[Pw_forum] ecutrho <= ecutwfc?!?

Paolo Giannozzi p.giannozzi at gmail.com
Mon May 23 08:56:14 CEST 2016


I do not think this is the problem: all non-conflicting combinations of
ibrav, celldm, A B C COSAB COSBC COSAC, CELL_PARAMETERS should work. In
case of  ambiguous or conflicting settings, the code complains.

Paolo

On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 8:38 AM, Carlo Nervi <carlo.nervi at unito.it> wrote:

> I think that with ibrav=0 you should not use celldm(), but set
> appropriately the CELL_PARAMETERS.
> Please check this option...
> HTH,
> Carlo
>
>
> 2016-05-23 0:00 GMT+02:00 Jingyang Wang <jw598 at cornell.edu>:
>
>> Dear QE users,
>>
>> Recently I have run a "relax" job on Stampede using QE v 5.4.0, and got
>> this very brief error message:
>>
>>      Error in routine set_cutoff (1):
>>      ecutrho <= ecutwfc?!?
>>
>> By checking the source code, I realized that it means the ecutrho is set
>> to be smaller than (or equal to) ecutwfc, which is not allowed. However,
>> this is not the case for my calculation. My input file is below:
>>
>>
>> &CONTROL
>> calculation='relax'
>> restart_mode='from_scratch'
>> wf_collect=.true.
>> prefix='Si_In_+1'
>> tstress = .true.
>> tprnfor = .true.
>> outdir = '.'
>> disk_io = 'low',
>> pseudo_dir = '/scratch/03598/exengt/PP_PAW'
>> nstep = 300
>> /
>> &SYSTEM
>> ibrav=0,
>> celldm(1)=33.24570d0,
>> nat=216,
>> ntyp=4,
>> tot_charge=+1,
>> ecutwfc=70,
>> ecutrho=280,
>> occupations='smearing',
>> smearing='m-v',
>> degauss=0.01d0
>> /
>> &ELECTRONS
>> diagonalization='david'
>> mixing_mode = 'plain'
>> mixing_beta = 0.1d0
>> conv_thr = 1.0d-8
>> /
>> &IONS
>> ion_dynamics = 'bfgs',
>> trust_radius_max = 1.2D0
>> /
>>
>> ATOMIC_SPECIES
>>  In  114.81800   In.pbesol-dn-kjpaw_psl.1.0.0.UPF
>>  Ga   69.72300   Ga.pbesol-dnl-kjpaw_psl.1.0.0.UPF
>>  As   74.92160   As.pbesol-n-kjpaw_psl.1.0.0.UPF
>>  Si   28.08550   Si.pbesol-nl-kjpaw_psl.1.0.0.UPF
>>
>> ATOMIC_POSITIONS {alat}
>>   In   0.0566666667d0   0.2972566667d0   0.2932096648d0
>>   In   0.3900000000d0   0.2972566667d0   0.2932096648d0
>>   In   0.7233333333d0   0.2972566667d0   0.2932096648d0
>>   In   0.0566666667d0   0.6305900000d0   0.2932096648d0
>>   In   0.3900000000d0   0.6305900000d0   0.2932096648d0
>>   In   0.7233333333d0   0.6305900000d0   0.2932096648d0
>>   In   0.0566666667d0   0.9639233333d0   0.2932096648d0
>>   In   0.3900000000d0   0.9639233333d0   0.2932096648d0
>>   In   0.7233333333d0   0.9639233333d0   0.2932096648d0
>>   In   0.0566666667d0   0.2972566667d0   0.6291087434d0
>>   In   0.3900000000d0   0.2972566667d0   0.6291087434d0
>>   In   0.7233333333d0   0.2972566667d0   0.6291087434d0
>>   In   0.0566666667d0   0.6305900000d0   0.6291087434d0
>>   Si   0.3903252389d0   0.6302748236d0   0.6260076799d0
>>   In   0.7233333333d0   0.6305900000d0   0.6291087434d0
>>   In   0.0566666667d0   0.9639233333d0   0.6291087434d0
>>   In   0.3900000000d0   0.9639233333d0   0.6291087434d0
>>   In   0.7233333333d0   0.9639233333d0   0.6291087434d0
>>   In   0.0566666667d0   0.2972566667d0   0.9650078221d0
>>   In   0.3900000000d0   0.2972566667d0   0.9650078221d0
