[petsc-users] gamg and zero pivots

Sat Sep 19 21:09:27 CDT 2015

  Oh, it is a different kind of zero pivot value. There is a zero on the diagonal while it is trying to do SOR.  Should there be zeros on the diagonal of your matrix? 

   You can use -mg_levels_pc_type jacobi  and it will ignore those zero values.

   Barry

> On Sep 19, 2015, at 7:12 PM, Gideon Simpson <gideon.simpson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I never get to see the output.  When it runs, I get:
> 
>   0 SNES Function norm 8.405398322914e-02 
> [0]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message --------------------------------------------------------------
> [0]PETSC ERROR: Zero pivot in LU factorization: http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html#zeropivot
> [0]PETSC ERROR: Zero pivot on row 0
> [0]PETSC ERROR: See http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html for trouble shooting.
> [0]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version 3.6.1, unknown 
> [0]PETSC ERROR: ./blowup_refine on a arch-darwin-c-debug named gs_air by gideon Sat Sep 19 20:11:44 2015
> [0]PETSC ERROR: Configure options --download-mpich=yes --download-suitesparse=yes --download-superlu=yes --download-superlu_dist=yes --download-mumps=yes --download-sprng=yes --with-cxx=clang++ --with-cc=clang --with-fc=gfortran --download-metis=yes --download-parmetis=yes --download-scalapack=yes
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #1 MatSOR_SeqAIJ_Inode() line 2795 in /opt/petsc/src/mat/impls/aij/seq/inode.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #2 MatSOR_MPIAIJ() line 1496 in /opt/petsc/src/mat/impls/aij/mpi/mpiaij.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #3 MatSOR() line 3697 in /opt/petsc/src/mat/interface/matrix.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #4 PCApply_SOR() line 37 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/pc/impls/sor/sor.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #5 PCApply() line 483 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/pc/interface/precon.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #6 KSP_PCApply() line 242 in /opt/petsc/include/petsc/private/kspimpl.h
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #7 KSPInitialResidual() line 63 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/ksp/interface/itres.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #8 KSPSolve_GMRES() line 235 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/ksp/impls/gmres/gmres.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #9 KSPSolve() line 604 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/ksp/interface/itfunc.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #10 KSPSolve_Chebyshev() line 381 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/ksp/impls/cheby/cheby.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #11 KSPSolve() line 604 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/ksp/interface/itfunc.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #12 PCMGMCycle_Private() line 19 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/pc/impls/mg/mg.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #13 PCApply_MG() line 340 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/pc/impls/mg/mg.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #14 PCApply() line 483 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/pc/interface/precon.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #15 KSP_PCApply() line 242 in /opt/petsc/include/petsc/private/kspimpl.h
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #16 KSPInitialResidual() line 63 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/ksp/interface/itres.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #17 KSPSolve_GMRES() line 235 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/ksp/impls/gmres/gmres.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #18 KSPSolve() line 604 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/ksp/interface/itfunc.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #19 SNESSolve_NEWTONLS() line 233 in /opt/petsc/src/snes/impls/ls/ls.c
> [0]PETSC ERROR: #20 SNESSolve() line 3906 in /opt/petsc/src/snes/interface/snes.c
> [1]PETSC ERROR: #1 VecNorm_MPI() line 63 in /opt/petsc/src/vec/vec/impls/mpi/pvec2.c
> [1]PETSC ERROR: #2 VecNorm() line 242 in /opt/petsc/src/vec/vec/interface/rvector.c
> [1]PETSC ERROR: #3 VecNormalize() line 337 in /opt/petsc/src/vec/vec/interface/rvector.c
> [1]PETSC ERROR: #4 KSPGMRESCycle() line 127 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/ksp/impls/gmres/gmres.c
> [1]PETSC ERROR: #5 KSPSolve_GMRES() line 236 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/ksp/impls/gmres/gmres.c
> [1]PETSC ERROR: #6 KSPSolve() line 604 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/ksp/interface/itfunc.c
> [1]PETSC ERROR: #7 KSPSolve_Chebyshev() line 381 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/ksp/impls/cheby/cheby.c
> [1]PETSC ERROR: #8 KSPSolve() line 604 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/ksp/interface/itfunc.c
> [1]PETSC ERROR: #9 PCMGMCycle_Private() line 19 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/pc/impls/mg/mg.c
> [1]PETSC ERROR: #10 PCApply_MG() line 340 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/pc/impls/mg/mg.c
> [1]PETSC ERROR: #11 PCApply() line 483 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/pc/interface/precon.c
> [1]PETSC ERROR: #12 KSP_PCApply() line 242 in /opt/petsc/include/petsc/private/kspimpl.h
> [1]PETSC ERROR: #13 KSPInitialResidual() line 63 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/ksp/interface/itres.c
> [1]PETSC ERROR: #14 KSPSolve_GMRES() line 235 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/ksp/impls/gmres/gmres.c
> [1]PETSC ERROR: #15 KSPSolve() line 604 in /opt/petsc/src/ksp/ksp/interface/itfunc.c
> [1]PETSC ERROR: #16 SNESSolve_NEWTONLS() line 233 in /opt/petsc/src/snes/impls/ls/ls.c
> [1]PETSC ERROR: #17 SNESSolve() line 3906 in /opt/petsc/src/snes/interface/snes.c
> 
> and then it just sits there.
> 
> -gideon
> 
>> On Sep 19, 2015, at 7:18 PM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 6:10 PM, Gideon Simpson <gideon.simpson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> It gives zero pivots on:
>> 
>> Send -ksp_view
>> 
>>   Matt
>>  
>> -ksp_type gmres -pc_type gamg -mg_coarse_sub_pc_factor_shift_type NONZERO
>> 
>> It has no problem with:
>> 
>> -ksp_type gmres -pc_type bjacobi -sub_pc_factor_shift_type NONZERO
>> 
>> -gideon
>> 
>> > On Sep 19, 2015, at 12:37 AM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >> On Sep 18, 2015, at 10:42 PM, Gideon Simpson <gideon.simpson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I’m getting a zero pivot in LU factorization error when I use the gamg preconditioner.  I know there is some issue with my matrix, as I get the same error if I use pc_type lu in serial, or if I use pc_type bjacobi in parallel, both of which are corrected by adding -pc_factor_shift_type NONZERO -sub_pc_factor_shift_type NONZERO, respectively.  However, I can’t quite seem to figure out the analogous command to use for the gamg preconditioner.
>> >
>> >  You need to figure out the prefix to the option that is added by gamg to set it. One way is to run with the gamg options and -help and grep for factor_shift.
>> >
>> >   The option is like something like -mg_coarse_pc_factor_shift_type nonzero or -mg_coarse_sub_pc_factor_shift_type
>> >
>> >  Barry
>> >
>> >>
>> >> -gideon
>> >>
>> >
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead.
>> -- Norbert Wiener
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