[gmx-users] Empty trr file !!??

Justin A. Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Thu Aug 14 21:42:10 CEST 2008



ranqi zhu wrote:
> Dear Gromacs Users,
> 
> I am using the most recent version 3.3.99. Iran my simulation with 20ns 
> period for a total length of 300ns so thatI don't have to start from 
> scratch if I have a unexpected crash duringthe simulation. It suppose to 
> write out full precision trr file at theend of every 20ns for the next 
> 20ns to start with. But I the trr filesI got are EMPTY!!
> Does anyone have any idea about this problem? mdp file is attached. 
> Please help. Thanks in advance.
> 

You have nstxout = 0, which means coordinates are never written.

-Justin

> Ranqi
> 
> PS: I also encounter unexpected crash with V3.3.99. No error message found.
> 
> This is my mdp file :
> 
> ; 20ns NPT production
> integrator               = sd
> ld_seed                  = -1
> ; start time and timestep in ps
> tinit                    = 0
> dt                       = 0.002
> nsteps                   = 10000000
> ; number of steps for center of mass motion removal =
> nstcomm                  = 100
> ; OUTPUT CONTROL OPTIONS
> ; Output frequency for coords (x), velocities (v) and forces (f) =
> nstxout                  = 0
> nstvout                  = 0
> nstfout                  = 0
> ; Output frequency for energies to log file and energy file
> nstlog                   = 50000 ; every 100 ps
> nstenergy                = 50000
> ; Output frequency and precision for xtc file
> nstxtcout                = 50000 ; every 100 ps
> xtc-precision            = 10000
> xtc_grps                 = protein other
> energygrps               = protein other
> ; NEIGHBORSEARCHING PARAMETERS
> ; nblist update frequency =
> nstlist                  = 10
> ; ns algorithm (simple or grid)
> ns_type                  = grid
> ; Periodic boundary conditions: xyz or none
> pbc                      = xyz
> ; nblist cut-off
> rlist                    = 1.0
> domain-decomposition     = no
> ; OPTIONS FOR ELECTROSTATICS AND VDW
> ; Method for doing electrostatics
> coulombtype              = pme
> ;rcoulomb-switch          = 0
> rcoulomb                 = 1.0
> ; Dielectric constant (DC) for cut-off or DC of reaction field
> epsilon-r                = 1
> ; Method for doing Van der Waals
> vdw-type                 = switch
> ; cut-off lengths
> rvdw                     = 0.9
> rvdw-switch              = 0.8
> ; Apply long range dispersion corrections for Energy and Pressure
> DispCorr                  = EnerPres
> ; Spacing for the PME/PPPM FFT grid
> fourierspacing           = 0.1
> ; FFT grid size, when a value is 0 fourierspacing will be used =
> fourier_nx               = 0
> fourier_ny               = 0
> fourier_nz               = 0
> ; EWALD/PME/PPPM parameters =
> pme_order                = 6
> ewald_rtol               = 1e-06
> epsilon_surface          = 0
> optimize_fft             = no
> ; OPTIONS FOR TEMPERATURE COUPLING
> tc_grps                  = protein other
> tau_t                    = 1.0 1.0 ; Langevin friction constant (ps)
> ref_t                    = 300 300
> ;OPTIONS FOR PRESSURE COUPLING
> Pcoupl                   = berendsen
> pcoupltype               = isotropic
> tau_p                    = 5.0 5.0
> compressibility          = 4.5e-05
> ref_p                    = 1.0 1.0
> ; GENERATE VELOCITIES FOR STARTUP RUN
> gen_vel                  = no
> ; Dielectric constant (DC) for cut-off or DC of reaction field
> epsilon-r                = 1
> ; Method for doing Van der Waals
> vdw-type                 = switch
> ; cut-off lengths
> rvdw                     = 0.9
> rvdw-switch              = 0.8
> ; Apply long range dispersion corrections for Energy and Pressure
> DispCorr                  = EnerPres
> ; Spacing for the PME/PPPM FFT grid
> fourierspacing           = 0.1
> ; FFT grid size, when a value is 0 fourierspacing will be used =
> fourier_nx               = 0
> fourier_ny               = 0
> fourier_nz               = 0
> ; EWALD/PME/PPPM parameters =
> pme_order                = 6
> ewald_rtol               = 1e-06
> epsilon_surface          = 0
> optimize_fft             = no
> ; OPTIONS FOR TEMPERATURE COUPLING
> tc_grps                  = protein other
> tau_t                    = 1.0 1.0 ; Langevin friction constant (ps)
> ref_t                    = 300 300
> ;OPTIONS FOR PRESSURE COUPLING
> Pcoupl                   = berendsen
> pcoupltype               = isotropic
> tau_p                    = 5.0 5.0
> compressibility          = 4.5e-05
> ref_p                    = 1.0 1.0
> ; GENERATE VELOCITIES FOR STARTUP RUN
> gen_vel                  = no
> ; Dielectric constant (DC) for cut-off or DC of reaction field
> epsilon-r                = 1
> ; Method for doing Van der Waals
> vdw-type                 = switch
> ; cut-off lengths
> rvdw                     = 0.9
> rvdw-switch              = 0.8
> ; Apply long range dispersion corrections for Energy and Pressure
> DispCorr                  = EnerPres
> ; Spacing for the PME/PPPM FFT grid
> fourierspacing           = 0.1
> ; FFT grid size, when a value is 0 fourierspacing will be used =
> fourier_nx               = 0
> fourier_ny               = 0
> fourier_nz               = 0
> ; EWALD/PME/PPPM parameters =
> pme_order                = 6
> ewald_rtol               = 1e-06
> epsilon_surface          = 0
> optimize_fft             = no
> ; OPTIONS FOR TEMPERATURE COUPLING
> tc_grps                  = protein other
> tau_t                    = 1.0 1.0 ; Langevin friction constant (ps)
> ref_t                    = 300 300
> ;OPTIONS FOR PRESSURE COUPLING
> Pcoupl                   = berendsen
> pcoupltype               = isotropic
> tau_p                    = 5.0 5.0
> compressibility          = 4.5e-05
> ref_p                    = 1.0 1.0
> ; GENERATE VELOCITIES FOR STARTUP RUN
> gen_vel                  = no
> ; OPTIONS FOR BONDS
> constraints              = hbonds
> ; Type of constraint algorithm
> constraint-algorithm     = Lincs
> ; Do not constrain the start configuration
> unconstrained-start      = yes
> ; Relative tolerance of shake
> shake-tol                = 0.0001
> ; Highest order in the expansion of the constraint coupling matrix
> lincs-order              = 12
> ; Lincs will write a warning to the stderr if in one step a bond
> ; rotates over more degrees than =
> lincs-warnangle          = 30
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Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
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