>>   In   0.7233333333d0   0.2972566667d0   0.9650078221d0
>>   In   0.0566666667d0   0.6305900000d0   0.9650078221d0
>>   In   0.3900000000d0   0.6305900000d0   0.9650078221d0
>>   In   0.7233333333d0   0.6305900000d0   0.9650078221d0
>>   In   0.0566666667d0   0.9639233333d0   0.9650078221d0
>>   In   0.3900000000d0   0.9639233333d0   0.9650078221d0
>>   In   0.7233333333d0   0.9639233333d0   0.9650078221d0
>>   In   0.2233333333d0   0.1305900000d0   0.2932096648d0
>>   In   0.5566666667d0   0.1305900000d0   0.2932096648d0
>>   In   0.8900000000d0   0.1305900000d0   0.2932096648d0
>>   In   0.2233333333d0   0.4639233333d0   0.2932096648d0
>>   In   0.5566666667d0   0.4639233333d0   0.2932096648d0
>>   In   0.8900000000d0   0.4639233333d0   0.2932096648d0
>>   In   0.2233333333d0   0.7972566667d0   0.2932096648d0
>>   In   0.5566666667d0   0.7972566667d0   0.2932096648d0
>>   In   0.8900000000d0   0.7972566667d0   0.2932096648d0
>>   In   0.2233333333d0   0.1305900000d0   0.6291087434d0
>>   In   0.5566666667d0   0.1305900000d0   0.6291087434d0
>>   In   0.8900000000d0   0.1305900000d0   0.6291087434d0
>>   In   0.2246378474d0   0.4649596237d0   0.6260681613d0
>>   In   0.5545611959d0   0.4654446970d0   0.6319149434d0
>>   In   0.8900000000d0   0.4639233333d0   0.6291087434d0
>>   In   0.2213078190d0   0.7973758071d0   0.6259265193d0
>>   In   0.5550308100d0   0.7961995553d0   0.6267325126d0
>>   In   0.8900000000d0   0.7972566667d0   0.6291087434d0
>>   In   0.2233333333d0   0.1305900000d0   0.9650078221d0
>>   In   0.5566666667d0   0.1305900000d0   0.9650078221d0
>>   In   0.8900000000d0   0.1305900000d0   0.9650078221d0
>>   In   0.2233333333d0   0.4639233333d0   0.9650078221d0
>>   In   0.5566666667d0   0.4639233333d0   0.9650078221d0
>>   In   0.8900000000d0   0.4639233333d0   0.9650078221d0
>>   In   0.2233333333d0   0.7972566667d0   0.9650078221d0
>>   In   0.5566666667d0   0.7972566667d0   0.9650078221d0
>>   In   0.8900000000d0   0.7972566667d0   0.9650078221d0
>>   Ga   0.2233333333d0   0.2972466667d0   0.1252534074d0
>>   Ga   0.5566666667d0   0.2972466667d0   0.1252534074d0
>>   Ga   0.8900000000d0   0.2972466667d0   0.1252534074d0
>>   Ga   0.2233333333d0   0.6305800000d0   0.1252534074d0
>>   Ga   0.5566666667d0   0.6305800000d0   0.1252534074d0
>>   Ga   0.8900000000d0   0.6305800000d0   0.1252534074d0
>>   Ga   0.2233333333d0   0.9639133333d0   0.1252534074d0
>>   Ga   0.5566666667d0   0.9639133333d0   0.1252534074d0
>>   Ga   0.8900000000d0   0.9639133333d0   0.1252534074d0
>>   Ga   0.2233333333d0   0.2972466667d0   0.4611524861d0
>>   Ga   0.5566666667d0   0.2972466667d0   0.4611524861d0
>>   Ga   0.8900000000d0   0.2972466667d0   0.4611524861d0
>>   Ga   0.2203414406d0   0.6271928747d0   0.4614998444d0
>>   Ga   0.5567431690d0   0.6337415999d0   0.4613189160d0
>>   Ga   0.8900000000d0   0.6305800000d0   0.4611524861d0
>>   Ga   0.2233333333d0   0.9639133333d0   0.4611524861d0
>>   Ga   0.5566666667d0   0.9639133333d0   0.4611524861d0
>>   Ga   0.8900000000d0   0.9639133333d0   0.4611524861d0
>>   Ga   0.2233333333d0   0.2972466667d0   0.7970515648d0
>>   Ga   0.5566666667d0   0.2972466667d0   0.7970515648d0
