Hi Catrina, Once you have run input: ./*input* < SysLabel.EPSIMG
you need only run *optical* without the redirect arrow: ./*optical* This will automatically read the e2.dat file and provide you with the real permittivity and other such things. If you're performing a calculation on metals and you want to add the intraband component of the dielectric function, you can use the following to convert from relaxation time (in seconds ) into hartree's H=6.626068E-34; Elec=1.60217646E-19; PI=3.14159265; eV=((1/$1)*H)/(2*PI*Elec); Har=eV/27.2113845; Cheers, Marty 2008/12/7 catrina desport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To all respected siesta users, > > I have compiled siesta with gfortran. After compiling optical from > "utility" when I write ./optical <e2.dat, I receive "segmentation fault". > > What's the reason for that. > > Quick responce is really needed. > > Regards, > Catrina > >