[Pw_forum] pw.x stops with "Starting wfc are atomic"

Axel Kohlmeyer akohlmey at cmm.chem.upenn.edu
Tue Mar 18 19:21:31 CET 2008


On Tue, 18 Mar 2008, zhs064 wrote:


dear zhe song,


ZS> Dear Pwscf users:
ZS> 
ZS>     I'm using the PWSCF v.3.2.3 to perform geometry optimization.
ZS> When I set the value of "ecutwfc" larger than 45.5 Ry (including 45.5), 
ZS> the pw.x will
ZS> stop with "Starting wfc are atomic", I tried to wait for at least about


this could be a miscompiled executable, bad BLAS/LAPACK libraries,
bad MPI, bad input, bad pseudopotential(s) or a bug in the code.

please post a smallest possible input example that reproduces this 
behavior, otherwise nobody will be able to investigate this.

cheers,
   axel.

ZS> 5 or 6 hours and it still stopped there. When I set "ecutwfc" lower than
ZS> 45.5 (even 45.49), the pw.x will work well.
ZS>     Many thanks for your help.
ZS> 
ZS> Zhe Song
ZS> University of Saskatchewan
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ZS> 

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