<div dir="ltr"><div>hello QE user<br></div>first i relax struture. then i do 'scf' calculation. these calculation worked well. after that when i run 'band' calculations the follwing error occur.<br clear="all">
<div><div><div><br> Error in routine cdiaghg (427):<br> S matrix not positive definite<br><br><br></div><div>my input file is this<br>&control<br> calculation = 'bands'<br> restart_mode='from_scratch',<br>
prefix='mg2si',<br> pseudo_dir = '.'<br> outdir='temp'<br> verbosity= 'high'<br> wf_collect=.true.<br> <br> /<br>&system<br> ibrav= 2, celldm(1) =23.9994, nat= 24, ntyp= 2,<br>
ecutwfc =55.D0, nbnd=64,occupations='smearing', degauss=0.003, smearing='m-v',<br> /<br>&electrons<br> conv_thr = 1.0D-12<br> mixing_beta = 0.5<br> diago_full_acc=.true.<br> /<br><br>ATOMIC_SPECIES<br>
Mg 24.30 Mg.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF<br>Si 28.08 Si.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF<br>K_POINTS (tpiba_b)<br>4<br>0.0 0.0 0.0 100 <br>1.0 0.0 0.0 100 <br>0.5 0.5 0.5 100 <br>0.0 0.5 1.0 100 <br>ATOMIC_POSITIONS (angstrom)<br>Si 0.000000000 0.000000000 0.000000000<br>
Mg 1.587490994 1.587490994 1.587490994<br>Mg 1.587490994 1.587490994 4.762472983<br>Si -3.174981988 3.174981988 0.000000000<br>Mg -1.587490994 4.762472982 1.587490994<br>Mg -1.587490994 4.762472982 4.762472983<br>
Si 0.000000000 3.174981988 3.174981988<br>Mg 1.587490994 4.762472982 4.762472982<br>Mg 1.587490994 4.762472982 7.937454971<br>Si -3.174981988 6.349963976 3.174981988<br>Mg -1.587490994 7.937454970 4.762472982<br>
Mg -1.587490994 7.937454970 7.937454971<br>Si -3.174981988 0.000000000 3.174981988<br>Mg -1.587490994 1.587490994 4.762472982<br>Mg -1.587490994 1.587490994 7.937454971<br>Si -6.349963976 3.174981988 3.174981988<br>
Mg -4.762472982 4.762472982 4.762472982<br>Mg -4.762472982 4.762472982 7.937454971<br>Si -3.174981988 3.174981988 6.349963976<br>Mg -1.587490994 4.762472982 7.937454970<br>Mg -1.587490994 4.762472982 11.112436959<br>
Si -6.349963976 6.349963976 6.349963976<br>Mg -4.762472982 7.937454970 7.937454970<br>Mg -4.762472982 7.937454970 11.112436959<br><br><br></div><div>please tell me where is problem in my input file?<br>
</div><div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>Regards<br></div>Kulwinder Kaur<br><div>Research scholar (CSIR)<br></div><div>Physics Department <br></div><div>Panjab University Chandigarh.<br></div>India</div>
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