[CPMD-list] Segmentation Fault

Chris Abraham future130780 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 1 15:36:52 CEST 2008


Dear All,

I am testing different functionals/pseudo-potentials to see which one
exactly fits my kind of systems. In this process I am facing a "SEGMENTATION
FAULT" error when I use PBE functional with UPF pseudo potential functions
like "Na.pbe-sp-van_ak.UPF" etc and the job stops. The same input runs fine
for the BLYP with functionals like Na_SG_BLYP. Below is the Input and the
parts of output files which give errors. Could somebody help me with fixing
the problem.
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Input:

&INFO
xxxxx
&END

&CPMD
 OPTIMIZE WAVEFUNCTION
&END

&DFT
 FUNCTIONAL PBE
&END

&SYSTEM
 SYMMETRY
 14
 ANGSTROM
 CELL ABSOLUTE DEGREE
 4.364 4.364 5.862  90 90 90
 CUTOFF
 50
 POINT GROUP
 AUTO
 KPOINTS MONKHORST-PACK
 3 3 3
 TESR
 8
&END

&ATOMS
*H.pbe-van_bm.UPF  UPF
 LMAX=S
 1
 0.011   0.7694    0.3803

*Na.pbe-sp-van_ak.UPF UPF
 LMAX=P
 1
 0.000   0.000   0.000

*B.pbe-n-van.UPF UPF
 LMAX=P
 1
 0.000   0.000   0.5000
&END
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

output:
.
.
.

 SINGLE POINT DENSITY OPTIMIZATION

 PATH TO THE RESTART FILES:                                    ./
 GRAM-SCHMIDT ORTHOGONALIZATION
 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STEPS:                             10000 STEPS
 PRINT INTERMEDIATE RESULTS EVERY                     10001 STEPS
 STORE INTERMEDIATE RESULTS EVERY                     10001 STEPS
 NUMBER OF DISTINCT RESTART FILES:                              1
 TEMPERATURE IS CALCULATED ASSUMING EXTENDED BULK BEHAVIOR
 FICTITIOUS ELECTRON MASS:                               400.0000
 TIME STEP FOR ELECTRONS:                                  5.0000
 TIME STEP FOR IONS:                                       5.0000
 CONVERGENCE CRITERIA FOR WAVEFUNCTION OPTIMIZATION:   1.0000E-05
 WAVEFUNCTION OPTIMIZATION BY PRECONDITIONED DIIS
 THRESHOLD FOR THE WF-HESSIAN IS                            .5000
 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF VECTORS RETAINED FOR DIIS:                  10
 STEPS UNTIL DIIS RESET ON POOR PROGRESS:                      10
 FULL ELECTRONIC GRADIENT IS USED
 SPLINE INTERPOLATION IN G-SPACE FOR PSEUDOPOTENTIAL FUNCTIONS
    NUMBER OF SPLINE POINTS:                                 5000

 EXCHANGE CORRELATION FUNCTIONALS
    LDA EXCHANGE:                                            NONE
    LDA XC THROUGH PADE APPROXIMATION
    S.GOEDECKER, J.HUTTER, M.TETER PRB 54 1703 (1996)
    GRADIENT CORRECTED FUNCTIONAL
    DENSITY THRESHOLD:                                1.00000E-08
    EXCHANGE ENERGY
       [PBE: J.P. PERDEW ET AL. PRL 77, 3865 (1996)]
    CORRELATION ENERGY
       [PBE: J.P. PERDEW ET AL. PRL 77, 3865 (1996)]

 ***     DETSP| SIZE OF THE PROGRAM IS  7956 KBytes ***

 AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF THE POINT GROUP:

 THE CRYSTAL SYSTEM IS TETRAGONAL WITH  1 OPERATIONS:
    1
 THE SPACE GROUP OF THE CRYSTAL IS SYMMORPHIC
 THE POINT GROUP OF THE CRYSTAL IS  1(c1)              [INDEX= 1]
 NUMBER OF PRIMITIVE CELL:                                      1

 TRANSLATION VECTORS:
 TVEC(  1): [  .000,   .000,   .000]

