<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5355">Dear All,<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5360"> I tried to build a supercell with VESTA for MgB2 and I was have this error.<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5362">%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5364">     task #         0<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5366">     from cdiaghg : error #       129<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5368">     diagonalization (ZHEGV*) failed<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5370"> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5372">Although, I tried to fixed the problem based on past post on this medium<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5374">but it seems to be a difficult task.<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5376"><br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5378">Initial, I did some electronic structure calculations base on three atomic<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5380">positions which are in agreement with previous works on it. However, the<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5382">problem started when I tried to build a supercell of 30 atoms with VESTA<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5384">in order for me to dope it with other element, I was having this error<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5386">message posted above. I will appreciate if anyone can tell me what is<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5388">wrong with my input file or how I can go about solving this particular<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5390">task. I appreciate all your kind gesture as I await your response. The<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5392">input file is given below:<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5394"><br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5396">&control<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5398">      calculation = 'scf'<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5400">      restart_mode='from_scratch'<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5402">      prefix='MgB2',<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5404">pseudo_dir = '/home/work/espresso-5.0/pseudo/',<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5406">     outdir='./'<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5408">/<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5410">&system<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5412">     ibrav=4,<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5414">     celldm(1)=11.66,<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5416">     celldm(3)=1.14,<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5418">     nat=30,<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5420">      ntyp=2,<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5422">     ecutwfc =35.0,<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5424">      ecutrho =350.0,<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5426">      occupations= 'smearing',<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5428">     degauss= 0.03,<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5430">      smearing= 'cold',<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5432"> /<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5434">  &electrons<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5436">      mixing_beta = 0.7<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5438">     conv_thr =  1.0d-12<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5440">     diagonalization = 'cg'<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5442">/<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5444"> ATOMIC_SPECIES<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5446">  Mg 24.3 Mg.pbe-n-rrkjus.UPF<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5448">  B  10.8 B.pbe-n-rrkjus.UPF<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5450">ATOMIC_POSITIONS  {angstrom}<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5452">Mg           0.000000   0.000000   0.000000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5454">Mg          -0.000000  -0.000000   1.000000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5456">Mg          -0.000000   1.000000   0.000000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5458">Mg          -0.000000   1.000000   1.000000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5460">Mg           1.000000   0.000000   0.000000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5462">Mg           1.000000  -0.000000   1.000000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5464">Mg           1.000000   1.000000   0.000000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5466">Mg           1.000000   1.000000   1.000000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5468">B           -0.000000   0.577350   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5470">B            1.000000   0.577350   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5472">B            0.422650   0.422650   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5474">B            0.577350   0.000000   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5476">B            0.577350   1.000000   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5478">B           -0.000000   0.422650   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5480">B            1.000000   0.422650   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5482">B            0.577350   0.577350   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5484">B            0.422650   0.000000   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5486">B            0.422650   1.000000   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5488">B            0.500000   0.288680   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5490">B            0.711320   0.211320   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5492">B            0.788680   0.500000   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5494">B            0.500000   0.711320   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5496">B            0.288680   0.788680   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5498">B            0.211320   0.500000   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5500">B            0.711320   0.500000   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5502">B            0.788680   0.288680   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5504">B            0.500000   0.211320   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5506">B            0.288680   0.500000   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5508">B            0.211320   0.711320   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5510">B            0.500000   0.788680   0.571000<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5512">K_POINTS {automatic}<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5514">18 18 9 0 0 0<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5516"><br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5518"><br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5520">With best regards,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5543">Adeniji Rasaki Idowu</div><div>rskadeniji@yahoo.com<br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5524"><br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5526">   </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793729262_2215" class=""><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5576" dir="ltr"><br></div> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5529" class=""><a class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5531" tabindex="0" href="https://us-mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=8i7akul2hoh25#" data-action="reply_sender">Reply</a>, <a class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5533" tabindex="0" href="https://us-mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=8i7akul2hoh25#" data-action="reply_all">Reply All</a> or <a class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5535" tabindex="0" href="https://us-mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=8i7akul2hoh25#" data-action="forward">Forward</a></span> <span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5537"> | </span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5539" class=""><a class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447793768320_5541" tabindex="0" href="https://us-mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=8i7akul2hoh25#" data-action="menu">More</a></span></div></div></body></html>