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Bitcoin => Mining support => Topic started by: nandika on May 14, 2012, 06:26:59 PM



Title: ubuntu server 11.04 mining possible?
Post by: nandika on May 14, 2012, 06:26:59 PM
is it possible to mine with ubuntu server 11.04? Should I follow the guides for regular desktop 11.04 & it should work?
anyone mining with ubuntu server edition?
Thanks!


Title: Re: ubuntu server 11.04 mining possible?
Post by: check_status on May 15, 2012, 09:37:33 AM
It will not work because miner software/AMD-SDK/AMD Drivers need Xserver.
You can start with Ubuntu Server as long as you have an ethernet connection and installing a desktop, the lightest of the Desktops is Lubuntu.

To install a basic Lubuntu desktop on Ubuntu Server:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
sudo apt-get install lubuntu-core

With this you get a no-frills desktop with no extra software.