 SYMMETRY UNIQUE (INEQUIVALENT) ATOMS:                          3
 REQUIRED PRECISION FOR SYMMETRY:                        1.00E-06

 NUMBER OF IRREDUCIBLE REPRESENTATIONS:                         1
 DIMENSION OF IR:                                               1

 ***************************** ATOMS ****************************
   NR   TYPE        X(bohr)        Y(bohr)        Z(bohr)     MBL
    1      H        .020787       1.453955        .718663       3
    2     Na        .000000        .000000        .000000       3
    3      B        .000000        .000000        .944863       3
 ****************************************************************

 ******************* SPECIAL K-POINTS GENERATION ****************
 DIMENSIONS ARE:
    NUMBER OF ATOMS                                             3
    K POINTS MONKHORST-PACK MESH                3       3       3
    MAXIMAL NUMBER OF K POINTS                                 27
    CONSTANT VECTOR SHIFT (MACDONALD)        .000    .000    .000
    NON SYMMETRIC SPECIAL K POINTS
 -->          (SEE THE FILE KPTS_GENERATION FOR MORE INFORMATION)
 NUMBER OF SPECIAL K POINTS (IN CARTESIAN COORDINATES):        14
    NKP      KX             KY             KZ            WEIGHT
     1        .333333        .333333        .248152       .074074
     2        .333333        .333333        .000000       .074074
     3        .333333        .333333       -.248152       .074074
     4        .333333        .000000        .248152       .074074
     5        .333333        .000000        .000000       .074074
     6        .333333        .000000       -.248152       .074074
     7        .333333       -.333333        .248152       .074074
     8        .333333       -.333333        .000000       .074074
     9        .333333       -.333333       -.248152       .074074
    10        .000000        .333333        .248152       .074074
    11        .000000        .333333        .000000       .074074
    12        .000000        .333333       -.248152       .074074
    13        .000000        .000000        .248152       .074074
    14        .000000        .000000        .000000       .037037
 ****************************************************************


 NUMBER OF STATES:                                              7
 NUMBER OF ELECTRONS:                                    13.00000
 CHARGE:                                                   .00000
 ELECTRON TEMPERATURE(KELVIN):                             .00000
 OCCUPATION
  2.0  2.0  2.0  2.0  2.0  2.0  1.0

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
H.pbe-van_bm.UPF
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Generated using Vanderbilt code, version   7  3  4
Author: Bernd Meyer   Generation date:   11    2 2003
Automatically converted from original format
    0        The Pseudo was generated with a Non-Relativistic Calc
  8.00000000000E-01    Local Potential cutoff radius
nl pn  l   occ               Rcut            Rcut US             E
1S  1  0  1.00     10.00000000000      0.80000000000     -0.477190
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Na.pbe-sp-van_ak.UPF
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Generated using Vanderbilt code, version   7  3  4
Author: unknown    Generation date:    2    1 2006
Automatically converted from original format
    1        The Pseudo was generated with a Scalar-Relativistic C
  1.40000000000E+00    Local Potential cutoff radius
nl pn  l   occ               Rcut            Rcut US             E
2S  2  0  2.00      0.90000000000      1.80000000000     -4.430715
2P  2  1  6.00      0.90000000000      1.80000000000     -2.366332
3S  3  0  0.50      0.90000000000      1.80000000000     -0.376675
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
B.pbe-n-van.UPF
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Generated using Vanderbilt code, version   7  3  5
Author: unknown    Generation date:   10    6 2004
Automatically converted from original format
    0        The Pseudo was generated with a Non-Relativistic Calc
  1.00000000000E+00    Local Potential cutoff radius
nl pn  l   occ               Rcut            Rcut US             E
2S  2  0  2.00     10.00000000000      1.50000000000     -0.693729
2P  2  1  1.00     10.00000000000      1.53000000000     -0.265236
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 ****************************************************************
 *   ATOM       MASS   RAGGIO NLCC              PSEUDOPOTENTIAL *
 *     H      1.0080   1.2000   NO                 UPF  NC      *
 *    Na     22.9898   1.2000   NO                 UPF  NC      *
 *     B     10.8110   1.2000  YES                 UPF  NC      *
 ****************************************************************


Thanks,
Chris.
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