>>   Ga   0.8900000000d0   0.2972466667d0   0.7970515648d0
>>   Ga   0.2235530322d0   0.6338236945d0   0.7958009649d0
>>   Ga   0.5554115792d0   0.6270328813d0   0.7937829118d0
>>   Ga   0.8900000000d0   0.6305800000d0   0.7970515648d0
>>   Ga   0.2233333333d0   0.9639133333d0   0.7970515648d0
>>   Ga   0.5566666667d0   0.9639133333d0   0.7970515648d0
>>   Ga   0.8900000000d0   0.9639133333d0   0.7970515648d0
>>   Ga   0.0566666667d0   0.1305800000d0   0.1252534074d0
>>   Ga   0.3900000000d0   0.1305800000d0   0.1252534074d0
>>   Ga   0.7233333333d0   0.1305800000d0   0.1252534074d0
>>   Ga   0.0566666667d0   0.4639133333d0   0.1252534074d0
>>   Ga   0.3900000000d0   0.4639133333d0   0.1252534074d0
>>   Ga   0.7233333333d0   0.4639133333d0   0.1252534074d0
>>   Ga   0.0566666667d0   0.7972466667d0   0.1252534074d0
>>   Ga   0.3900000000d0   0.7972466667d0   0.1252534074d0
>>   Ga   0.7233333333d0   0.7972466667d0   0.1252534074d0
>>   Ga   0.0566666667d0   0.1305800000d0   0.4611524861d0
>>   Ga   0.3900000000d0   0.1305800000d0   0.4611524861d0
>>   Ga   0.7233333333d0   0.1305800000d0   0.4611524861d0
>>   Ga   0.0566666667d0   0.4639133333d0   0.4611524861d0
>>   Ga   0.3877522109d0   0.4628099185d0   0.4582270062d0
>>   Ga   0.7233333333d0   0.4639133333d0   0.4611524861d0
>>   Ga   0.0566666667d0   0.7972466667d0   0.4611524861d0
>>   Ga   0.3888042512d0   0.7978086649d0   0.4638544831d0
>>   Ga   0.7233333333d0   0.7972466667d0   0.4611524861d0
>>   Ga   0.0566666667d0   0.1305800000d0   0.7970515648d0
>>   Ga   0.3900000000d0   0.1305800000d0   0.7970515648d0
>>   Ga   0.7233333333d0   0.1305800000d0   0.7970515648d0
>>   Ga   0.0566666667d0   0.4639133333d0   0.7970515648d0
>>   Ga   0.3887984365d0   0.4618696273d0   0.7985251304d0
>>   Ga   0.7233333333d0   0.4639133333d0   0.7970515648d0
>>   Ga   0.0566666667d0   0.7972466667d0   0.7970515648d0
>>   Ga   0.3878877832d0   0.7953946989d0   0.7975986026d0
>>   Ga   0.7233333333d0   0.7972466667d0   0.7970515648d0
>>   As   0.1400000000d0   0.2139166667d0   0.0479227216d0
>>   As   0.4733333333d0   0.2139166667d0   0.0479227216d0
>>   As   0.8066666667d0   0.2139166667d0   0.0479227216d0
>>   As   0.1400000000d0   0.5472500000d0   0.0479227216d0
>>   As   0.4733333333d0   0.5472500000d0   0.0479227216d0
>>   As   0.8066666667d0   0.5472500000d0   0.0479227216d0
>>   As   0.1400000000d0   0.8805833333d0   0.0479227216d0
>>   As   0.4733333333d0   0.8805833333d0   0.0479227216d0
>>   As   0.8066666667d0   0.8805833333d0   0.0479227216d0
>>   As   0.1400000000d0   0.2139166667d0   0.3838218002d0
>>   As   0.4733333333d0   0.2139166667d0   0.3838218002d0
>>   As   0.8066666667d0   0.2139166667d0   0.3838218002d0
>>   As   0.1400000000d0   0.5472500000d0   0.3838218002d0
>>   As   0.4733333333d0   0.5472500000d0   0.3838218002d0
>>   As   0.8066666667d0   0.5472500000d0   0.3838218002d0
>>   As   0.1400000000d0   0.8805833333d0   0.3838218002d0
>>   As   0.4733333333d0   0.8805833333d0   0.3838218002d0
>>   As   0.8066666667d0   0.8805833333d0   0.3838218002d0
>>   As   0.1400000000d0   0.2139166667d0   0.7197208789d0
>>   As   0.4733333333d0   0.2139166667d0   0.7197208789d0
