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Title: GUIminer does not start Ufasoft miner - "ValueError"
Post by: johnbot on January 08, 2013, 01:03:53 AM
In GUIMiner (current version) I have configured a new ufasoft CPU miner to connect to Slush's pool. I am waiting to get a good GPU, until then I want to try things with plain CPU mining (Core 2 Quad). Ufasoft miner is residing in it's own directory being pointed to with the "ExtPath" field.
If I start Ufasoft miner directly with "-g no" on cmd it connects to the pool (with stratum) and delivers.

But when I press "Start mining" in GUIMiner nothing happens, even if I enter "-g no" at "Extra flags".
The exe.log shows:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "guiminer.py", line 857, in toggle_mining
      File "guiminer.py", line 982, in start_mining
    ValueError

What can I do?

I am running GUIMiner v2012-12-03 on WXP SP-3. Ufasoft Coinminer is v0.39.
Also tried GUIMiner v2012-02-19 with the same result.


Title: Re: GUIminer does not start Ufasoft miner - "ValueError"
Post by: johnbot on January 08, 2013, 01:14:25 AM
Found the SOLUTION:  :)

GUIMiner expects the Ufasoft executable to be named "bitcoin-miner.exe". But in the v0.39 package that I downloaded this exe is named only "coin-miner.exe".
Even if I use this name "\...\coin-miner.exe" in the "Ext. Path" field, it does not work.

One has to rename the actual file "coin-miner.exe" that comes with the ufasoft package to "bitcoin-miner.exe". Then it works fine. And don't forget the "-g no" for CPU-only mining...

That cost me some hours...  >:(


Title: Re: GUIminer does not start Ufasoft miner - "ValueError"
Post by: LTC555 on January 08, 2013, 04:32:55 PM
When you learn through mistakes you never forget the lesson :D


Title: Re: GUIminer does not start Ufasoft miner - "ValueError"
Post by: MrWood on April 03, 2013, 09:47:42 AM
Hi, I am also stuck on GUIMiner. I went to run the GUI miner on ufasoftCPU, but when i go to press the "start mining" button, nothing happens, and the status still reads "stopped".

The username and password are definitely correct. I also checked the path, and the destination is bitcoin-miner.exe, so that should be correct as well.

Is this a software issue where i have to reinstall GUI miner?

I am running it through Slush's pool (at least trying to!)

 my system is windows 7 (64 bit) with a 4ghz intel core.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. :)





Title: Re: GUIminer does not start Ufasoft miner - "ValueError"
Post by: Antuam on April 03, 2013, 09:59:26 AM
Hello.
I have the same problem.

But I can run the GUIMINER with Default configuration.
Any solution about it, please=

Regards.
Antuam



Title: Re: GUIminer does not start Ufasoft miner - "ValueError"
Post by: Gasmart81 on May 02, 2013, 11:47:03 AM
Same problem here, rename coin-miner.exe to bitcoin-miner.exe but it won´t start.


Thanks!