<div dir="ltr">Great, thank you very much. I copy my input file below. It will be very helpful if you can tell anything is incorrect. Appreciate it. <br>===================================<br>&control<br>calculation         = 'scf',<br>restart_mode        = 'from_scratch',<br>nstep               = 5000,<br>max_seconds         = 84000,<br>wf_collect      = .TRUE.<br>outdir          = './'<br>pseudo_dir      = './'<br>/<br>&system<br>ibrav               = 0,<br>nat                 = 32,<br>ntyp                = 4,<br>ecutwfc             = 100.D0,   ! wave function cutoff<br>occupations     ='smearing'<br>degauss         =0.002<br>nspin   = 1<br>spline_ps = .true.<br>lda_plus_u      = .TRUE.<br>lda_plus_u_kind = 0<br>Hubbard_U(1)    =5.0<br>!Hubbard_J(1,1)   = 0.5<br>starting_magnetization(1)=0.0<br>/<br><br>&electrons<br>electron_maxstep        = 200<br>conv_thr        = 1.D-8<br>mixing_mode     = 'plain'<br>mixing_beta     = 0.2D0<br>/<br>&ions<br>/<br><br>&cell<br>!cell_dynamics = 'bfgs'<br>!press = 0.00<br>/<br><br>CELL_PARAMETERS {angstrom}<br>        7.0009999275         0.0000000000         0.0000000000<br>        0.0000000000        10.3559999466         0.0000000000<br>       -2.5006805806         0.0000000000         7.9845650713<br><br>ATOMIC_SPECIES<br>Co     1.00    Co.pbe-sp-mt_gipaw.UPF<br>K      1.00    K.pbe-tm-semi-gipaw-xy.UPF <br>N      1.00    N.pbe-tm-new-gipaw-dc.UPF <br>C      1.00    C.pbe-tm-new-gipaw-dc.UPF <br><br><br>ATOMIC_POSITIONS {Angstrom}<br>Co     0.000000000         5.177999973         0.000000000<br>Co    -1.250340290         0.000000000         3.992282536<br>K     3.203347102         7.930935236         1.002222654<br>K     1.296972208         2.425064711         6.982342536<br>K     2.547312498         2.752935263         2.990060000<br>K     1.953006849         7.603064684         4.994505071<br>K     0.000000000         0.000000000         0.000000000<br>K    -1.250340290         5.177999973         3.992282536<br>C     0.772793234         5.709262659         1.656797219<br>C     3.727526180         4.646737288         6.327767971<br>C     4.977866470         0.531262686         2.335485436<br>C    -0.477547019         9.824737261         5.649079636<br>C     5.430639095         4.620847312         0.905449658<br>C    -0.930319681         5.735152634         7.079115532<br>C     0.320020609         9.798847286         3.086832997<br>C     4.180298842         0.557152661         4.897732075<br>C     0.767450404         3.443370093         0.227560105<br>C     3.732869202         6.912630162         7.757004803<br>C     4.983209418         8.621369758         3.764722505<br>C    -0.482889937         1.734629880         4.219842804<br>N     1.250821945         6.012693810         2.634107989<br>N     3.249497685         4.343306137         5.350456844<br>N     4.499837901         0.834693837         1.358174546<br>N     0.000481581         9.521306110         6.626390763<br>N     4.491633074         4.281170320         1.449198582<br>N     0.008686519         6.074829627         6.535366370<br>N     1.259026809         9.459170293         2.543083834<br>N     3.241292747         0.896829654         5.441481237<br>N     1.260714400         2.488546784         0.387251417<br>N     3.239605156         7.867453162         7.597313654<br>N     4.489945446         7.666546758         3.605031118<br>N     0.010374109         2.689453189         4.379533953<br>K_POINTS automatic<br>1 1 1 0 0 0<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 8:50 AM, Davide Ceresoli <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:davide.ceresoli@cnr.it" target="_blank">davide.ceresoli@cnr.it</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I will also do some tests, but I'm busy in the next few days.<br>
D.<br>
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On 08/31/2017 07:54 AM, Paolo Giannozzi wrote:<br>
> Unfortunately there isn't much that can be done unless the problem you mention<br>
> is reproduced<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 11:42 PM, Jia Chen <<a href="mailto:jiachenchem@gmail.com">jiachenchem@gmail.com</a><br>
</span><span class="">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jiachenchem@gmail.com">jiachenchem@gmail.com</a>><wbr>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>     what happened to me on four different machines when nspin = 1 is that<br>
>     prefix.hub files were created, but they are empty. One machine is Cori of<br>
>     nersc, and QE was the compiled by staffs there.<br>
><br>
>     On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 4:15 PM, Paolo Giannozzi <<a href="mailto:p.giannozzi@gmail.com">p.giannozzi@gmail.com</a><br>
</span><span class="">>     <mailto:<a href="mailto:p.giannozzi@gmail.com">p.giannozzi@gmail.com</a>><wbr>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>         It works for me on a simple test also for nspin=1<br>
><br>
>         Paolo<br>
><br>
>         On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 6:41 PM, Jia Chen <<a href="mailto:jiachenchem@gmail.com">jiachenchem@gmail.com</a><br>
</span><span class="">>         <mailto:<a href="mailto:jiachenchem@gmail.com">jiachenchem@gmail.com</a>><wbr>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>             Thank you very much for this! The special something in my<br>
>             calculation is npsin = 1, when it is 2, prefix.hub files were written.<br>
><br>
>             Cheers<br>
>             Jia<br>
><br>
>             On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 3:02 AM, Paolo Giannozzi<br>
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><br>
>                 I was actually confusing the *.hub files (containing atomic<br>
>                 wavefunctions) with the "occup" file, containing occupancies of<br>
>                 the Hubbard manifold. Anyway: files *hub are written at the end<br>
>                 of the run in normal conditions, so there must be something<br>
>                 special about your calculation<br>
><br>
>                 Paolo<br>
><br>
>                 On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 7:45 AM, Jia Chen <<a href="mailto:jiachenchem@gmail.com">jiachenchem@gmail.com</a><br>
</span><span class="">>                 <mailto:<a href="mailto:jiachenchem@gmail.com">jiachenchem@gmail.com</a>><wbr>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>                     Dear Paolo Giannozzi,<br>
><br>
>                     I used QE-6.1, and also tried QE-5.4. I checked prefix.save<br>
>                     directory, but didn't find prefix.hub files. Is writing<br>
>                     prefix.hub files an option can be activated? Thank you very<br>
>                     much?<br>
><br>
>                     Cheers<br>
><br>
>                     On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 1:32 AM, Paolo Giannozzi<br>
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><br>
>                         It would help to know which version of the code you<br>
>                         used. In recent QE versions "prefix.hub" files have been<br>
>                         moved inside the "prefix.save/" directory. Maybe GIPAW<br>
>                         is trying to read them from the old location and the<br>
>                         empty files you see are just the result of a fortran<br>
>                         open of nonexistent files<br>
><br>
>                         Paolo<br>
><br>
>                         On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 5:24 AM, Jia Chen<br>
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<span class="">>                         wrote:<br>
><br>
>                             Dear All,<br>
><br>
>                             I am not sure if this is a good place to ask this<br>
>                             question, but since gipaw depends on QE, I might try<br>
>                             my luck here. I am trying to do nmr calculation with<br>
>                             gipaw based on DFT+U. The calculation ended on a<br>
>                             error message of missing prefix.hub files. Pwscf<br>
>                             actually created prefix.hub files with DFT+U, but<br>
>                             those file are empty. I hope gipaw experts here can<br>
>                             help me with this issue. Appreciate it.<br>
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