>>   As   0.8066666667d0   0.2139166667d0   0.7197208789d0
>>   As   0.1400000000d0   0.5472500000d0   0.7197208789d0
>>   As   0.4727602822d0   0.5467565704d0   0.7218748487d0
>>   As   0.8066666667d0   0.5472500000d0   0.7197208789d0
>>   As   0.1400000000d0   0.8805833333d0   0.7197208789d0
>>   As   0.4733333333d0   0.8805833333d0   0.7197208789d0
>>   As   0.8066666667d0   0.8805833333d0   0.7197208789d0
>>   As   0.3066666667d0   0.2139166667d0   0.2025236315d0
>>   As   0.6400000000d0   0.2139166667d0   0.2025236315d0
>>   As   0.9733333333d0   0.2139166667d0   0.2025236315d0
>>   As   0.3066666667d0   0.5472500000d0   0.2025236315d0
>>   As   0.6400000000d0   0.5472500000d0   0.2025236315d0
>>   As   0.9733333333d0   0.5472500000d0   0.2025236315d0
>>   As   0.3066666667d0   0.8805833333d0   0.2025236315d0
>>   As   0.6400000000d0   0.8805833333d0   0.2025236315d0
>>   As   0.9733333333d0   0.8805833333d0   0.2025236315d0
>>   As   0.3066666667d0   0.2139166667d0   0.5384227102d0
>>   As   0.6400000000d0   0.2139166667d0   0.5384227102d0
>>   As   0.9733333333d0   0.2139166667d0   0.5384227102d0
>>   As   0.3059192577d0   0.5439754715d0   0.5387375140d0
>>   As   0.6400000000d0   0.5472500000d0   0.5384227102d0
>>   As   0.9733333333d0   0.5472500000d0   0.5384227102d0
>>   As   0.3066666667d0   0.8805833333d0   0.5384227102d0
>>   As   0.6400000000d0   0.8805833333d0   0.5384227102d0
>>   As   0.9733333333d0   0.8805833333d0   0.5384227102d0
>>   As   0.3066666667d0   0.2139166667d0   0.8743217889d0
>>   As   0.6400000000d0   0.2139166667d0   0.8743217889d0
>>   As   0.9733333333d0   0.2139166667d0   0.8743217889d0
>>   As   0.3066666667d0   0.5472500000d0   0.8743217889d0
>>   As   0.6400000000d0   0.5472500000d0   0.8743217889d0
>>   As   0.9733333333d0   0.5472500000d0   0.8743217889d0
>>   As   0.3066666667d0   0.8805833333d0   0.8743217889d0
>>   As   0.6400000000d0   0.8805833333d0   0.8743217889d0
>>   As   0.9733333333d0   0.8805833333d0   0.8743217889d0
>>   As   0.1400000000d0   0.0472500000d0   0.2025236315d0
>>   As   0.4733333333d0   0.0472500000d0   0.2025236315d0
>>   As   0.8066666667d0   0.0472500000d0   0.2025236315d0
>>   As   0.1400000000d0   0.3805833333d0   0.2025236315d0
>>   As   0.4733333333d0   0.3805833333d0   0.2025236315d0
>>   As   0.8066666667d0   0.3805833333d0   0.2025236315d0
>>   As   0.1400000000d0   0.7139166667d0   0.2025236315d0
>>   As   0.4733333333d0   0.7139166667d0   0.2025236315d0
>>   As   0.8066666667d0   0.7139166667d0   0.2025236315d0
>>   As   0.1400000000d0   0.0472500000d0   0.5384227102d0
>>   As   0.4733333333d0   0.0472500000d0   0.5384227102d0
>>   As   0.8066666667d0   0.0472500000d0   0.5384227102d0
>>   As   0.1400000000d0   0.3805833333d0   0.5384227102d0
>>   As   0.4733333333d0   0.3805833333d0   0.5384227102d0
>>   As   0.8066666667d0   0.3805833333d0   0.5384227102d0
>>   As   0.1400000000d0   0.7139166667d0   0.5384227102d0
>>   As   0.4753822931d0   0.7125976279d0   0.5382350075d0
>>   As   0.8066666667d0   0.7139166667d0   0.5384227102d0
>>   As   0.1400000000d0   0.0472500000d0   0.8743217889d0
>>   As   0.4733333333d0   0.0472500000d0   0.8743217889d0
