On Wednesday 26 December 2007 21:04, Axel Kohlmeyer wrote: > how about changing the error message that spells out in detail > what to do and also generate a URL that directly points to the > troubleshooting part of the documentation on quantum-espresso.org > and/or to start a web search, e.g., on google with querying for > "cdiaghg error site:pwscf.org"?
in order to spell out "in detail" what the error message mean, one has to know in detail why the error occurs. Years ago I spent several days chasing this error. Finally I gave up: it was a random error, occurring in a library, even on one of the best machines available at the time (sp3); guess what may happen on a PC (Piece of Crap). Unless somebody proves the opposite, I safely assume that it is not a bug in the code. This completes my assignement :-) I am also very dissatisfied with the status of error reporting in q-e, for multiple reasons, but any improvement would require a new interface to the error handling routine; since there are 2354 calls in the q-e suite as of today (counted using: "grep errore */*f90| grep -i call | wc -l") my guess is that this is not going to happen anytime soon. Suggestions welcome. > i'm "in transit" at the moment, but give me a couple of days and > i could generate a patch of that kind Solutions are much more welcome than suggestions! Paolo -- Paolo Giannozzi, Democritos and Udine University
