Hi, I'm new to NWChem and, as a self-taught ORCA user, trying to learn as much as I can while I'm preparing to my masters degree in chemistry.
I'm very sorry if this is a stupid question but, after some research, I wasnt able to find a solution.
I've decided to start from the very basics with NWChem, so, my first experiment was to try to calculate the transition state for H2SO4. Here is my input:
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# NWChem input file made in Gabedit
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charge 0
memory 3000 mb
geometry autosym
S -1.139420 -0.181760 -0.065320
O -0.603930 0.894620 -0.859210
O -0.327300 -1.144590 0.633970
O -2.146750 0.489400 0.987400
O -2.158340 -1.022960 -0.975080
H -2.473210 1.320810 0.584900
H -2.293600 -1.887270 -0.534180
end
basis "ao basis" spherical
* library 6-31G
end
scf
Singlet
maxiter 999
thresh 1e-2
end
task SCF saddle
And here is the error:
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scf saddle failed 0[/color]
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current input line :
27: task SCF saddle
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This type of error is most commonly associated with calculations not reaching convergence criteria
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For more information see the NWChem manual at http://nwchemgit.github.io/index.php/NWChem_Documentation
For further details see manual section:
0:0:scf saddle failed:: -1
(rank:0 hostname:localhost.localdomain pid:10924):ARMCI DASSERT fail. src/common/armci.c:ARMCI_Error():208 cond:0
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MPI_ABORT was invoked on rank 0 in communicator MPI COMMUNICATOR 4 DUP FROM 0
with errorcode -1.
NOTE: invoking MPI_ABORT causes Open MPI to kill all MPI processes.
You may or may not see output from other processes, depending on
exactly when Open MPI kills them.
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It is a convergence issue, right? I was thinking that the problem was going to be solved using more iterations for scf: (lets say, maxiter 999), but, still the convergence problem is not fixed.
What is the correct way to force the scf saddle task to have more iteration in order to reach a convergence?
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