<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>I am trying to calculate the band gap of 2D VS2 using the HSE functional (v.6.8 and v.7.1). However, the<b> scf </b>calculation crashes with the following error. </div><div><br></div> Error in routine DPOTRF (1):<br> Cholesky failed in MatChol.<br><div><br></div><div>I am pasting the input file below. <br></div><div><br></div><div>&CONTROL<br>calculation = 'scf'<br>pseudo_dir = './'<br>outdir = './out'<br>prefix = 'vs2'<br>/<br>&SYSTEM<br>ibrav = 0<br>nat = 6<br>ntyp = 2<br>nbnd = 50<br>ecutwfc = 60.0<br>ecutrho = 480<br>input_dft = 'hse'<br>exx_fraction = 0.25<br>nqx1 = 1<br>nqx2 = 1<br>nqx3 = 1<br>occupations = 'fixed'<br>vdw_corr = 'grimme-d2'<br>/<br>&ELECTRONS<br> mixing_mode ='local-TF',<br> diagonalization ='cg',<br> electron_maxstep = 200,<br> mixing_beta = 0.15,<br>/<br>ATOMIC_SPECIES<br>S 32.065 s_pbe_v1.4.uspp.F.UPF<br>V 50.9415 v_pbe_v1.4.uspp.F.UPF<br>CELL_PARAMETERS (bohr)<br> 6.003830000 -0.000000006 0.000000000<br> -0.000000010 10.399383249 0.000000000<br> 0.000000000 0.000000000 44.408564123<br>ATOMIC_POSITIONS (angstrom)<br>S 1.588610502 0.917294978 7.503792150<br>S 0.000065968 3.668841856 7.503793895<br>V 0.000065675 0.000008909 8.989756103<br>V 1.588610875 2.751565452 8.989754470<br>S 1.588610463 0.917296373 10.475728569<br>S 0.000065869 3.668841251 10.475725834<br>K_POINTS (gamma)</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font><font>Best Regards</font></font></b></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font><font>Zimmi Singh</font></font></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i><font><font>Ph.D. Student <br></font></font></i></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><i>Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering<br>
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur<br>
Kharagpur, India</i></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><i>Mob No. 9935804727</i></span><br></div><div><font><font><br></font></font></div></div></div></div>