_2/2CH2_C2H4.1.wfc5"
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

     stopping ...

 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
     Error in routine davcio (10):
     error while reading from file "/home/vishnu20/projects/def-jkopysci/vishnu20/tmp/2CH2_C2H4.1_2/2CH2_C2H4.1.wfc10"
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

     stopping ...



Please help me out with this error. I am struggling with it for couple of weeks now. I would sincerely appreciate any help I can get.

Thank you.


Sincerely,
Vishnu Chaudhari

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