task gradient failed


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Could you provide more details about this failure? For example, did the job converged first, computed gradients, too and later stopped?
I am asking this question since, after minor modification to the input file, I see the job running without issues.
Here is a snippet of the changes
#basisset changed to spherical
basis spherical
 * library 6-31G*
 end

dft
 maxiter 500
 xc b3lyp
 smear
 convergence ncydp 0 damp 45 dampon 1d99 dampoff 1d-4
 iterations 1000
 disp vdw 3
end

driver
 maxiter 500
end

set quickguess t

task dft optimize