Dear Justin,<br><br>I find:<br><br><br>box (3x3):<br>   box[    0]={ 1.60000e+01,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}<br>   box[    1]={ 0.00000e+00,  1.60000e+01,  0.00000e+00}<br>   box[    2]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  1.60000e+01}<br>
box_rel (3x3):<br>   box_rel[    0]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}<br>   box_rel[    1]={ 0.00000e+00,  1.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}<br>   box_rel[    2]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  1.00000e+00}<br>boxv (3x3):<br>
   boxv[    0]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}<br>   boxv[    1]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}<br>   boxv[    2]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}<br>pres_prev (3x3):<br>   pres_prev[    0]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}<br>
   pres_prev[    1]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}<br>   pres_prev[    2]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}<br>svir_prev (3x3):<br>   svir_prev[    0]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}<br>   svir_prev[    1]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}<br>
   svir_prev[    2]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}<br>fvir_prev (3x3):<br>   fvir_prev[    0]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}<br>   fvir_prev[    1]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}<br>   fvir_prev[    2]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}<br>
nosehoover_xi: not available<br>x (2896x3):<br>   x[    0]={-7.49400e+00,  4.57000e-01,  5.00000e-01}<br>   x[    1]={-7.58200e+00,  5.21000e-01,  5.00000e-01}<br>   x[    2]={-7.49600e+00,  3.94000e-01,  4.11000e-01}<br>
   x[    3]={-7.49600e+00,  3.94000e-01,  5.89000e-01}<br>   x[    4]={-7.36800e+00,  5.43000e-01,  5.00000e-01}<br>   x[    5]={-7.36800e+00,  6.06000e-01,  5.89000e-01}<br>   x[    6]={-7.36800e+00,  6.06000e-01,  4.11000e-01}<br>
   x[    7]={-7.24200e+00,  4.57000e-01,  5.00000e-01}<br>   x[    8]={-7.24200e+00,  3.94000e-01,  4.11000e-01}<br>   x[    9]={-7.24200e+00,  3.94000e-01,  5.89000e-01}<br>   x[   10]={-7.11700e+00,  5.43000e-01,  5.00000e-01}<br>
   x[   11]={-7.11700e+00,  6.06000e-01,  5.89000e-01}<br>   x[   12]={-7.11700e+00,  6.06000e-01,  4.11000e-01}<br>   x[   13]={-6.99100e+00,  4.57000e-01,  5.00000e-01}<br><br>I made box bigger to remove bad contacts in initial configuration (although I have been using the same gro file before and never got such error). Do you recommend I reinstall 4.5.4 ?<br>
<br>Appreciate any help...<br><br>Regards,<br><br>   <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 June 2011 14:47, Justin A. Lemkul <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jalemkul@vt.edu">jalemkul@vt.edu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Elisabeth wrote:<br>
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Hello Justin,<br>
<br>
Thank you. I am using<br>
gmxdump -s *.tpr   -om to produce mdout.mdp file but I dont see box <br>
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You don&#39;t need an mdout.mdp file, nor would box vectors be present in one.  What you&#39;re looking for is the box information present in the .tpr file.  Run:<br>
<br>
gmxdump -s topol.tpr &gt; out<br>
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Then search in the &quot;out&quot; file for the box information.<div class="im"><br>
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vector information. This error happens at the very beginning. I see no steps are calculated.<br>
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Then the input box information is likely corrupt, or the simulation blows up at the very start of the simulation (i.e. step 0).<br>
<br>
-Justin<br>
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On 2 June 2011 13:11, Justin A. Lemkul &lt;<a href="mailto:jalemkul@vt.edu" target="_blank">jalemkul@vt.edu</a> &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:jalemkul@vt.edu" target="_blank">jalemkul@vt.edu</a>&gt;&gt; wrote:<br>
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    Elisabeth wrote:<br>
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        Hello all,<br>
<br>
        I am getting the error below at the very beginning of the<br>
        simulation (both serial and parallel). I am sure I did not<br>
        encounter this problem before with the same input files. This<br>
        has just happened now. I really have no clue why this is<br>
        happening. could you please help me? Thank you all in advance.<br>
<br>
<br>
        Warning: Only triclinic boxes with the first vector parallel to<br>
        the x-axis and the second vector in the xy-plane are supported.<br>
                Box (3x3):<br>
                   Box[    0]={         nan,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}<br>
                   Box[    1]={         nan,          nan,          nan}<br>
                   Box[    2]={         nan,          nan,          nan}<br>
                Can not fix pbc.<br>
<br>
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    Your system is probably blowing up.  &quot;Nan&quot; means &quot;not a number,&quot; so<br>
    the box vectors have become either infinitely large or small.<br>
     Either the input coordinate file contained a malformed or<br>
    non-existent box, or the simulation is collapsing along the way<br>
    somewhere.  Does the simulation run for a while before printing<br>
    this, or is it right away?<br>
<br>
    You can check the starting box vectors in the .tpr file with gmxdump<br>
    to verify that they are sensible.<br>
<br>
    -Justin<br>
<br>
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             ;        Run control                   integrator                 =  md                dt                  =  0.002                      nsteps              =  1000000 ;5000         nstcomm                    =  100                  ;        Output control<br>

        nstenergy           =  100                nstxout             =<br>
         100                 nstvout             =  0<br>
        nstfout             =  0<br>
        nstlog              =  1000           nstxtcout          =  1000<br>
                               ;        Neighbor searching<br>
        nstlist             =  10               ns_type             =<br>
         grid                      ;        Electrostatics/VdW<br>
        coulombtype         =  Shift                    vdw-type                   =  Shift             rcoulomb-switch     =  0                          rvdw-switch         =  0.9 ;0                      ;        Cut-offs<br>

        rlist               =  1.25                 rcoulomb                   =  1.0            rvdw                =  1.0                      ;        Temperature coupling   Tcoupl              =  v-rescale<br>
                        tc-grps             =  System             tau_t<br>
                      =  0.1            ref_t               =  300              ;        Pressure coupling<br>
        Pcoupl              =  Parrinello-Rahman                       Pcoupltype          =  isotropic               tau_p                      =  1               compressibility     =  3.5e-5                 ref_p               =  10                        ;        Velocity generation               gen_vel             =<br>

         yes                 gen_temp            =  300.0                      gen_seed            =  173529                        ;        Bonds<br>
        constraints             = all-bonds                     constraint-algorithm = lincs<br>
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