On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 8:28 AM, Alexander Lindsay <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've built a MOOSE application and the problem I'm studying solves great
> using serial LU. However, when I try to solve in parallel using super LU, I
> encounter many DIVERGED_LINE_SEARCH errors using the default bt line
> search. If I switch to line_search=none, then instead of
> DIVERGED_LINE_SEARCH errors I get DIVERGED_FNORM_NAN errors. I do not have
> a lot of debugging experience, but I am slowly gaining more. Is there a
> good way to get more information about what's causing the NAN's? I.e. a
> specific residual or jacobian statement?
>
> This may not even be an appropriate list to post this problem in (could be
> more on the MOOSE side); apologies if that's the case.
>
The NaN means something has gone wrong. However, there are a few
SuperLU_dist bugs that we know of. You could try:
- Upgrading PETSc to the latest patch, which should download the fixed
SuperLU_dist
- Trying MUMPS instead
Thanks,
Matt
> Alex
>
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