[gmx-users] Segmentation fault - Implicit solvent

Steven Neumann s.neumann08 at gmail.com
Thu Mar 1 23:22:31 CET 2012


On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:07 PM, Justin A. Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:

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> Steven Neumann wrote:
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>> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Justin A. Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu<mailto:
>> jalemkul at vt.edu>> wrote:
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>>    Steven Neumann wrote:
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>>        On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Steven Neumann
>>        <s.neumann08 at gmail.com <mailto:s.neumann08 at gmail.com>
>>        <mailto:s.neumann08 at gmail.com <mailto:s.neumann08 at gmail.com>**>__>
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>>        wrote:
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>>           On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Steven Neumann
>>           <s.neumann08 at gmail.com <mailto:s.neumann08 at gmail.com>
>>        <mailto:s.neumann08 at gmail.com <mailto:s.neumann08 at gmail.com>**>__>
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>>        wrote:
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>>               On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Justin A. Lemkul
>>               <jalemkul at vt.edu <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu>
>>        <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu>>> wrote:
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>>                   Steven Neumann wrote:
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>>                       Dear Gmx Users,
>>                        I am trying to run nvt simulation (equilibration)
>> of
>>                       the protein in implicit solvent. My mdp:
>>                                        integrator = md ; leap-frog
>>        integrator
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>>                       nsteps = 1000000 ; 0.0005 * 1000000 = 0.5 ns
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>>                       dt = 0.0005 ; 0.5 fs
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>>                       ; Output control
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>>                       nstxout = 10000
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>>                       nstxtcout = 10000 ; xtc compressed trajectory output
>>                       every 2 ps
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>>                       nstenergy = 10000 ; save energies every 2 ps
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>>                       nstlog = 10000 ; update log file every 2 ps
>>
>>                       ; Bond parameters
>>
>>                       continuation = no
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>>                       constraints = none
>>
>>                       ; Neighborsearching
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>>                       ns_type = simple ; search neighboring grid cells
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>>                       nstlist = 0 ; 10 fs
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>>                       rlist = 0 ; short-range neighborlist cutoff (in nm)
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>>                       ; Infinite box with no cutoffs
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>>                       pbc = no
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>>                       rcoulomb = 0 ; short-range electrostatic cutoff
>>        (in nm)
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>>                       coulombtype = cut-off
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>>                       vdwtype = cut-off
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>>                       rvdw = 0 ; short-range van der Waals cutoff (in nm)
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>>                       epsilon_rf = 0
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>>                       comm_mode = angular ; remove angular and com motions
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>>                       ; implicit solvent
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>>                       implicit_solvent = GBSA
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>>                       gb_algorithm = OBC
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>>                       gb_epsilon_solvent = 80.0
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>>                       sa_surface_tension = 2.25936
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>>                       rgbradii = 0
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>>                       sa_algorithm = Ace-approximation
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>>                       nstgbradii = 1
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>>                       ; Temperature coupling is on
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>>                       Tcoupl = v-rescale
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>>                       tau_t = 0.1
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>>                       tc_grps = system
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>>                       ref_t = 298
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>>                       ; Velocity generation
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>>                       gen_vel = yes ; Velocity generation is on
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>>                       gen_temp = 298.0
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>>                       gen_seed = -1
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>>                       Then after grompp I am trying to run the
>>        simulation on
>>                       the cluster:
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>>                       mdrun -pd -deffnm nvt500ps
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>>                       My log file:
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>>                       Back Off! I just backed up nvt500ps.log to
>>                       ./#nvt500ps.log.1#
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>>                       Reading file nvt500ps.tpr, VERSION 4.5.4 (single
>>        precision)
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>>                       Starting 8 threads
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>>                       Back Off! I just backed up nvt500ps.trr to
>>                       ./#nvt500ps.trr.1#
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>>                       Back Off! I just backed up nvt500ps.xtc to
>>                       ./#nvt500ps.xtc.1#
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>>                       Back Off! I just backed up nvt500ps.edr to
>>                       ./#nvt500ps.edr.1#
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>>                       starting mdrun 'Protein'
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>>                       1000000 steps, 500.0 ps.
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>>                       Segmentation fault
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>>                                        Do you have any clue what is
>>        happening?
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>>                   Try running in serial or with a maximum of 2 threads.
>>         Your
>>                   problem could be related to
>>                   http://redmine.gromacs.org/___**_issues/777<http://redmine.gromacs.org/____issues/777>
>>        <http://redmine.gromacs.org/__**issues/777<http://redmine.gromacs.org/__issues/777>
>> >
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>>                   <http://redmine.gromacs.org/__**issues/777<http://redmine.gromacs.org/__issues/777>
>>        <http://redmine.gromacs.org/**issues/777<http://redmine.gromacs.org/issues/777>>>.
>>  You will need to
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>>                   upgrade to 4.5.5 (serial should work on 4.5.4).
>>
>>                   -Justin
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>>                        Thank you. What do you mean by running in
>>        serial? Well... with 2
>>               threads it does not make sense to use implicit solvent. Will
>>               4.5.5 resolve this problem?
>>                               Indeed, it works in serial. Will version
>> 4.5.5 resolve
>>        it run it on
>>           e.g. 12 nodes?
>>                    Sorry, the same problem :
>>
>>
>>    I think, as stated in the redmine issue cited before, the limit is 2
>>    threads/processors.
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>>    -Justin
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>> I tried on one thread and on two threads and the error is still the same.
>> Without particle decomposition the problem remains. Any suggestions?
>>
>>
> Then the problem lies outside of the algorithms.  Your system has become
> instantly unstable, thus suggesting that you have not sufficiently
> minimized or equilibrated the structure.
>


I run the same simulation with cutoff of 2.0 and it works fine. Does it
mean I cannot use vdw and coulombic cutoff set to 0? It would be more
realistic.

Steven


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> -Justin
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