[QE-users] Error in routine read_pp_semilocal with FHI converted UPF

Paolo Giannozzi paolo.giannozzi at uniud.it
Thu May 11 10:38:14 CEST 2023


There was actually an error in the converter:
https://gitlab.com/QEF/q-e/-/merge_requests/2081

Paolo

On 5/10/23 08:42, Jibiao Li via users wrote:
> Dear ALL,
> 
> I converted pseudo from fhi to upf format. However when I use converted 
> upf files to perform calculations, it gave the error message " Error in 
> routine read_pp_semilocal (1):  error reading SL PPs"
> Would anyone tell me how should I remove this error?
> 
>  >> upfconv.x -u Pt-GGA.fhi
>   UPF v.1 to UPF v.2 format conversion
>   input file: Pt-GGA.fhi, output file: Pt-GGA.fhi.UPF2
> file type is FHI .cpi or .fhi format
> Assuming abinit format. First line:
> platinum, fhi98PP : Trouiller-Martins-type, GGA Perdew/Burke/Ernzerhof 
> (1996), l= 1 local
> Pseudopotential without NLCC successfully read
> Confirm or modify l max, l loc (read:  3  1) > 3 1
> PPs in FHI format do not contain information on atomic valence 
> (pseudo-)wavefunctions
> Provide the label and the occupancy for each atomic wavefunction used in 
> the PP generation
> If unknown: list valence wfcts and occupancies for the atomic ground 
> state in increasing l order: s,p,d,f
> Wavefunction # 1: label (e.g. 4s), occupancy > 6s 0
> Wavefunction # 2: label (e.g. 4s), occupancy > 7p 0
> Wavefunction # 3: label (e.g. 4s), occupancy > 5d 10
> Wavefunction # 4: label (e.g. 4s), occupancy > 4f 14
> Pseudopotential successfully converted
> 
>  >> upfconv.x -u O.GGA.fhi
>   UPF v.1 to UPF v.2 format conversion
>   input file: O.GGA.fhi, output file: O.GGA.fhi.UPF2
> file type is FHI .cpi or .fhi format
> Assuming abinit format. First line:
> oxygen, fhi98PP : Trouiller-Martins-type, GGA Perdew/Burke/Ernzerhof 
> (1996), l= 2 local
> Pseudopotential without NLCC successfully read
> Confirm or modify l max, l loc (read:  3  2) > 3 2
> PPs in FHI format do not contain information on atomic valence 
> (pseudo-)wavefunctions
> Provide the label and the occupancy for each atomic wavefunction used in 
> the PP generation
> If unknown: list valence wfcts and occupancies for the atomic ground 
> state in increasing l order: s,p,d,f
> Wavefunction # 1: label (e.g. 4s), occupancy > 1s 2
> Wavefunction # 2: label (e.g. 4s), occupancy > 2s 2
> Wavefunction # 3: label (e.g. 4s), occupancy > 2p 4
> Wavefunction # 4: label (e.g. 4s), occupancy > 3d 0
> Pseudopotential successfully converted
> 
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> 
>   %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>       Error in routine read_pp_semilocal (1):
>       error reading SL PPs
>   %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> 
>       stopping ...
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Jibiao Li
> 
> Department of Materials Science and Engineering
> 
> Yangtze Normal University
> 
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