[gmx-users] LINCS WARNING

Justin Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Tue Oct 6 16:50:04 CEST 2015



On 10/6/15 3:26 AM, Vy Phan wrote:
> Dear all gromacs Users!
> I want to run a simulation with the system protein-ligand (I have several
> ligands).
> With EM, nvt, npt step I put position restraint for the ligands and all
> thing was fine. After that, I run production simulation without position
> restraint of ligands. I saw the ligand move out of the initial position and
> simulation was stopped.
>
> Did the LINCS warning  happen because this system is not stable ?

Yes.

> How can I keep the continuous running simulation without the  LINCS
> warnings? I want  the ligands are free to move and find their binding sites.
>

Either your ligand topology is not stable or your run settings are not sensible. 
  Please see any of the million or so posts in the gmx-users mailing list 
archive regarding similar or identical situations.

-Justin

> This is the warnings:
> Too many LINCS warnings (1000)
> 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
>
> Thank you so much for any suggestions
> Tuong Vy
>

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