[QE-users] File .wfc1 is not generated by scf run

Martina Lessio ml4132 at columbia.edu
Tue Jul 31 15:56:33 CEST 2018


Dear Pietro,

Thank you so much for your further suggestions. I will certainly give them
a try. I should probably also update my version of Quantum Espresso and see
if the issue persists.

All the best,
Martina

On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 4:25 AM, Pietro Delugas <pdelugas at sissa.it> wrote:

> I don't know what to suggest.
>
> If the issue were the size of the wfc file ( I don't know why it should be
> though ) you can run the  postprocessing code using more processes , this
> will split the .wfc file in as many files as the number of mpi processes.
>
> other thing one can try is to run scf with wf_collect set to false and
> disk_io set to high and see if pw is able to write the .wfc files that then
> could be read directly by the pp code ( which in this case must be executed
> with the same number of processes as pw )
>
> On 30/07/2018 15:56, Martina Lessio wrote:
>
> Dear Pietro and Lorenzo,
>
> Thanks so much for your prompt response, I really appreciate it. Here are
> my answers to your questions:
> - Pietro, thanks so much for explaining the process by which the .wfc1
> file gets created, I was obviously confused about it. I checked and, like
> you said, I have .dat files in the folders corresponding to different
> k-points in the .save folder. I also don't have a .wfc1 file right after
> running the scf. So this all looks correct based on what you said.
> I did not report the error message verbatim, the name of the .wfc1 file is
> printed correctly in the post processing output. I will copy below my input
> for the postprocessing code and also the full output I get in case it might
> help understand the issue.
>
> - Lorenzo, yes, I double-checked and my scf calculation is converged.
>
> I would really appreciate any further suggestion. Once again, I did not
> experience such issues with smaller supercell so maybe that gives us a clue
> to what the issue is?
> I  am copying below the scf input, the PP input and the PP output with the
> error message.
>
> Thank you so much!
>
> All the best,
> Martina
>
> SCF input file:
>  &control
>     calculation = 'scf'
>     restart_mode='from_scratch',
>     prefix='MoTe2ml_super5x5relaxNOsoc_def_sm_scf',
>     wf_collect=.TRUE.
>     pseudo_dir = '/home/mlessio/espresso-5.4.0/pseudo/',
>     outdir='./'
>  /
>  &system
>     ibrav= 4, A=17.65, B=17.65, C=16.882, cosAB=-0.5, cosAC=0, cosBC=0,
>     nat= 75, ntyp= 2,
>     ecutwfc =60.
>     occupations='smearing', smearing='gaussian', degauss=0.01
>     nspin=1
>  /
>  &electrons
>     mixing_mode = 'plain'
>     mixing_beta = 0.2
>     conv_thr =  1.0d-10
>  /
> ATOMIC_SPECIES
>  Te  127.6 Te_ONCV_PBE_FR-1.1.upf
>  Mo  95.96 Mo_ONCV_PBE_FR-1.0.upf
> ATOMIC_POSITIONS {crystal}
> Te       0.134763127   0.067705673   0.314838709
> Te       0.135581610   0.267790815   0.313767464
> Te       0.134763126   0.467057438   0.314838722
> Te       0.133426199   0.666852373   0.315066533
> Te       0.133426206   0.866573824   0.315066528
> Te       0.333830680   0.067661368   0.314045748
> Te       0.337736908   0.270977783   0.312935985
> Te       0.337736909   0.466759125   0.312935994
> Te       0.333830676   0.666169311   0.314045769
> Te       0.333147629   0.866573820   0.315066533
> Te       0.532942565   0.067705695   0.314838702
> Te       0.533240880   0.270977796   0.312935965
> Mo       0.533333335   0.466666657   0.289322903
> Te       0.533240864   0.662263084   0.312935994
> Te       0.532942569   0.865236902   0.314838722
> Te       0.733136182   0.066568083   0.315103907
> Te       0.732209205   0.267790808   0.313767451
