<div dir="ltr"><div>If the structure is correct and pseudopotentials reasonably good, there isn't much that can be done. You may want to use "ParO" or "PPCG" diagonalization instead of "cg" that is very slow.</div><div><br></div><div>Paolo<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 6:44 PM John Stoppelman <<a href="mailto:jstoppelman@comcast.net">jstoppelman@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt">Hello,</span>
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<span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt">I am running a vc-relax calculation for a crystal structure, and I'm trying to compare the results between PBE and PBEsol. The SCF converges with PBE using the default Davidson diagonalization. When I switch to PBEsol pseudopotentials from the PSlibary, I receive the error: </span>
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Error in routine cdiaghg (797):
<br>S matrix not positive definite
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When I switch the diagonalization method to 'cg', the calculation converges as normal, however. Are there any settings I can try in order to use PBEsol with the Davidson diagonalization for the SCF? I have attached my input file.
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Thank you for any potential help.
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