[QE-users] GIPAW crashes with nspin=2

Davide Ceresoli davide.ceresoli at cnr.it
Tue Oct 12 14:06:12 CEST 2021


I found that the problem is Ge.pbe-dn-kjpaw_psl.0.2.2.UPF. The '0.2.2' pseudos
have a slightly different file formats that causes memory corruption and GIPAW
crash. It's not a out-of-memeory issue.

If you use Ge.pbe-dn-kjpaw_psl.1.0.0.UPF, the calculation works perfectly.
I recommend to use always the newer pseudos from PSLibrary.

Best wishes.
Davide



On 10/8/21 7:38 AM, estelina.silva at fc.up.pt wrote:
> It is v6.8
> Regards
> Estelina
> 
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> sexta-feira, 08 outubro 2021, 06:11da manhã +01:00 de Paolo Giannozzi 
> p.giannozzi at gmail.com <mailto:p.giannozzi at gmail.com>:
> 
>     Please specify the QE version you are using
> 
>     Paolo
> 
>     On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 11:27 AM E. Lora <estelina.silva at fc.up.pt
>     <mailto:estelina.silva at fc.up.pt>> wrote:
> 
>         Dear QE developers
> 
>         By computing a spin polarized system, with the following scf input:
> 
>         &CONTROL
>             calculation='scf' ,
>             verbosity='high' ,
>             etot_conv_thr=1.0D-5 ,
>             forc_conv_thr=1.0D-3 ,
>             pseudo_dir = './',
>             outdir='./tmp'
>             prefix='CaMnGe2O6U4_paw_spin' ,
>         /
>         &SYSTEM
>             a     =  10.444750
>             b     =  9.312284
>             c     =  5.548569
>             cosac = -0.2437201
>             ibrav = -12
>             nat   = 40
>             ntyp  = 5
>             starting_magnetization(1) = 1.d-6 ,
>             starting_magnetization(2)= 0.5 ,
>             starting_magnetization(3)= -0.5 ,
>             starting_magnetization(4) = 1.d-6 ,
>             starting_magnetization(5) = 1.d-6 ,
>             ecutwfc = 70 ,
>             ecutrho = 540.0 ,
>             occupations='smearing' , smearing='mv' , degauss=1d-4 ,
>             nspin=2 ,
>         !  lda_plus_u=.true. , Hubbard_U(2)=4 , Hubbard_U(3)=4 ,
>            ! nosym=.true.
>         /
>         &ELECTRONS
>             electron_maxstep=1000000,
>             conv_thr=1.D-8 ,
>             mixing_beta = 0.3 ,
>         /
> 
>         ATOMIC_SPECIES
>             Ca   40.07800  Ca.pbe-spn-kjpaw_psl.1.0.0.UPF
>            Mn1  54.93800  Mn.pbe-spn-kjpaw_psl.0.3.1.UPF
>            Mn2  54.93800  Mn.pbe-spn-kjpaw_psl.0.3.1.UPF
>             Ge   72.63000  Ge.pbe-dn-kjpaw_psl.0.2.2.UPF
>              O   15.99900   O.pbe-n-kjpaw_psl.1.0.0.UPF
>         ATOMIC_POSITIONS {crystal}
>         Ca           0.0000000000       0.3045100000       0.2500000000
>         Ca           0.0000000000       0.6954900000       0.7500000000
>         Ca           0.5000000000       0.8045100000       0.2500000000
>         Ca           0.5000000000       0.1954900000       0.7500000000
>         Mn1          0.0000000000       0.9065930000       0.2500000000
>         Mn2          0.0000000000       0.0934070000       0.7500000000
>         Mn1          0.5000000000       0.4065930000       0.2500000000
>         Mn2          0.5000000000       0.5934070000       0.7500000000
>         Ge           0.2863390000       0.0970150000       0.2323850000
>         Ge           0.7136610000       0.9029850000       0.7676150000
>         Ge           0.7136610000       0.0970150000       0.2676150000
>         Ge           0.2863390000       0.9029850000       0.7323850000
>         Ge           0.7863380000       0.5970160000       0.2323840000
>         Ge           0.2136620000       0.4029840000       0.7676160000
>         Ge           0.2136620000       0.5970160000       0.2676160000
>         Ge           0.7863380000       0.4029840000       0.7323840000
>         O            0.1131650000       0.0970310000       0.1439770000
>         O            0.8868350000       0.9029690000       0.8560230000
>         O            0.8868350000       0.0970310000       0.3560230000
>         O            0.1131650000       0.9029690000       0.6439770000
>         O            0.6131640000       0.5970310000       0.1439770000
>         O            0.3868360000       0.4029690000       0.8560230000
>         O            0.3868360000       0.5970310000       0.3560230000
>         O            0.6131640000       0.4029690000       0.6439770000
>         O            0.3681360000       0.2528710000       0.3564940000
>         O            0.6318640000       0.7471290000       0.6435060000
>         O            0.6318640000       0.2528710000       0.1435060000
>         O            0.3681360000       0.7471290000       0.8564940000
>         O            0.8681360000       0.7528710000       0.3564940000
>         O            0.1318640000       0.2471290000       0.6435060000
>         O            0.1318640000       0.7528710000       0.1435060000
>         O            0.8681360000       0.2471290000       0.8564940000
>         O            0.3562090000       0.0352240000       0.9781070000
>         O            0.6437910000       0.9647760000       0.0218930000
>         O            0.6437910000       0.0352240000       0.5218930000
>         O            0.3562090000       0.9647760000       0.4781070000
>         O            0.8562080000       0.5352240000       0.9781060000
>         O            0.1437920000       0.4647760000       0.0218940000
>         O            0.1437920000       0.5352240000       0.5218940000
>         O            0.8562080000       0.4647760000       0.4781060000
>         K_POINTS {automatic}
>         4 4 8 0 0 0
> 
>         we intend to obtain the electric field gradient:
> 
>         &inputgipaw
>         job='efg'
>         prefix='CaMnGe2O6U4_paw_spin'
>         tmp_dir='./tmp/'
>         verbosity='high'
>         spline_ps= .true.
>         Q_efg(1) = -6.65 !43Ca
>         Q_efg(2) = 33.0 !55Mn
>         Q_efg(3) = 33.0 !55Mn
>         Q_efg(4) = -19.6 !73Ge
>         Q_efg(5) = -2.56 !17O
>         q_gipaw = 0.01
>         /
> 
>         However, when running gipaw.x for this system we obtain an error message
>         related to segmentation fault problems. By increasing RAM, nodes or even
>         decreasing the K-point mesh, the problem persists. By performing the
>         gipaw calculation on another system, which is spin-unpolarized the
>         calculation runs smoothly without any problem. We think it might be
>         related to the calculation being spin polarized, since after the
>         'q-space interpolation' the calculation crashes, after outputting the line:
> 
>         (RHO,ZETA) => (RHO_UP,RHO_DOWN)
> 
>                select_spin: s_maj=1 s_min=2 rho_diff=    0.000000
> 
>         Can you please advise on what the problem might be related to and if
>         there is a workaround this issue? We have also tried removing the LDAU
>         calculation, to check if the problem could be related to the inclusion
>         of the Hubbard paramters, but unfortunately with no luck.
> 
>         Regards
> 
>         Estelina Silva
> 
> 
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