Thank you for the advice, I was using an older version of the code (6.2.1). I 
don't receive the same error when running with Quantum ESPRESSO 6.7, so 
whatever was wrong must have been fixed.
From,
John Stoppelman

>     On 06/08/2021 9:32 AM Paolo Giannozzi <[email protected]> wrote:
>      
>      
>     If the structure is correct and pseudopotentials reasonably good, there 
> isn't much that can be done. You may want to use "ParO" or "PPCG" 
> diagonalization instead of "cg" that is very slow.
>      
>     Paolo
> 
>     On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 6:44 PM John Stoppelman < [email protected] 
> mailto:[email protected] > wrote:
> 
>         > >         Hello,
> >         I am running a vc-relax calculation for a crystal structure, and 
> > I'm trying to compare the results between PBE and PBEsol. The SCF converges 
> > with PBE using the default Davidson diagonalization. When I switch to 
> > PBEsol pseudopotentials from the PSlibary, I receive the error: 
> >          
> >         Error in routine cdiaghg (797):
> >         S matrix not positive definite
> >         When I switch the diagonalization method to 'cg', the calculation 
> > converges as normal, however. Are there any settings I can try in order to 
> > use PBEsol with the Davidson diagonalization for the SCF? I have attached 
> > my input file.
> >         Thank you for any potential help.
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