[Pw_forum] WARNING: something is going wrong

Alberto Milani alberto.milani at chem.polimi.it
Mon Sep 26 15:33:22 CEST 2005


Dear all,
I'm a new PWscf user and I have a question about a relax calculation. 
In the output I have found the following message:


     WARNING :  something is going wrong


     resetting bfgs history

     new conv_thr            =       0.0000000100

Then the calculation goes on but the number of bfgs steps is always the same 
till the end of the calculation and this looks strange to me (a larger part 
of the output follows at the end of this mail).
This warning message occurs a different number of times in the output but the 
calculation seems to finish correctly.
What does it exactly mean ?
I have noticed that also another user had the same problem, but I found no 
answer in the forum.
Thanks in advance

The input for the calculation was:
 
&control
    calculation='relax'
    title='Opt geometria cella fissa per $
    verbosity = 'high',
    tstress = .TRUE.,
    tprnfor = .TRUE.,
    nstep = 1024,
    etot_conv_thr = 1.0D-6,
    forc_conv_thr = 1.0D-6,
    restart_mode='from_scratch',
    prefix='$nome',
    pseudo_dir = './pseudo/',
    outdir='./out/'
 /
 &system
    ibrav= 6, 
    a = 10.0,
    b = 10.0,
    c = 2.5522,
    cosab = 0.0,
    cosac = 0.0,
    cosbc = 0.0,
    nat = 2, 
    ntyp = 1,
    ecutwfc = 35, 
    ecutrho = 350,
    nosym = .FALSE. ,
    occupations ='tetrahedra',
 /
 &electrons
    conv_thr = 1.0d-6,
    mixing_mode = 'plain',
    mixing_beta = 0.7,
    electron_maxstep = 512,
    diagonalization = 'david',
 /
 &ions
    upscale = 100.0,
    ion_dynamics = 'bfgs',
    lbfgs_ndim = 1,
 /   
ATOMIC_SPECIES
 C  12.00    C.pbe-van_ak.UPF 
ATOMIC_POSITIONS {angstrom}
 C  0.0  0.0  -0.60022 
 C  0.0  0.0  0.60022
K_POINTS {automatic}
 1  1  70  0 0 0

Output:

     number of scf cycles    = 163
     number of bfgs steps    =   9

     energy old              =     -22.6453264058 ryd
     energy new              =     -22.6453264054 ryd

     CASE: energy_new > energy_old

     new trust radius        =       0.0000008222 bohr


     WARNING :  something is going wrong


     resetting bfgs history

     new conv_thr            =       0.0000000100


ATOMIC_POSITIONS (angstrom)
C        0.000000000   0.000000000  -0.632152788
C        0.000000000   0.000000000   0.632152788



     NEW-OLD atomic charge density approx. for the potential

     total cpu time spent up to now is  31761.70 secs

     Self-consistent Calculation

     iteration #  1     ecut=    35.00 ryd     beta=0.70
     Davidson diagonalization (with overlap)
     ethr =  1.00E-05,  avg # of iterations =  1.0

     Threshold (ethr) on eigenvalues was too large:
     Diagonalizing with lowered threshold

     Davidson diagonalization (with overlap)
     ethr =  2.65E-10,  avg # of iterations =  1.0

     total cpu time spent up to now is  31875.66 secs

     End of self-consistent calculation

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 ( 6061 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -20.6810 -13.4651  -9.7324  -9.7324  -0.2654   1.2893   1.2893   1.5008

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 0.0557 ( 6077 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -20.6784 -13.4708  -9.7280  -9.7280  -0.2608   1.2939   1.2939   1.5053

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 0.1113 ( 6077 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -20.6705 -13.4876  -9.7149  -9.7149  -0.2473   1.3078   1.3078   1.5187

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 0.1670 ( 6077 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -20.6573 -13.5155  -9.6929  -9.6929  -0.2247   1.3310   1.3310   1.5410

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 0.2226 ( 6093 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -20.6389 -13.5543  -9.6621  -9.6621  -0.1931   1.3635   1.3635   1.5723

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 0.2783 ( 6105 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -20.6152 -13.6038  -9.6226  -9.6226  -0.1524   1.4052   1.4052   1.6125

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 0.3339 ( 6093 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -20.5862 -13.6635  -9.5742  -9.5742  -0.1028   1.4562   1.4562   1.6616

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 0.3896 ( 6101 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -20.5521 -13.7332  -9.5171  -9.5171  -0.0441   1.5165   1.5165   1.7197

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 0.4453 ( 6069 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -20.5128 -13.8124  -9.4512  -9.4512   0.0236   1.5803   1.5861   1.7866

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 0.5009 ( 6073 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -20.4684 -13.9006  -9.3766  -9.3766   0.1002   1.6582   1.6649   1.8624

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 0.5566 ( 6081 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -20.4188 -13.9975  -9.2932  -9.2932   0.1859   1.7492   1.7530   1.9471

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 0.6122 ( 6105 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -20.3642 -14.1024  -9.2011  -9.2011   0.2805   1.8503   1.8503   2.0407

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 0.6679 ( 6097 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -20.3045 -14.2147  -9.1002  -9.1002   0.3840   1.9568   1.9569   2.1430

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 0.7236 ( 6085 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -20.2398 -14.3340  -8.9906  -8.9906   0.4965   2.0727   2.0727   2.2542

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 0.7792 ( 6073 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -20.1702 -14.4597  -8.8724  -8.8724   0.6178   2.1975   2.1975   2.3742

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 0.8349 ( 6069 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -20.0957 -14.5912  -8.7454  -8.7454   0.7481   2.3308   2.3308   2.5029

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 0.8905 ( 6089 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -20.0164 -14.7280  -8.6098  -8.6098   0.8871   2.3451   2.3451   2.4831

