[gmx-users] Dummies usage doubts

David van der Spoel spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se
Thu Oct 11 13:02:29 CEST 2007


Jones de Andrade wrote:
> Hi Prof. David.
> 
> What details do you mean? Actual topology files are attached. Anything else?

Is this a topology from pd2gmx or did you write it yourself?
Please check chapter 5 of the manual.

You want to check exclusions ánd start with one molecule.
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance!
> 
> Sincerally yours,
> 
> Jones
> 
> On 10/11/07, * David van der Spoel* <spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se 
> <mailto:spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se>> wrote:
> 
>     Jones de Andrade wrote:
>      > Thanks Prof. David.
>      >
>      > I've done all that now, but at the moment I'm locked getting lots
>     of the
>      > "lovelly" error:
>      >
>      > Warning: 1-4 interaction between 7 and 16 at distance 4.302 which is
>      > larger than the 1-4 table size 1.000 nm
>      > These are ignored for the rest of the simulation
>      > This usually means your system is exploding,
>      > if not, you should increase table-extension in your mdp file
>      > step 0Segmentation fault
> 
>     please give more details...
> 
> 
>      >
>      > I've visually checked the .gro file, and the atoms mentioned are not
>      > from start at such crazy distances. I've included extra exclusions
>      > between the virtual sites and the atoms that are at "one" and "two"
>      > "bonds" away.
>      >
>      > Does it means I should include also the 1-4 in the exclusions or pair
>      > sections? Sorry, never dealt with dummy sites before this. I thought
>      > using a pre-equilibrated box with a different model would at
>     least avoid
>      > explosion problems, so or I missing something, of this assumption was
>      > completelly wrong.
>      >
>      > Thanks a lot in advance,
>      >
>      > Sincerally yours
>      >
>      > Jones
>      >
>      > On 10/11/07, *David van der Spoel* <spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se
>     <mailto:spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se>
>      > <mailto: spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se <mailto:spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >     Jones de Andrade wrote:
>      >      > Hi all.
>      >      >
>      >      > Well, I'm having a bit of trouble here because the work has
>      >     decided to
>      >      > go in the direction of something I've never used before
>     with gromacs:
>      >      > dummy atoms (or now "virtual sites").
>      >
>      >     I assume this is not for a protein, in which case pdb2gmx
>     does it
>      >     for you.
>      >      >
>      >      > I've got at least three questions in order to use them:
>      >      >
>      >      > 1 - does the virtual sites need to be included in the .gro
>     files in
>      >      > order to make a simulation run?
>      >      >
>      >     Yes.
>      >
>      >      > 2 - do I need to include them in the "exclusion list"?
>      >     It depends, but usually yes.
>      >
>      >      >
>      >      > 3 - do I need to include them in the "atoms" section?
>      >     Yes.
>      >
>      >      >
>      >      >
>      >      > Thanks a lot in advance for any help anyone can provide in
>     these
>      >      > subjects. ;)
>      >     Check the mannual too. Chapter 5. An dtopologies for TIP4P,
>     TIP5P etc.
>      >
>      >
>      >      >
>      >      > Sincerally yours,
>      >      >
>      >      > Jones
>      >      >
>      >      >
>      >      >
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