> Te       0.729022255   0.466759128   0.312935965
> Te       0.729022252   0.662263081   0.312935985
> Te       0.732209231   0.864418420   0.313767464
> Te       0.933431927   0.066568091   0.315103913
> Te       0.933431915   0.266863851   0.315103907
> Te       0.932294341   0.467057436   0.314838702
> Te       0.932338652   0.666169315   0.314045748
> Te       0.932294331   0.865236897   0.314838709
> Te       0.133264211   0.066582612   0.099418260
> Te       0.132725778   0.266362898   0.098974905
> Te       0.133264209   0.466681585   0.099418245
> Te       0.133234326   0.666468628   0.099305464
> Te       0.133234334   0.866765696   0.099305470
> Te       0.333453459   0.066906928   0.098996402
> Te       0.331845525   0.265879796   0.094385362
> Te       0.331845522   0.465965727   0.094385355
> Te       0.333453453   0.666546534   0.098996380
> Te       0.333531374   0.866765693   0.099305464
> Te       0.533318419   0.066582631   0.099418267
> Te       0.534034274   0.265879815   0.094385388
> Te       0.533333335   0.466666657   0.085781188
> Te       0.534034262   0.668154471   0.094385355
> Te       0.533318422   0.866735819   0.099418245
> Te       0.733260257   0.066630122   0.099465712
> Te       0.733637120   0.266362893   0.098974923
> Te       0.734120236   0.465965734   0.094385388
> Te       0.734120239   0.668154464   0.094385362
> Te       0.733637148   0.867274252   0.098974905
> Te       0.933369890   0.066630128   0.099465706
> Te       0.933369876   0.266739776   0.099465712
> Te       0.933417405   0.466681582   0.099418267
> Te       0.933093092   0.666546536   0.098996402
> Te       0.933417392   0.866735813   0.099418260
> Mo       0.066910177   0.133342732   0.207211832
> Mo       0.066910181   0.333567419   0.207211831
> Mo       0.066714643   0.533429235   0.207488709
> Mo       0.066613591   0.733306803   0.206964121
> Mo       0.066714624   0.933285385   0.207488709
> Mo       0.267519938   0.134476688   0.206033961
> Mo       0.268356012   0.334177979   0.204473191
> Mo       0.267519939   0.533043231   0.206033959
> Mo       0.266693218   0.733306792   0.206964121
> Mo       0.266693225   0.933386407   0.206964121
> Mo       0.466956762   0.134476690   0.206033961
> Mo       0.468945823   0.337891653   0.201981378
> Mo       0.468945838   0.531054173   0.201981377
> Mo       0.466956758   0.732480091   0.206033959
> Mo       0.466570767   0.933285385   0.207488709
> Mo       0.666432579   0.133342735   0.207211833
> Mo       0.665821985   0.334177980   0.204473191
> Mo       0.662108323   0.531054164   0.201981378
> Mo       0.665821981   0.731644003   0.204473191
> Mo       0.666432565   0.933089829   0.207211831
> Mo       0.866666673   0.133333333   0.207317092
> Mo       0.866657239   0.333567418   0.207211833
> Mo       0.865523322   0.533043230   0.206033961
> Mo       0.865523308   0.732480089   0.206033961
> Mo       0.866657248   0.933089841   0.207211832
> K_POINTS {automatic}
>   2 2 1 0 0 0
>
> PP input file:
>  &inputpp
>     prefix='MoTe2ml_super5x5relaxNOsoc_def_sm_scf',
>     outdir='/home/mlessio/MoTe2/NormConservingPseudo/
> MONOLAYER/DEFECT_SIMULATION/RemoveSOC/5x5x1/nspin1/
> AddSmearing/PP_ILDOS/SCF/'
>     filplot = 'MoTe2ml_5x5noSOCdef_VB-0.4eV_VB'
>     plot_num= 10
>     emin=2.0832
>     emax=2.4832
>  /
>  &plot
>    iflag=3
>    output_format=6
>    fileout='MoTe2ml_5x5noSOCdef_VB-0.4eV_VB.cube'
>  /
>
> PP output:
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> [[27902,1],0]: A high-performance Open MPI point-to-point messaging module
>
> was unable to find any relevant network interfaces:
>
>
> Module: OpenFabrics (openib)
>
>   Host: compute-0-5
>
>
> Another transport will be used instead, although this may result in
>
> lower performance.
