[gmx-users] LINCS error

Jochen Hub jochen at xray.bmc.uu.se
Thu Oct 8 17:44:51 CEST 2009




   delta_t              = 0.01

You are using a 10 fs timestep!!! That is way too long. Standard is 2 
(with bond constraints).



Yongchul Chung wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to simulate 100 molecules of n-alkane molecules but keep 
> receiving LINC errors.
> When I completed steepest descent I received following msg:
>
> Steepest Descents converged to Fmax < 500 in 819 steps
> Potential Energy  =  1.7174361e+05
> Maximum force     =  4.4903098e+02 on atom 172
> Norm of force     =  3.0003010e+01
>
> Then I performed mdrun with the output of this file and gets LINCS 
> warning:
>
>
> Input Parameters:
>    integrator           = md
>    nsteps               = 8000
>    init_step            = 0
>    ns_type              = Grid
>    nstlist              = 10
>    ndelta               = 2
>    nstcomm              = 1
>    comm_mode            = Linear
>    nstlog               = 10
>    nstxout              = 250
>    nstvout              = 1000
>    nstfout              = 0
>    nstenergy            = 10
>    nstxtcout            = 0
>    init_t               = 0
>    delta_t              = 0.01
>    xtcprec              = 1000
>    nkx                  = 125
>    nky                  = 125
>    nkz                  = 125
>    pme_order            = 4
>    ewald_rtol           = 1e-05
>    ewald_geometry       = 0
>    epsilon_surface      = 0
>    optimize_fft         = TRUE
>    ePBC                 = xyz
>    bPeriodicMols        = FALSE
>    bContinuation        = FALSE
>    bShakeSOR            = FALSE
>    etc                  = V-rescale
>    epc                  = No
>    epctype              = Isotropic
>    tau_p                = 1
>    ref_p (3x3):
>       ref_p[    0]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}
>       ref_p[    1]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}
>       ref_p[    2]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}
>    compress (3x3):
>       compress[    0]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}
>       compress[    1]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}
>       compress[    2]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}
>    refcoord_scaling     = No
>    posres_com (3):
>       posres_com[0]= 0.00000e+00
>       posres_com[1]= 0.00000e+00
>       posres_com[2]= 0.00000e+00
>    posres_comB (3):
>       posres_comB[0]= 0.00000e+00
>       posres_comB[1]= 0.00000e+00
>       posres_comB[2]= 0.00000e+00
>    andersen_seed        = 815131
>    rlist                = 1
>    rtpi                 = 0.05
>    coulombtype          = PME
>    rcoulomb_switch      = 0
>    rcoulomb             = 1
>    vdwtype              = Cut-off
>    rvdw_switch          = 0
>    rvdw                 = 2
>    epsilon_r            = 1
>    epsilon_rf           = 1
>    tabext               = 1
>    implicit_solvent     = No
>    gb_algorithm         = Still
>    gb_epsilon_solvent   = 80
>    nstgbradii           = 1
>    rgbradii             = 2
>    gb_saltconc          = 0
>    gb_obc_alpha         = 1
>    gb_obc_beta          = 0.8
>    gb_obc_gamma         = 4.85
>    sa_surface_tension   = 2.092
>    DispCorr             = No
>    free_energy          = no
>    init_lambda          = 0
>    sc_alpha             = 0
>    sc_power             = 0
>    sc_sigma             = 0.3
>    delta_lambda         = 0
>    nwall                = 0
>    wall_type            = 9-3
>    wall_atomtype[0]     = -1
>    wall_atomtype[1]     = -1
>    wall_density[0]      = 0
>    wall_density[1]      = 0
>    wall_ewald_zfac      = 3
>    pull                 = no
>    disre                = No
>    disre_weighting      = Conservative
>    disre_mixed          = FALSE
>    dr_fc                = 1000
>    dr_tau               = 0
>    nstdisreout          = 100
>    orires_fc            = 0
>    orires_tau           = 0
>    nstorireout          = 100
>    dihre-fc             = 1000
>    em_stepsize          = 0.01
>    em_tol               = 10
>    niter                = 20
>    fc_stepsize          = 0
>    nstcgsteep           = 1000
>    nbfgscorr            = 10
>    ConstAlg             = Lincs