>>   As   0.8066666667d0   0.0472500000d0   0.8743217889d0
>>   As   0.1400000000d0   0.3805833333d0   0.8743217889d0
>>   As   0.4733333333d0   0.3805833333d0   0.8743217889d0
>>   As   0.8066666667d0   0.3805833333d0   0.8743217889d0
>>   As   0.1400000000d0   0.7139166667d0   0.8743217889d0
>>   As   0.4733333333d0   0.7139166667d0   0.8743217889d0
>>   As   0.8066666667d0   0.7139166667d0   0.8743217889d0
>>   As   0.3066666667d0   0.0472500000d0   0.0479227216d0
>>   As   0.6400000000d0   0.0472500000d0   0.0479227216d0
>>   As   0.9733333333d0   0.0472500000d0   0.0479227216d0
>>   As   0.3066666667d0   0.3805833333d0   0.0479227216d0
>>   As   0.6400000000d0   0.3805833333d0   0.0479227216d0
>>   As   0.9733333333d0   0.3805833333d0   0.0479227216d0
>>   As   0.3066666667d0   0.7139166667d0   0.0479227216d0
>>   As   0.6400000000d0   0.7139166667d0   0.0479227216d0
>>   As   0.9733333333d0   0.7139166667d0   0.0479227216d0
>>   As   0.3066666667d0   0.0472500000d0   0.3838218002d0
>>   As   0.6400000000d0   0.0472500000d0   0.3838218002d0
>>   As   0.9733333333d0   0.0472500000d0   0.3838218002d0
>>   As   0.3066666667d0   0.3805833333d0   0.3838218002d0
>>   As   0.6400000000d0   0.3805833333d0   0.3838218002d0
>>   As   0.9733333333d0   0.3805833333d0   0.3838218002d0
>>   As   0.3066666667d0   0.7139166667d0   0.3838218002d0
>>   As   0.6400000000d0   0.7139166667d0   0.3838218002d0
>>   As   0.9733333333d0   0.7139166667d0   0.3838218002d0
>>   As   0.3066666667d0   0.0472500000d0   0.7197208789d0
>>   As   0.6400000000d0   0.0472500000d0   0.7197208789d0
>>   As   0.9733333333d0   0.0472500000d0   0.7197208789d0
>>   As   0.3066666667d0   0.3805833333d0   0.7197208789d0
>>   As   0.6400000000d0   0.3805833333d0   0.7197208789d0
>>   As   0.9733333333d0   0.3805833333d0   0.7197208789d0
>>   As   0.3046300925d0   0.7167728163d0   0.7168819135d0
>>   As   0.6400000000d0   0.7139166667d0   0.7197208789d0
>>   As   0.9733333333d0   0.7139166667d0   0.7197208789d0
>>
>> K_POINTS {automatic}
>>   2 2 2 0 0 0
>>
>> CELL_PARAMETERS {alat}
>>   1.000000000000d0  0.000000000000d0  0.000000000000d0
>>   0.000000000000d0  1.000000000000d0  0.000000000000d0
>>   0.000000000000d0  0.000000000000d0  1.007697236034d0
>>
>>
>> It clearly shows that ecutrho = 4*ecutwfc. The job crashes when run on
>> 128 processors; however when run on 16 processors (just for testing), the
>> output does not crash (but terminates due to maximum allocated time being
>> reached). In the heading of the 16-processor job output, I observe that the
>> pseudopotential for Arsenic (As) is missing. I guess the problem might be
>> with this particular pseudopotential, but I cannot spot it within the UPF
>> file. The PAW pseudopotentials I use all come from pslibrary v. 1.0.0, and
>> are all generated using the same QE on Stampede. The headings of the
>> pseudopotentials are attached here (the whole files are too big). Please
>> let me know what you think the problem might be. Thank you very much!
>>
>> --
>> Jingyang 'Mark' Wang
>> School of Applied and Engineering Physics
>> Cornell University
>>
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