[QE-users] Query regarding crashing of Phonon calculation

Lorenzo Paulatto lorenzo.paulatto at cnrs.fr
Wed Jul 15 11:18:57 CEST 2026


Hello Suraj,

the message KILLED BY SIGNAL: 9 (Killed) just means that the job has 
been forcefully terminated by the queue system of the super computing 
center. It may simply be because you run out of time. You should contact 
the support of the center for help.

kind regards

On 7/15/26 06:27, Suraj P via users wrote:
> Hello,
> I was doing a phonon calculation to calculate the vibrational frequency. However, the calculation is getting crashed after displaying the representation mode. I have increased the memory as well as the number of nodes. I couldn’t find where the problem is occurring. I'm attaching here the input and output files of my SCF and phonon calculation. The script file for running this job too is attached herein:
>
> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xcvy7_ixl_axZncExScUMcjd8CUzFymB?usp=sharing
>
> Kindly help me to troubleshoot the error.
>
> Thanking you
> Suraj
> Research student
> IIT India
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