| Hi 
 I would like to perform a geometry optimization of a quite large system. I'm getting this error after several hours of running:
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 driver: task_gradient failed        0]]------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 current input line :
 139:  task dft optimize
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 I guess this error comes from the fact that after 400 iterations the calculation did not converged. (although the integrated energy is not too far from the threshold I think) Which possibilities are available to avoid that problem?
 (I have to say that is my first time using NWChem/6.0 )
 
 The input looks like:
 
 [[File:
 start ZnO102.nw
 
 title " SCF geometry optimization"
 set geometry:actlist 1:58
 geometry noautoz
 
 C                 15.61693561    7.52673614   34.99168772.C                 16.50777789    6.56286593   35.43699734
 S                 15.95533612    9.04085619   35.79846122
 C                 14.54927585    7.34057802   34.04427977
 C                 17.42705997    7.02802126   36.39012240
 H                 16.49218006    5.54166388   35.06345007
 C                 17.27377659    8.36220055   36.70965177
 C                 13.78037816    8.24763001   33.31969494
 S                 14.09806690    5.70256408   33.66132085
 
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 O                 24.52696241   11.39622069   26.12607905
 
 Zn                22.90196241   12.33422069   26.93307905O                 22.90196241   14.21022069   26.12607905
 Zn                21.27696241   15.14822069   26.93307905
 O                 21.27796241   17.02422069   26.12607905
 Zn                27.77496241    9.52122069   26.93307905
 Zn                26.15096241   12.33422069   26.93307905
 Zn                24.52596241   15.14822069   26.93307905
 Zn                22.90196241   17.96222069   26.93307905
 
 end
 basis
 
   Zn library LANL2DZ_ECPendO library Stuttgart_RLC_ECP
 C library 3-21g
 S library Stuttgart_RLC_ECP
 H library 3-21g
 
 ecp
 
   Zn library LANL2DZ_ECPendO library Stuttgart_RLC_ECP
 S library Stuttgart_RLC_ECP
 
 dft
 
   iterations 400end
 
 task dft optimize
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 the output does the 400 iterations and the last 20 os so have the same integrated energy (Shown are the last 5):
 
 [[File:d= 0,ls=0.5,diis   396  -3380.2655940465 -3.79D-06  2.63D-06  6.49D-06  4634.1
 
 WARNING: error on integrated density =  0.32D-05greater than required accuracy of  0.10D-05
 d= 0,ls=0.5,diis   397  -3380.2655973522 -3.31D-06  2.39D-06  9.85D-06  4648.2
 WARNING: error on integrated density =  0.32D-05
 greater than required accuracy of  0.10D-05
 d= 0,ls=0.5,diis   398  -3380.2656006808 -3.33D-06  2.49D-06  1.19D-05  4658.2
 WARNING: error on integrated density =  0.32D-05
 greater than required accuracy of  0.10D-05
 d= 0,ls=0.5,diis   399  -3380.2656043009 -3.62D-06  2.44D-06  1.29D-05  4674.4
 WARNING: error on integrated density =  0.32D-05
 greater than required accuracy of  0.10D-05
 d= 0,ls=0.5,diis   400  -3380.2656078752 -3.57D-06  2.38D-06  1.38D-05  4682.0
 WARNING: error on integrated density =  0.32D-05
 greater than required accuracy of  0.10D-05
 
 
      Calculation failed to converge------------------------------
 Total DFT energy =    -3380.265611647519
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 DFT Final Molecular Orbital Analysis
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 Vector   27  Occ=2.000000D+00  E=-9.733423D+00MO Center= -8.1D+00, -1.3D+00,  4.8D+00, r^2= 3.1D-02
 Bfn.  Coefficient  Atom+Function         Bfn.  Coefficient  Atom+Function
 ----- ------------  ---------------      ----- ------------  ---------------
 264      0.984507   42 C  s
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