Dear all,

I ran into this problem while doing a dos.x calculation (nscf and scf 
calculations finished succesfully):

'from checkallsym : error # 2
not orthogonal operation'

The structure is a WS2 bilayer. (WS2 is a layered material, we optimized bulk 
structure and then added vaccum in z-direction to get bilayer structure.)

When i looked up for possible reasons and solutions, I found this problem only 
occuring in vc-relax calculations. Our group did in fact optimized the 
hexagonal structure, but vc-relax calculations finished succesfully.

I add that we already studied electronic properties of another very similar 
hexagonal structure, of the same point group, namely MoS2, and we didn't get 
symmetry issues. (using v5.4 at the time)

So, I don't know why this problem of 'not orthogonal operation' is happening to 
WS2, and just in dos.x calculation, if it's a crash due to symmetry breaking. 
We think that the only major differences between WS2 and MoS2 are that W is 
heavier than Mo, and the PP used. But we are using an optimized ecutwfc.

Thanks in advance. QE-version used: 6.5.

Lucas.
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