[gmx-users] The simulation of big protein in implicit solvent

Justin Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Thu Sep 1 16:37:35 CEST 2016



On 9/1/16 10:35 AM, Yi Isaac Yang wrote:
> Thank you very much!
>
> But when I using this command:
>
> gmx mdrun -ntomp 4 -ntmpi 1 -deffnm lrepressor_bal
>
> It shows:
> Fatal error:
> OpenMP threads have been requested with cut-off scheme Group, but these are
> only supported with cut-off scheme Verlet
> For more information and tips for troubleshooting, please check the GROMACS
> website at http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Errors
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> However, pbc=no have not be supportted by cut-off scheme=verlet
>

Hence you see our reason for removing GB in the future.  It's incompatible with 
too many features.  Looks like you're stuck running in serial.  That's probably 
inefficient for most purposes.

-Justin

>
> 2016-09-01 16:20 GMT+02:00 Yi Isaac Yang <yesterday.young at gmail.com>:
>
>> Thank you very much!
>>
>> Now I know how to perform in serial mode. However, I still don't know how
>> to parallel perform the MD simulation. I have read the website you
>> recommended, but I still know how to change the domain decomposition
>> algorithm. I search the Internet, some people said add the flag -pd to
>> change to particle decomposition. However, in gromacs 5 the flag "-pd" have
>> been removed.
>>
>> So do you know how to parallel perform the simulation in implicit solvent
>> using Gromacs 5?
>>
>> Thank you and best regards,
>> Isaac
>>
>>
>> 2016-09-01 15:30 GMT+02:00 Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu>:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/1/16 9:28 AM, Yi Isaac Yang wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thank you very much! But I just perform the minimization in my own
>>>> computer:
>>>>
>>>> yangy at magadino:/mnt/storage2/yangy/l_repressor$ gmx mdrun -v -deffnm
>>>> lrepressor_min
>>>>
>>>>                    :-) GROMACS - gmx mdrun, VERSION 5.1.2 (-:
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> GROMACS:      gmx mdrun, VERSION 5.1.2
>>>> Executable:   /home/yangy/opt/bin/gmx
>>>> Data prefix:  /home/yangy/opt
>>>> Command line:
>>>>   gmx mdrun -v -deffnm lrepressor_min
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Running on 1 node with total 4 cores, 8 logical cores
>>>> Hardware detected:
>>>>   CPU info:
>>>>     Vendor: GenuineIntel
>>>>     Brand:  Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1246 v3 @ 3.50GHz
>>>>     SIMD instructions most likely to fit this hardware: AVX2_256
>>>>     SIMD instructions selected at GROMACS compile time: AVX2_256
>>>>
>>>> Reading file lrepressor_min.tpr, VERSION 5.1.2 (single precision)
>>>>
>>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>>> Program gmx mdrun, VERSION 5.1.2
>>>> Source code file:
>>>> /home/yangy/Downloads/gromacs-5.1.2-patched/src/gromacs/domd
>>>> ec/domdec.cpp,
>>>> line: 6542
>>>>
>>>> Fatal error:
>>>> Domain decomposition does not support simple neighbor searching, use grid
>>>> searching or run with one MPI rank
>>>> For more information and tips for troubleshooting, please check the
>>>> GROMACS
>>>> website at http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Errors
>>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In fact, I'm not very familiar with gromacs, before that I always use
>>>> AMBER. So could you tell me how to perform mdrun with "one MPI rank"?
>>>> Although I directly run it in my own computer, it still show that
>>>> "Running
>>>> on 1 node with total 4 cores, 8 logical cores". And what is "domain
>>>> decomposition"? Could I change it? Although I can perform the
>>>> minimization
>>>> in serial mode,  I must using MPI to perform the MD simulation.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Start here:
>>>
>>> http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Acceleration_and_parallelization
>>>
>>> The mdrun help description has all the rest of what you need to know
>>> (e.g. mdrun -ntmpi 1 in this case).
>>>
>>>
>>> -Justin
>>>
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>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Yesterday Young
>> College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
>> Peking University
>>
>
>
>

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Justin A. Lemkul, Ph.D.
Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
School of Pharmacy
Health Sciences Facility II, Room 629
University of Maryland, Baltimore
20 Penn St.
Baltimore, MD 21201

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