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 0.9462 ( 6081 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -19.9324 -14.8695  -8.4656  -8.4656   1.0349   1.9589   1.9589   2.6309

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 1.0018 ( 6081 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -19.8437 -15.0153  -8.3128  -8.3128   1.1915   1.5683   1.5683   2.7926

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 1.0575 ( 6073 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -19.7503 -15.1647  -8.1513  -8.1513   1.1786   1.1786   1.3568   2.9639

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 1.1132 ( 6065 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -19.6525 -15.3172  -7.9813  -7.9813   0.7911   0.7911   1.5307   3.1445

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 1.1688 ( 6077 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -19.5502 -15.4726  -7.8028  -7.8028   0.4063   0.4063   1.7131   3.3344

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 1.2245 ( 6085 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -19.4436 -15.6301  -7.6159  -7.6159   0.0251   0.0251   1.9041   3.6450

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 1.2801 ( 6069 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -19.3328 -15.7894  -7.4204  -7.4204  -0.3517  -0.3517   2.1033   3.8418

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 1.3358 ( 6057 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -19.2178 -15.9501  -7.2166  -7.2166  -0.7239  -0.7239   2.3108   4.0467

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 1.3914 ( 6021 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -19.0989 -16.1118  -7.0044  -7.0044  -1.0908  -1.0908   2.5264   4.2595

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 1.4471 ( 6005 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -18.9761 -16.2740  -6.7840  -6.7840  -1.4522  -1.4522   2.7498   4.4801

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 1.5028 ( 6001 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -18.8495 -16.4365  -6.5555  -6.5555  -1.8077  -1.8077   2.9810   4.7083

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 1.5584 ( 6001 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -18.7195 -16.5987  -6.3187  -6.3187  -2.1569  -2.1569   3.2194   4.9438

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 1.6141 ( 5989 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -18.5860 -16.7604  -6.0741  -6.0741  -2.4994  -2.4994   3.4649   5.1861

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 1.6697 ( 5989 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -18.4494 -16.9212  -5.8218  -5.8218  -2.8348  -2.8348   3.7168   5.4348

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 1.7254 ( 5974 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -18.3100 -17.0806  -5.5622  -5.5622  -3.1626  -3.1626   3.9747   5.6877

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 1.7811 ( 5970 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -18.1683 -17.2379  -5.2963  -5.2963  -3.4817  -3.4817   4.2377   5.8284

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 1.8367 ( 5990 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -18.0257 -17.3919  -5.0261  -5.0261  -3.7899  -3.7899   4.5046   5.5847

          k = 0.0000 0.0000 1.8924 ( 5986 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -17.8870 -17.5372  -4.7617  -4.7617  -4.0772  -4.0772   4.7731   5.3218

          k = 0.0000 0.0000-1.9480 ( 6010 PWs)   bands (ev):

   -17.7985 -17.6281  -4.5929  -4.5929  -4.2536  -4.2536   5.0037   5.0927

     the Fermi energy is    -4.5268 ev

!    total energy              =   -22.64532640 ryd
     estimated scf accuracy    <        2.2E-09 ryd

     band energy sum           =    -7.45594375 ryd
     one-electron contribution =   -66.16342565 ryd
     hartree contribution      =    33.77201522 ryd
     xc contribution           =    -6.79710281 ryd
     ewald contribution        =    16.54318684 ryd

     convergence has been achieved

     Forces acting on atoms (Ry/au):

     atom   1 type  1   force =     0.00000000    0.00000000   -0.00000007
     atom   2 type  1   force =     0.00000000    0.00000000    0.00000007

     Total force =     0.000000     Total SCF correction =     0.000073


     entering subroutine stress ...

          total   stress  (ryd/bohr**3)                  (kbar)     P=   -0.13
  -0.00000076  -0.00000000   0.00000000         -0.11     -0.00      0.00
  -0.00000000  -0.00000076   0.00000000         -0.00     -0.11      0.00
   0.00000000   0.00000000  -0.00000108          0.00      0.00     -0.16

     kinetic stress (kbar)    845.48      0.00      0.00
                                0.00    845.48      0.00
                                0.00      0.00    574.07

     local   stress (kbar)    206.44      0.00     -0.00
                                0.00    206.44     -0.00
                               -0.00     -0.00  -7202.63

     nonloc. stress (kbar)    251.31      0.00      0.00
                                0.00    251.31      0.00
                                0.00      0.00    288.40

     hartree stress (kbar)      0.57     -0.00      0.00
                               -0.00      0.57     -0.00
                                0.00     -0.00   2867.07

     exc-cor stress (kbar)   -183.30     -0.00      0.00
                               -0.00   -183.30     -0.00
                                0.00     -0.00   -173.32

     corecor stress (kbar)      0.00      0.00      0.00
                                0.00      0.00      0.00
                                0.00      0.00      0.00

     ewald   stress (kbar)  -1120.63     -0.00      0.00
                               -0.00  -1120.63      0.00
                                0.00      0.00   3646.25

     hubbard stress (kbar)      0.00      0.00      0.00
                                0.00      0.00      0.00
                                0.00      0.00      0.00



     bfgs converged in 164 scf cycles and   9 bfgs steps

     End of BFGS geometry calculation

     Final energy            =     -22.6453264050 ryd

     Saving the approximate inverse hessian


CELL_PARAMETERS (alat)
   1.000000000   0.000000000   0.000000000
   0.000000000   1.000000000   0.000000000
   0.000000000   0.000000000   0.256670000

ATOMIC_POSITIONS (angstrom)
C        0.000000000   0.000000000  -0.632152788
C        0.000000000   0.000000000   0.632152788



     Writing file        cc.save for program phonon





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