[petsc-dev] Right-preconditioned GMRES

[Pierre Jolivet]

> On Feb 9, 2017, at 2:17 PM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 7:06 AM, Pierre Jolivet <pierre.jolivet at enseeiht.fr <mailto:pierre.jolivet at enseeiht.fr>> wrote:
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>> On Feb 9, 2017, at 1:37 PM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com <mailto:knepley at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 4:56 AM, Pierre Jolivet <pierre.jolivet at enseeiht.fr <mailto:pierre.jolivet at enseeiht.fr>> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I _might_ be doing something wrong when calling KSPSetFromOptions/KSPSetUp, but still, am I supposed to get this kind of error?
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: No support for this operation for this object type
>> [0]PETSC ERROR: KSP gmres does not support PRECONDITIONED with RIGHT
>> 
>> If not, I’ll try to send a MWE (it basically depends on where I set the option -ksp_pc_side right).
>> 
>> I believe its telling you that it cannot display the preconditioned residual with right preconditioning, which is true.
>> Are you requesting both?
> 
> No, I’m just using -ksp_view and -ksp_pc_side right. In the “standard” case, it obviously work.
> However, the error is triggered if I set -ksp_pc_side right after a first call to KSPSetOperators()/KSPSetUp() without destroying the KSP.
> Should I destroy my KSP before changing from left- (default) to right-preconditioning if KSPSetOperators()/KSPSetUp has already been called?
> 
> Its likely you have to use
> 
>   http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-current/docs/manualpages/KSP/KSPSetNormType.html <http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-current/docs/manualpages/KSP/KSPSetNormType.html>
> 
> or
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>   -ksp_norm_type unpreconditioned

If I use this after my first call to KSPSetUp, I now end up with:
[0]PETSC ERROR: KSP gmres does not support UNPRECONDITIONED with LEFT

> since we would not have a chance to change it since its been set already.
> 
>   Thanks,
> 
>      Matt
> 
> Thanks.
> 
>>   Thanks,
>> 
>>      Matt
>>  
>> Thanks,
>> Pierre
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
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>> -- Norbert Wiener
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