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Title: "Connecting" need help :/ Post by: PhoenixUK on June 07, 2011, 08:09:58 PM I'm using the GUI miner and I'm sure everything is setup correctly, however, when I start it up it says " Starting " and soon after that it just goes to "Connecting" and stays there forever. I'm sure the password/login is correct unless I'm missing something? I can connect with the official bitcoin client and when I push there 'generate bitcoins' it works fine but this just says connecting forever and doesn't do anything.
Any ideas please? Sorry if this was covered already but I couldn't find any info on it other than somebody forgetting the dot between username for login. I tried slush pool and bitcoin.lc but both just hang on 'connecting'. Title: Re: "Connecting" need help :/ Post by: LegitBit on June 07, 2011, 08:10:56 PM Is the blockchain still downloading?
It won't start till it is completely up to date. Title: Re: "Connecting" need help :/ Post by: LegitBit on June 07, 2011, 08:12:49 PM If it is taking too long you can download the blockchain here http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/blockchain/
Likely much faster than downloading via the client. You will still need to download blocks after 120000 Title: Re: "Connecting" need help :/ Post by: PhoenixUK on June 07, 2011, 08:13:24 PM Nope I finished that already, do I need to have the official client running at the same time as the other one tho ? If yes does it have to be with the -server bit for pooled mining or just normal?
Title: Re: "Connecting" need help :/ Post by: MoonShadow on June 07, 2011, 08:17:26 PM Nope I finished that already, do I need to have the official client running at the same time as the other one tho ? If you are trying to mine alone, then yes, you must have a client running. If you are trying to mine in a pool, you don't even need the blockchain. Title: Re: "Connecting" need help :/ Post by: LegitBit on June 07, 2011, 08:17:26 PM You do need bitcoin running as server.
Since you are using guiminer, there is a dropdown menu option to specify the "bitcoin.exe" location, do that then select the menu option for "launch bitcoin as server" that should do it. Title: Re: "Connecting" need help :/ Post by: PhoenixUK on June 07, 2011, 08:22:04 PM OK so once again, what do I need to run in which order for pooled mining (NOT solo) ?
Title: Re: "Connecting" need help :/ Post by: LegitBit on June 07, 2011, 08:24:16 PM OK so once again, what do I need to run in which order for pooled mining (NOT solo) ? Whoops, sorry man. I am watching wayyy too many threads. No you do not need server running for pooled mining. Make sure you can ping the pool address, maybe your firewall is blocking requests? Title: Re: "Connecting" need help :/ Post by: PhoenixUK on June 07, 2011, 08:29:14 PM All firewalls switched off and I can ping bitcoin.lc and also 81.200.64.50 just fine no problems.
PS. also running it as administrator on win7. Title: Re: "Connecting" need help :/ Post by: LegitBit on June 07, 2011, 08:30:42 PM All firewalls switched off and I can ping bitcoin.lc and also 81.200.64.50 just fine no problems. Do you have the proper port number? Also what pool are you using? Title: Re: "Connecting" need help :/ Post by: ensign_lee on June 07, 2011, 08:33:20 PM What errors are you seeing in the "console" view of GUIminer. We need those error messages to tell you why you can't connect. Could be as simple as you not inputting the right usernames and passwords, or could be that you don't have interwebz, or could be that your firewall/antivirus is preventing GUIminer from running. We need more info.
Title: Re: "Connecting" need help :/ Post by: PhoenixUK on June 07, 2011, 08:34:11 PM https://www.bitcoins.lc/
and tried the slush pool that was in config already as well. Have the correct port numbers and for the bitcoins.lc I've put all info as on their website and the username and pass that they gave me in my acc config. I bet it's something silly that we're missing ... Title: Re: "Connecting" need help :/ Post by: PhoenixUK on June 07, 2011, 08:36:14 PM 2011-06-07 13:36:30: Running command: poclbm.exe --user=xxxxx --pass=xxxxxx -o bitcoin.lc -p 8080 -d0 --verbose
2011-06-07 13:36:30: Listener for "lc" started 2011-06-07 13:36:30: Listener for "lc": Wrong platform or more than one OpenCL platforms found, use --platform to select one of the following 2011-06-07 13:36:30: Listener for "lc":
edited user and pass. -------------- EDIT2: I've put the device number as it said and thats what I get now: 2011-06-07 13:39:25: Running command: poclbm.exe --user=xxxxxxxxxxxxx --pass=xxxxxxxx -o bitcoin.lc -p 8080 -d0 --verbose --platform 1 2011-06-07 13:39:25: Listener for "lc" started 2011-06-07 13:39:31: Listener for "lc": 07/06/2011 13:39:31, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 2011-06-07 13:39:34: Listener for "lc": 07/06/2011 13:39:34, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 2011-06-07 13:39:37: Listener for "lc": 07/06/2011 13:39:37, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 2011-06-07 13:39:41: Listener for "lc": 07/06/2011 13:39:41, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 2011-06-07 13:39:44: Listener for "lc": 07/06/2011 13:39:44, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 2011-06-07 13:39:47: Listener for "lc": 07/06/2011 13:39:47, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 2011-06-07 13:39:50: Listener for "lc": 07/06/2011 13:39:50, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 2011-06-07 13:39:54: Listener for "lc": 07/06/2011 13:39:54, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 2011-06-07 13:39:57: Listener for "lc": 07/06/2011 13:39:57, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 2011-06-07 13:40:00: Listener for "lc": 07/06/2011 13:40:00, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC Title: Re: "Connecting" need help :/ Post by: PhoenixUK on June 07, 2011, 08:51:29 PM OK, adding the device bit to slush pools seems to got it working and as website updated the estimated reward looks like it's all fine.
On the other hand it still doesn't connect to the other one, I'll stick to this one for now I guess. Thanks all for help ! |