[gmx-users] PBC "no domain decomposition" error

[Alex]

It is my understanding that PBC will be (and really must be) taken
into account whenever the bonds across the box are present in your
topology and periodic-molecules is enabled in your mdp. Whether the
particle population is now optimally decomposed to utilize the number of
cores you've got is another question.

Alex


jace> Hey!

jace> I ran into an issue when simulating graphene sheets with periodic boundary
jace> conditions.  It said:

jace> There is no domain decomposition for 8 nodes that is compatible with the
jace> given box and a minimum cell size of 4.685 nm

jace> I figured that was due to the apparent bond length of the carbons
jace> connected across the box, so I set -rdd to be 0.2 nm and now the
jace> simulation seems to be running fine.

jace> Is the -rdd command ignoring the bonds completely for the simulation, or
jace> still using bonds across the box edges once PBC is implemented?

jace> Thank you!

jace> Jon