Error obtained when adding a BAND_STRUCTURE section in the input

Nico Holmberg holmbe... at gmail.com
Tue Jun 27 06:46:36 UTC 2017


Hi,

Unfortunately you version is too old. K-points have not been implemented in 
that version. You need to update your binary to either the latest release 
version (4.1) or to the SVN development version.


BR, 

Nico

maanantai 26. kesäkuuta 2017 16.16.18 UTC+3 Cristiana Passiu kirjoitti:
>
> Dear Nico,
> thanks a lot for your reply. I checked which version I was using and in 
> fact it should be the 2.5.14075.
> Do you know if there is a way to modify the input in order to perform the 
> same task with the version that I'm using?
>
> Many thanks,
> Cristiana
>
>
>
> Il giorno lunedì 26 giugno 2017 07:16:59 UTC+2, Nico Holmberg ha scritto:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> K-point functionality is available from CP2K version 4.1 onwards. The 
>> output suggests that you are using an older version because the KPOINTS 
>> section is not recognized (assuming the section was placed in the correct 
>> subsection i.e. FORCE_EVAL&DFT). Your input will only work using the trunk 
>> version of CP2K (the section related to band_structure printing has been 
>> moved since version 4.1.). 
>>
>> BR,
>>
>> Nico
>>
>> sunnuntai 25. kesäkuuta 2017 20.53.03 UTC+3 Cristiana Passiu kirjoitti:
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>> I added the following sections to an energy calculation input in order 
>>> to be able to plot the band structure:
>>>
>>>     &KPOINTS
>>>
>>>       SCHEME MONKHORST-PACK 3 3 1
>>>
>>>       SYMMETRY OFF 
>>>
>>>       WAVEFUNCTIONS REAL
>>>
>>>       FULL_GRID .TRUE.
>>>
>>>       PARALLEL_GROUP_SIZE  0
>>>
>>>     &END KPOINTS
>>>
>>>
>>>     &PRINT
>>>
>>>      &BAND_STRUCTURE
>>>
>>>       ADDED_MOS 2
>>>
>>>       FILE_NAME band.bs
>>>
>>>       &KPOINT_SET
>>>
>>>           UNITS CART_BOHR ! work around a bug in CP2K, should be B_VECTOR
>>>
>>>           SPECIAL_POINT 0.0   0.0   0.0
>>>
>>>           SPECIAL_POINT 1./2. 0.0   0.0
>>>
>>>        NPOINTS 5
>>>
>>>       &END KPOINT_SET
>>>
>>>      &END BAND_STRUCTURE
>>>
>>>     &END PRINT
>>>
>>>
>>> The calculation was immediately terminated, and I obtained an empty 
>>> output and the error message below. Do you know what could be wrong?
>>>
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>>
>>> Cristiana
>>>
>>>
>>>  ***********************************************************************
>>>
>>>  *** 13:34:23 ERRORL2 in input_parsing:section_vals_parse :: unknown ***
>>>
>>>  *** subsection KPOINTS of section DFT                               ***
>>>
>>>  ***********************************************************************
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  ***********************************************************************
>>>
>>>  *** 13:34:23 ERRORL2 in input_parsing:section_vals_parse :: unknown ***
>>>
>>>  *** subsection BAND_STRUCTURE of section PRINT                      ***
>>>
>>>  ***********************************************************************
>>>
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>  Looking for words in the input similar to the unknown: 
>>>
>>>    'BAND_STRUCTURE'
>>>
>>>
>>>               CP2K failed to parse the input file.
>>>
>>>               A full description of the input for this CP2K version
>>>
>>>               can be generated using:
>>>
>>>               
>>>
>>>               cp2k.sopt --html-manual
>>>
>>>               
>>>
>>>               The manual for the latest version of CP2K is online 
>>> available:
>>>
>>>               
>>>
>>>               http://manual.cp2k.org/trunk
>>>
>>
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