>
>
> NOTE: You can disable this warning by setting the MCA parameter
>
> btl_base_warn_component_unused to 0.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>      Program POST-PROC v.5.4.0 starts on 29Jul2018 at 15:46:19
>
>
>      This program is part of the open-source Quantum ESPRESSO suite
>
>      for quantum simulation of materials; please cite
>
>          "P. Giannozzi et al., J. Phys.:Condens. Matter 21 395502 (2009);
>
>           URL http://www.quantum-espresso.org",
>
>      in publications or presentations arising from this work. More details
> at
>
>      http://www.quantum-espresso.org/quote
>
>
>      Parallel version (MPI), running on     1 processors
>
>
>      Reading data from directory:
>
>      /home/mlessio/MoTe2/NormConservingPseudo/MONOLAYER/DEFECT_SIMULATION/
> RemoveSOC/5x5x1/nspin1/AddSmearing/PP_ILDOS/SCF/
> MoTe2ml_super5x5relaxNOsoc_def_sm_scf.save
>
>
>    Info: using nr1, nr2, nr3 values from input
>
>
>    Info: using nr1, nr2, nr3 values from input
>
>
>      IMPORTANT: XC functional enforced from input :
>
>      Exchange-correlation      = PBE ( 1  4  3  4 0 0)
>
>      Any further DFT definition will be discarded
>
>      Please, verify this is what you really want
>
>
>
>      G-vector sticks info
>
>      --------------------
>
>      sticks:   dense  smooth     PW     G-vecs:    dense   smooth      PW
>
>      Sum       18421   18421   4741              1930105  1930105  251743
>
>
>
>  %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
>      Error in routine diropn (10):
>
>      error opening /home/mlessio/MoTe2/NormConservingPseudo/
> MONOLAYER/DEFECT_SIMULATION/RemoveSOC/5x5x1/nspin1/
> AddSmearing/PP_ILDOS/SCF/MoTe2ml_super5x5relaxNOsoc_def_sm_scf.wfc1
>
>  %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
>
>      stopping ...
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> MPI_ABORT was invoked on rank 0 in communicator MPI_COMM_WORLD
>
> with errorcode 1.
>
>
> NOTE: invoking MPI_ABORT causes Open MPI to kill all MPI processes.
>
> You may or may not see output from other processes, depending on
>
> exactly when Open MPI kills them.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:31 AM, Lorenzo Paulatto <paulatz at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Are you sure the calculation is converged? If it stops because the a max
>> number of iterations has been reached (check the output carefully, or is
>> not obvious) the wfc file won't be created, unless you set disk_io to some
>> higher value (medium or high, I'm not sure). Of course the real problem
>> would be that the scf does not converge.
>>
>> --
>> Lorenzo Paulatto
>> Written on a virtual keyboard with real fingers
>>
>> On 29 Jul 2018 22:35, "Martina Lessio" <ml4132 at columbia.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am running some simulations of defects in MoTe2 slabs with the goal of
>> plotting the integrated local density of states.
>> I have been using different supercell sizes in order to simulate
>> different defect concentrations. However, when I use a relatively large
>> supercell (5x5), I start incurring the problem that the scf run does not
>> seem to print the .wfc1 (it only prints the .save folder). Due to the lack
>> of the .wfc1 file the post processing code crashes with the following
>> error message:
>>
>>      Error in routine diropn (10):
>>      error opening filename.wfc1
>>
>> I am having a hard time understanding the issue since I usually get the
>> .wfc1 file when I run an scf using wf_collect=.true. on smaller supercells.
>> My only guess is that this file is way too large to be printed given that
>> this is a relatively large supercell. However, I checked with my cluster
>> administrator and there should not be any space issue.
>> I am copying below my input file for the scf run that fails to print the
>> .wfc1 file (I am running version 5.4 of QE).
>>
>> Thank you in advance for your help.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Martina
>>
>> --
>> Martina Lessio, Ph.D.
>> Frontiers of Science Lecturer in Discipline
>> Postdoctoral Research Scientist
>> Department of Chemistry
>> Columbia University
>>
>> Input file:
>>
>>
>>  &control
>>     calculation = 'scf'
>>     restart_mode='from_scratch',
>>     prefix='MoTe2ml_super5x5relaxNOsoc_def_sm_scf',
>>     wf_collect=.TRUE.
>>     pseudo_dir = '/home/mlessio/espresso-5.4.0/pseudo/',
>>     outdir='./'
>>  /
>>
>>
>>  &system
>>     ibrav= 4, A=17.65, B=17.65, C=16.882, cosAB=-0.5, cosAC=0, cosBC=0,
>>     nat= 75, ntyp= 2,
>>     ecutwfc =60.
