2011/8/2 Hongyi Zhao <[email protected]>

>
> Any furthermore, if some stuff  are  comments,  I think  a # symbol should
> be put before it.   I know the fdf format itself is very flexible,  but I
> think, even  so,  we should also follow some common programming practices
> ;-)  Otherwise, it maybe so  elusive for us to understand the fdf file  and
> make fdf file looks confusing, especially for newbies ;-)
> For example,  on this list, I've seen for several times there are people
> who like to use lines like the following in the fdf files:
>
> ****************************************
> or
> ==========================
>
> But I think this is not a good programming practice though they will not
>  affect the normal operation of siesta ;-)


Yes, this is just a matter of taste.


>
> I also think so, but I've tried to do so with a even large box but failed
> to run it at the end.
> Say, I've tried with the following box:
>
> --------
> LatticeConstant 1.0 Ang
> %block LatticeParameters
>  35.000000  35.000000  35.000000  90.000000  90.000000  90.000000
> %endblock LatticeParameters
> ------------
>
>
>
> And I meet the following errors:
>
>
> -----------
> MINVEC: BASIS VECTORS ARE LINEARLY DEPENDENT
> MINVEC: BASIS VECTORS ARE LINEARLY DEPENDENT
> ERROR STOP from Node:   13
>
> MINVEC: BASIS VECTORS ARE LINEARLY DEPENDENT
> ERROR STOP from Node:    9
> redata: Net charge of the system         =     0.0000 |e|
> redata: Max. number of SCF Iter          =       50
>
>
As for your second error, have you checked your compilation of SIESTA? For
me the files you sent run without any problem.

As it seems the nodes crashes independently which I guess indicates that it
is something wrong with the parallell-compilation. Have you tried to run it
as a serial job?

Best regards
Henrik

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