[gmx-users] A wired fatal error in grompp about ions

[David van der Spoel]

On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 16:48 +0000, Binbin Liu wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> Since I dont know how to define K ion atomtype with the using of gromos96 ff, 
> I tried to replace K by Na.
> 
> What I have done is that replaced K by Na in .gro, .top and .mdp. The wired 
> thing is when I ran grompp. The program still keeps giveing the fatal error 
> warning: Atomtype 'K' not found!.
> 
It may be in multiple places in the top file.

> By the way, does it really matter I use GROMOS96 ff (ff43*) rather than other 
> force fields? 
> 
yes, but there is no straightforward recommendation. Sometimes one is
better, sometimes the other.

> Help! Thanks a lot!
> 
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David.
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