>>     occupations='smearing', smearing='gaussian', degauss=0.01
>>     nspin=1
>>  /
>>
>>  &electrons
>>     mixing_mode = 'plain'
>>     mixing_beta = 0.2
>>     conv_thr =  1.0d-10
>>  /
>>
>> ATOMIC_SPECIES
>>  Te  127.6 Te_ONCV_PBE_FR-1.1.upf
>>  Mo  95.96 Mo_ONCV_PBE_FR-1.0.upf
>>
>> ATOMIC_POSITIONS {crystal}
>> Te       0.134763127   0.067705673   0.314838709
>> Te       0.135581610   0.267790815   0.313767464
>> Te       0.134763126   0.467057438   0.314838722
>> Te       0.133426199   0.666852373   0.315066533
>> Te       0.133426206   0.866573824   0.315066528
>> Te       0.333830680   0.067661368   0.314045748
>> Te       0.337736908   0.270977783   0.312935985
>> Te       0.337736909   0.466759125   0.312935994
>> Te       0.333830676   0.666169311   0.314045769
>> Te       0.333147629   0.866573820   0.315066533
>> Te       0.532942565   0.067705695   0.314838702
>> Te       0.533240880   0.270977796   0.312935965
>> Mo       0.533333335   0.466666657   0.289322903
>> Te       0.533240864   0.662263084   0.312935994
>> Te       0.532942569   0.865236902   0.314838722
>> Te       0.733136182   0.066568083   0.315103907
>> Te       0.732209205   0.267790808   0.313767451
>> Te       0.729022255   0.466759128   0.312935965
>> Te       0.729022252   0.662263081   0.312935985
>> Te       0.732209231   0.864418420   0.313767464
>> Te       0.933431927   0.066568091   0.315103913
>> Te       0.933431915   0.266863851   0.315103907
>> Te       0.932294341   0.467057436   0.314838702
>> Te       0.932338652   0.666169315   0.314045748
>> Te       0.932294331   0.865236897   0.314838709
>> Te       0.133264211   0.066582612   0.099418260
>> Te       0.132725778   0.266362898   0.098974905
>> Te       0.133264209   0.466681585   0.099418245
>> Te       0.133234326   0.666468628   0.099305464
>> Te       0.133234334   0.866765696   0.099305470
>> Te       0.333453459   0.066906928   0.098996402
>> Te       0.331845525   0.265879796   0.094385362
>> Te       0.331845522   0.465965727   0.094385355
>> Te       0.333453453   0.666546534   0.098996380
>> Te       0.333531374   0.866765693   0.099305464
>> Te       0.533318419   0.066582631   0.099418267
>> Te       0.534034274   0.265879815   0.094385388
>> Te       0.533333335   0.466666657   0.085781188
>> Te       0.534034262   0.668154471   0.094385355
>> Te       0.533318422   0.866735819   0.099418245
>> Te       0.733260257   0.066630122   0.099465712
>> Te       0.733637120   0.266362893   0.098974923
>> Te       0.734120236   0.465965734   0.094385388
>> Te       0.734120239   0.668154464   0.094385362
>> Te       0.733637148   0.867274252   0.098974905
>> Te       0.933369890   0.066630128   0.099465706
>> Te       0.933369876   0.266739776   0.099465712
>> Te       0.933417405   0.466681582   0.099418267
>> Te       0.933093092   0.666546536   0.098996402
>> Te       0.933417392   0.866735813   0.099418260
>> Mo       0.066910177   0.133342732   0.207211832
>> Mo       0.066910181   0.333567419   0.207211831
>> Mo       0.066714643   0.533429235   0.207488709
>> Mo       0.066613591   0.733306803   0.206964121
>> Mo       0.066714624   0.933285385   0.207488709
>> Mo       0.267519938   0.134476688   0.206033961
>> Mo       0.268356012   0.334177979   0.204473191
>> Mo       0.267519939   0.533043231   0.206033959
>> Mo       0.266693218   0.733306792   0.206964121
>> Mo       0.266693225   0.933386407   0.206964121
>> Mo       0.466956762   0.134476690   0.206033961
>> Mo       0.468945823   0.337891653   0.201981378
>> Mo       0.468945838   0.531054173   0.201981377
>> Mo       0.466956758   0.732480091   0.206033959
>> Mo       0.466570767   0.933285385   0.207488709
>> Mo       0.666432579   0.133342735   0.207211833
>> Mo       0.665821985   0.334177980   0.204473191
>> Mo       0.662108323   0.531054164   0.201981378
>> Mo       0.665821981   0.731644003   0.204473191
>> Mo       0.666432565   0.933089829   0.207211831
>> Mo       0.866666673   0.133333333   0.207317092
>> Mo       0.866657239   0.333567418   0.207211833
>> Mo       0.865523322   0.533043230   0.206033961
>> Mo       0.865523308   0.732480089   0.206033961
>> Mo       0.866657248   0.933089841   0.207211832
>>
>> K_POINTS {automatic}
>>   2 2 1 0 0 0
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> Department of Chemistry
> Columbia University
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Department of Chemistry
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