RT-TDDFT with water (based on a tutorial) not working


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Hi,

I am having trouble in running a RT-TDDFT calculation with water.
This is based on a tutorial found at [1].
Here is the input:

echo
start water

title "H2O"

geometry "system" units angstroms print xyz autosym
  O        0.00000       -0.39574        0.00000
  H       -0.76347        0.20098        0.00000
  H        0.76347        0.20098        0.00000
end
set geometry "system"

memory 2000 mb

dft
 maxiter 100
 grid fine
 direct
end



# Absorption spectrum with Real-Time TDDFT
# using B3LYP/6-31G*/smd=water//B3LYP/6-31G*
# (see DOI: 10.1021/ct200137z and DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00282).
#
# We compute x, y, and z kick simulations with the following parameters:
#      total time:     500.0 au =   12.095 fs
#       time step:       0.2 au = 0.004838 fs
#  field strength:    0.0001 au = 0.05142 V/nm

basis
 * library 6-31G*
end



driver
 maxiter 50
end

dft
 xc B3LYP
end
task dft optimize
# task dft frequencies



cosmo
 do_cosmo_smd true
 solvent water
end
task dft energy
# task dft frequencies



unset rt_tddft:*
rt_tddft
 tmax 500.0
 dt 0.2

 tag "kick_x"
  
 field "kick"
  type delta
  polarization x
  max 0.0001
 end

 excite "system" with "kick"
end
task dft rt_tddft

unset rt_tddft:*
rt_tddft
 tmax 500.0
 dt 0.2

 tag "kick_y"

 field "kick"
  type delta
  polarization y
  max 0.0001
 end

 excite "system" with "kick"
end
task dft rt_tddft

unset rt_tddft:*
rt_tddft
 tmax 500.0
 dt 0.2

 tag "kick_z"

 field "kick"
  type delta
  polarization z
  max 0.0001
 end

 excite "system" with "kick"
end
task dft rt_tddft


Everything works smoothly until the first
task dft rt_tddft
.
Here is the output from RT-TDDFT:

 *************************
 * Closed-shell RT-TDDFT *
 *************************
  
 
****************************** WARNING ****************************** 
  SCF did not converge previously--it is quite likely that  
  the starting density is not in the ground state 
********************************************************************* 
 
 
****************************** WARNING ****************************** 
  Schwartz screening tolerance is similar to the Magnus interpolation  
  tolerance--this may cause problems with convergence.  If  
  so, try loosening tol_interpol. 
********************************************************************* 
 
  
  
 Geometry               Atoms      Basis func.   Nuc. charge          Nuc. dip. mom.
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  driverinitial        3 (100% )     0 (  0% )     10.00        0.00      0.00      0.00
 *system               3 (100% )    19 (100% )     10.00        0.00      0.00     -0.02

=============== Geometry Initialization ===============
  Active geometry: "system"
  No linear dependencies
  Number of atomic orbitals    = 19
  Number of molecular orbitals = 19
=======================================================

 
 
             System parameters
             -----------------
     No. atoms              : 3
     Wavefunction type      : restricted
     No. alpha electrons    : 5
     No. beta electrons     : 5
     Total no. electrons    : 10
     System charge          : 0
 
 
               2e integrals
               ------------
     tol2e for real part of Fock matrix: 1.0000E-08
     tol2e for imag part of Fock matrix: 1.0000E-10
 
 
                    Propagation parameters
                    ----------------------
     End time (tmax)       : 5.0000E+02 au = 1.2095E+01 fs
     Time step (dt)        : 2.0000E-01 au = 4.8378E-03 fs
     No. time steps (nt)   : 2500
     Progagation method    : 2nd order Magnus w/ self-consistent interpolation
     Exponentiation method : Adaptive contractive power series
 
 
                        Tolerances
                        ----------
     Zero / comparison / check tolerance  : 1.0000E-08
     Series convergence tolerance         : 1.0000E-10
     Interpolation convergence tolerance  : 1.0000E-07
     Reqd no. zero terms in series        : 3
     Reqd no. zero terms in interpolation : 1
 
 
                Output and checking parameters
                ------------------------------
     Quantites to print : messages, dipole, field, energy, <S^2>
     No. print points   : 2500 (once every 1 time steps)
     No. checks         : 10 (once every 250 time steps)
     No. restart points : 100 (once every 25 time steps)
     Checking level     : 1 (checkpoints only)
     Profiling          : No
 
 
 Dipole and quadrupole matrices
 ------------------------------
     Center of mass = ( 0.0000E+00,  0.0000E+00, -1.0153E-01)
     norm[D_x]  = 1.4391E+00
     norm[D_y]  = 1.0184E+00
     norm[D_z]  = 1.0184E+00
     norm[Q_xx] = 3.6212E+00
     norm[Q_xy] = 5.0919E-01
     norm[Q_xz] = 1.3002E+00
     norm[Q_yy] = 1.5501E+00
     norm[Q_yz] = 4.6295E-01
     norm[Q_zz] = 2.8298E+00
 
 
         Applied fields
         --------------
 
               "kick"
     Type            : delta
     Polarization    : x
     Field maximum   : 1.0000E-04 au = 5.1421E-02 V/nm
 
 
        Excitation rules
        ----------------
     Excite geometry "system" with "kick"
 
 
                             Closed shell propagation
                             ------------------------
 
****************************** WARNING ****************************** 
  Starting movecs not specified--trying SCF output: 
   ./water.movecs 
********************************************************************* 
 
     File name              : ./water.movecs
     Job title              : H2O
     Basis set name         : ao basis
     SCF type               : dft
     Atomic orbitals        : 19
     Molecular orbitals     : 19
 
   Vector      Occupation     Eigenvalue [au]
 --------------------------------------------
         1        2.00       -1.91406328E+01
         2        2.00       -9.98562901E-01
         3        2.00       -5.14860740E-01
         4        2.00       -3.83853656E-01
         5        2.00       -3.02592866E-01
         6        0.00        8.54131625E-02
         7        0.00        1.72049059E-01
         8        0.00        7.74796640E-01
         9        0.00        8.50198696E-01
        10        0.00        8.74323469E-01
        11        0.00        8.89001705E-01
        12        0.00        1.06049823E+00
        13        0.00        1.19655008E+00
        14        0.00        1.71740885E+00
        15        0.00        1.73567783E+00
        16        0.00        1.76590757E+00
        17        0.00        2.27515280E+00
        18        0.00        2.57191774E+00
        19        0.00        3.54163434E+00
 
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Not only the error intrigues me, but what is the reason for the first and last warnings (repeated below)?

(
****************************** WARNING ******************************
  SCF did not converge previously--it is quite likely that
  the starting density is not in the ground state
*********************************************************************

...

****************************** WARNING ******************************
  Starting movecs not specified--trying SCF output:
   ./water.movecs
*********************************************************************
)

Does anybody know something about it?

All the best,
Felipe