[Wien] error in Vorb....uporb.def failed

shamik chakrabarti shamikphy at gmail.com
Fri Apr 11 11:53:25 CEST 2014


Sir,

I have removed case.dmatup & dn...both the files...but this time it get
stucked at lapw1 with a message ...
lapw1c uplapw1.def failed with error message in error file "error in
lapw1"........
On 11 Apr 2014 12:51, "Peter Blaha" <pblaha at theochem.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:

> x lapdwm -dn -c    #  I hope, these are just typos and you ran the correct
> command. (lapwdm)
>
> Again, you have to look into all files/messages  created by such a step.
> It is impossible that the dmatdn file is empty WITHOUT any informative
> message.
>
> Eventually, you do not have case.vectordn   anymore (or an scratch,...)
>
> If you have a case.dmatdn file from a previous saveed case (even at
> slightly different geometry/volume), use this.
> Otherwise you have to    rm case.dmatup   (so no case.dmatup and dn) and
> continue with runsp  (without this file, the "orb" step should be stepped
> over).
>
>
> On 04/11/2014 09:07 AM, shamik chakrabarti wrote:
>
>> Sir,
>>
>>      I have checked case.dmatup and case.dmatdn.....case.dmatup is
>> written while case.dmatdn empty....*& also case.dmatdn_old is also empty
>> as the problem occured at the first iteration when we restarted the
>> calculation after a crash.....however the calculation was restarted as
>> that crash occur at the last step of previous scf cycle.....*
>>
>> eventually...I have run x lapdwm -dn -c...although it takes a minute to
>> complete....still we find that case.dmatdn file is empty!!...
>>
>> Looking forward to your precious suggestions...
>>
>> with regards,
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Peter Blaha
>> <pblaha at theochem.tuwien.ac.at <mailto:pblaha at theochem.tuwien.ac.at>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     So please: "read the message".
>>
>>     It says that "end-of-file" is reached on   case.dmatdn
>>
>>     This means that this file is ether missing or incomplete.
>>
>>     ls -alsrt *dmat*
>>
>>     gives you a list of all dmat-files including size and the date when
>>     it was created.
>>     Compare case.dmatdn with dmatup.
>>     These 2 files should have same sizes and creation date.
>>     Look with an editor into these 2 files and compare.
>>
>>     Most likely the problem is at some earlier stage (previous iteration)
>> of
>>     your scf-cycle. Maybe the lapw2/lapwdm -dn step failed in the previous
>>     iteration,..... ???
>>
>>     Eventually try:
>>
>>     rm *.bro*
>>     cp case.dmatup_old case.dmatup
>>     cp case.dmatdn_old case.dmatdn
>>     x orb -up        # ? is it working now ?
>>
>>     If yes, continue with your runsp ... job
>>
>>     Am 10.04.2014 12:33, schrieb shamik chakrabarti:
>>
>>         Sir,
>>
>>               I have not found any error message either in case.scforb
>>         or case.outputorb file.....also there is no non-empty error
>>         file....however after executing x orb -up in the
>>         command line the following error appears:
>>
>>            forrtl: severe (24): end-of-file during read, unit 9, file
>>         /root/Desktop/Wien___Computations/case/case.dmatdn
>>         Image              PC                Routine            Line
>>             Source
>>         orb                000000000043B379  Unknown
>>         Unknown  Unknown
>>         orb                000000000040BC13  init_
>>         294  init.f
>>         orb                00000000004037B1  MAIN__
>>           103  main.f
>>         orb                0000000000402F26  Unknown
>>         Unknown  Unknown
>>         libc.so.6          000000349521ECDD  Unknown
>>         Unknown  Unknown
>>         orb                0000000000402E19  Unknown
>>         Unknown  Unknown
>>         0.015u 0.001s 0:00.01 100.0%0+0k 0+32io 0pf+0w
>>
>>         error: command   /usr/local/WIEN2k/orb uporb.def   failed
>>
>>         What could be the problem?...looking forward to your suggestions
>>         & guidelines.
>>
>>         with regards,
>>
>>
>>         On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Peter Blaha
>>         <pblaha at theochem.tuwien.ac.at
>>         <mailto:pblaha at theochem.tuwien.ac.at>
>>         <mailto:pblaha at theochem.__tuwien.ac.at
>>         <mailto:pblaha at theochem.tuwien.ac.at>>> wrote:
>>
>>              I don't think that non-collinear magnetism is very
>>         important for your structure optimization.
>>
>>              Most likely there is either a problem with your computer
>>         (NFS,...) or the calculation has diverged (happens very rarely
>>         with the new mixer.
>>
>>              You need to check yourself for more hints of the problem.
>> Just:
>>
>>               > error in vorb....uporb.def failed
>>
>>              is not informative and nobody can really help.
>>
>>              any non-empty error files ?
>>
>>              any message in the scfX or outputX file, where X is the
>>         program name where the failure occures (scforbup)
>>
>>              repeat at the command line the step which failed.
>>
>>              Probably:   x orb -up
>>
>>              What is the message ?
>>
>>
>>              On 04/10/2014 06:43 AM, shamik chakrabarti wrote:
>>
>>                  Dear wien2k users,
>>
>>                         We are doing a simulation study of a spinel
>>         ferrite having 56
>>                  atoms/cell. This ferrite exhibit non-colinear
>>         magnetism. However, as a
>>                  first approximation we have simulated it in usual
>>         version of wien2k with
>>                  colinear magnetism.
>>
>>                  Our study showed, that even without structural
>>         optimization calculated
>>                  Li extraction voltage (obtained from change in total
>>         energy due to Li
>>                  extraction) matches very well with experimental value.
>>
>>                  We have done the above calculation with GGA+U approach
>>         and it has run
>>                  without any trouble.
>>
>>                  However, for further accuracy we have first optimize
>>         its lattice
>>                  parameters and then atomic coordinates. Optimization of
>>         atomic
>>                  coordinates showed significant changes in the
>>         structure. That optimized
>>                  structure was further used for voltage and DOS
>>         calculation with same
>>                  GGA+U approach.
>>
>>                  This time, after few iterations it showed,
>>
>>                  error in vorb....uporb.def failed (we are using same U
>>         value here also
>>                  as was done earlier)
>>
>>                  Do you think that this error might be correlleted with
>>         wrong structural
>>                  model or is associated with some other technical problem?
>>
>>                  Of course we are simulating a non collinear magnetic
>>         syetem in a
>>                  collinear code, but it has run smoothly before
>>         structural optimization
>>                  and has given very accurate Li extraction voltage.
>>
>>                  So, it may happen that structural optimization without
>>         considering
>>                  non-colinear magnetism may have eventually has led to a
>>         "very wrong"
>>                  structure...which is even further away than the actual
>>         one. Is it?
>>
>>                  Looking forward to your valuable suggestions.
>>
>>                  with regards,
>>                  --
>>                  Shamik Chakrabarti
>>                  Senior Research Fellow
>>                  Dept. of Physics & Meteorology
>>                  Material Processing & Solid State Ionics Lab
>>                  IIT Kharagpur
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>>         Dept. of Physics & Meteorology
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