>    shake_tol            = 0.0001
>    lincs_order          = 4
>    lincs_warnangle      = 30
>    lincs_iter           = 1
>    bd_fric              = 0
>    ld_seed              = 1993
>    cos_accel            = 0
>    deform (3x3):
>       deform[    0]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}
>       deform[    1]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}
>       deform[    2]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}
>    userint1             = 0
>    userint2             = 0
>    userint3             = 0
>    userint4             = 0
>    userreal1            = 0
>    userreal2            = 0
>    userreal3            = 0
>    userreal4            = 0
> grpopts:
>    nrdf:       11297
>    ref_t:         300
>    tau_t:         0.1
> anneal:          No
> ann_npoints:           0
>    acc:               0           0           0
>    nfreeze:           N           N           N
>    energygrp_flags[  0]: 0
>    efield-x:
>       n = 0
>    efield-xt:
>       n = 0
>    efield-y:
>       n = 0
>    efield-yt:
>       n = 0
>    efield-z:
>       n = 0
>    efield-zt:
>       n = 0
>    bQMMM                = FALSE
>    QMconstraints        = 0
>    QMMMscheme           = 0
>    scalefactor          = 1
> qm_opts:
>    ngQM                 = 0
> Table routines are used for coulomb: TRUE
> Table routines are used for vdw:     FALSE
> Will do PME sum in reciprocal space.
>
> ++++ PLEASE READ AND CITE THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE ++++
> U. Essman, L. Perela, M. L. Berkowitz, T. Darden, H. Lee and L. G. 
> Pedersen
> A smooth particle mesh Ewald method
> J. Chem. Phys. 103 (1995) pp. 8577-8592
> -------- -------- --- Thank You --- -------- --------
>
> Using a Gaussian width (1/beta) of 0.320163 nm for Ewald
> Cut-off's:   NS: 1   Coulomb: 1   LJ: 2
> System total charge: -0.000
> Generated table with 1500 data points for Ewald.
> Tabscale = 500 points/nm
> Generated table with 1500 data points for LJ6.
> Tabscale = 500 points/nm
> Generated table with 1500 data points for LJ12.
> Tabscale = 500 points/nm
> Configuring nonbonded kernels...
> Testing AMD 3DNow support... not present.
> Testing ia32 SSE support... present.
>
>
> Removing pbc first time
>
> Initializing LINear Constraint Solver
>
> ++++ PLEASE READ AND CITE THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE ++++
> B. Hess and H. Bekker and H. J. C. Berendsen and J. G. E. M. Fraaije
> LINCS: A Linear Constraint Solver for molecular simulations
> J. Comp. Chem. 18 (1997) pp. 1463-1472
> -------- -------- --- Thank You --- -------- --------
>
> The number of constraints is 5500
> Center of mass motion removal mode is Linear
> We have the following groups for center of mass motion removal:
>   0:  rest
>
> ++++ PLEASE READ AND CITE THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE ++++
> G. Bussi, D. Donadio and M. Parrinello
> Canonical sampling through velocity rescaling
> J. Chem. Phys. 126 (2007) pp. 014101
> -------- -------- --- Thank You --- -------- --------
>
> There are: 5600 Atoms
> Max number of connections per atom is 4
> Total number of connections is 11000
> Max number of graph edges per atom is 4
> Total number of graph edges is 11000
>
> Constraining the starting coordinates (step 0)
>
> Constraining the coordinates at t0-dt (step 0)
> RMS relative constraint deviation after constraining: 6.33e-04
> Initial temperature: 306.393 K
>
> Started mdrun on node 0 Thu Oct  8 09:58:49 2009
>
>            Step           Time         Lambda
>               0        0.00000        0.00000
>
> Grid: 25 x 25 x 25 cells
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Program mdrun, VERSION 4.0.2
> Source code file: constr.c, line: 136
>
> Fatal error:
> Too many LINCS warnings (3821)
> If you know what you are doing you can adjust the lincs warning 
> threshold in your mdp file
> or set the environment variable GMX_MAXCONSTRWARN to -1,
> but normally it is better to fix the problem
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> Can anyone help me to navigate this issue?
> Thanks
> -- 
> Yongchul "Greg" Chung
> Graduate Student
> Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
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