<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Dear Geng,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">You compiled cp2k without spglib. This is the error message that you are getting.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Initially, Spglib was used to build the k-point grid. It is used to identify the space group of the system and build the smallest k-point grid based on it. Spglib comes with such a feature. However, Spglib is not used, in cp2k v8, to conserve the space group throughout the geometry (GEO_OPT or CELL_OPT) optimization. This has changed in the last version of the development version (v9) where the space group is conserved during optimization. It is important to note that in neither version, the space group symmetry is used to reduce the computational cost of energy and forces evaluation.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Coming back to k-points, if you have issues with spglib, you can use the keyword "SYMMETRY F". This will disable the reduction of the number of k-points based on symmetry and the call to spglib: <a href="https://manual.cp2k.org/cp2k-8_1-branch/CP2K_INPUT/FORCE_EVAL/DFT/KPOINTS.html">https://manual.cp2k.org/cp2k-8_1-branch/CP2K_INPUT/FORCE_EVAL/DFT/KPOINTS.html</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Finally, as a user, I would recommend you not to use k-points. Many features are not compatible with them in cp2k, and they provide inconsistent results. Use a supercell instead. In both the cell and topology sections use the keyword MULTIPLE_UNIT_CELL to do so.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Regards,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Pierre</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 12:12 AM GENG YUAN <<a href="mailto:yuange...@gmail.com">yuange...@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dear CP2K users,<div><br></div><div>I am currently performing some geometry optimizations for my metallic systems. There is one warning message on my output file although my simulations successfully completed with the geometry optimization completed. Below is the warning detail:</div><div><font color="#000000"><b>*** WARNING in cryssym. F : 163 : : Symmetry library SPGLIB not available ***</b></font></div><div>I tried to search and what I know now is the Spglib is a library for finding and handling crystal symmetries written in C. Another thing I notice is that this warning is related to the KPOINT setting. All my simulations with KPOINT setting have this warning, while this warning is gone for my simulations without KPOINT setting.</div><div>So my questions are: Why is this warning shown in my output file, is my KPOINT setting wrong? Will it affect the final energy results and how could I get rid of this warning if my simulations still need KPOINT settting. I have attached my input file here for your reference, any suggestions are welcome!</div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks in advance and have a nice weekend!</div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>Geng</div>
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