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    <p>Hi Fabio </p>
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    <p>can you try to download the 6.3-backports version from here <br>
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    <p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://gitlab.com/QEF/q-e/tree/qe-6.3-backports">https://gitlab.com/QEF/q-e/tree/qe-6.3-backports</a> ? <br>
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    <p>or better  you can download directly the  development version
      from gitlab or github. <br>
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    <p>Pietro<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 25/02/19 20:14, Fabio Costa wrote:<br>
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        Thanks for the assistance Pietro</div>
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        I understood the point of mixing elements with different valence
        electrons. But even when I try to mix together isoelectronic
        species (such as Si and C), the generated output file
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        At first I tried to use the virtual.x that comes within QE 6.3,
        and also tried with this updated version , after making a new
        virtual.x, based on these instructions:</div>
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        The outcome is always the same: the program ends with this
        fortran runtime error, and the output file comes with two lines
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        I already tried to reinstall the whole QE, but nothing has
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        Fábio Costa</div>
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          Pietro Delugas <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pdelugas@sissa.it"><pdelugas@sissa.it></a><br>
          <b>Enviado:</b> segunda-feira, 25 de fevereiro de 2019 14:46<br>
          <b>Para:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:users@lists.quantum-espresso.org">users@lists.quantum-espresso.org</a><br>
          <b>Assunto:</b> Re: [QE-users] The virtual.x problems</font>
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        <p><font size="-1">Hi Fabio <br>
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        <p><font size="-1">Pseudos from pseudo-dojo are perfect, they
            are norm-conserving and they are in upf format.</font></p>
        <p><font size="-1"> You have to keep in mind that VCA has sense 
            for isovalent atoms e. g C  with Si. Ga.  and In.
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        <p><font size="-1">Also pseudos would better  be built with the
            same number of projectors. 
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        <p><font size="-1">Mixing pseudos with a different number of
            valence electrons like B and Si is most likely not going to
            work.</font></p>
        <p><font size="-1">I checked B with Si though,  and
            disappointingly the program produces an upf file.  I think
            that it would be  useful at least to print out a very
            evident  warning about the usability of such  file.
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        <p><font size="-1">Pietro <br>
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        <p><font size="-1">  <br>
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        <p><font size="-1">The problem is the </font><br>
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        <div class="x_moz-cite-prefix">On 25/02/19 11:58, Fabio Costa
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            Thanks for the quick reply</div>
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            To perform this task, I downloaded the full table of PP from
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            My attempts so far were to mix B-C and Si-Al, both
            unsuccessful. Maybe my mistake is in the choice of these PP
            files, and if so, where can I get the adequate ones to work
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            Thank you all for the assistance</div>
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            Fábio Costa</div>
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              <b>Enviado:</b> segunda-feira, 25 de fevereiro de 2019
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            <p><font size="-1">Hi Fabio <br>
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            <p><font size="-1">I just tried current version with Al-Ga
                Ga-In Al-In C-Si Si-Ge P-As, which are more or less all
                of pairs which come to my mind where virtual can be
                used, and apart from Al-Ga where it doesn't work because
                Ga pseudo has usually d semicores every seems to work
                fine. <br>
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            <p><font size="-1">Please le me have the 2 pseudos you are
                trying to mix.  <br>
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            <p><font size="-1">Pietro<br>
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            <div class="x_x_moz-cite-prefix">On 24/02/19 23:41, Fabio
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                <p class="x_x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hello
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                <p class="x_x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Sorry for
                    reopening this post, but Im currently struggling to
                    work with this virtual.x tool.</span></p>
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                <p class="x_x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I’m working
                    with QE v.6.3, and tried to do the task with both
                    the updated and original version of virtual.x. After
                    inputting the PP to mix together, the program
                    generates the output file, but ends with the
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                <p class="x_x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">At line 215
                    of file write_upf_v2.f90</span></p>
                <p class="x_x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Fortran
                    runtime error: End of file</span></p>
                <p class="x_x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
                <p class="x_x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Also, when I
                    open the output PP, NewPseudo.UPF, it contains the
                    following text:</span></p>
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                <p class="x_x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thank you
                    all for any assistance</span></p>
                <p class="x_x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
                <p class="x_x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Cheers</span></p>
                <p class="x_x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Fábio Costa</span></p>
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