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I had a computer shop build me a cheap $600 build around a ATI 5830 and just installed Ubuntu via USB, this computer does not have internet so everything is going on through USB.

If someone can be there as a sounding board for my issues I'd really appreciate it and I''ll give everything I have generated in Bitcoinplus.com over the last week. BTC0.01.

I put the file bitcoin-0.3.23-linux.tar.gz onto the USB, and see it in ubuntu when I plug it in. What are the next steps to take? Double clicking and Extracting are not getting it running.  Is it because I'm using the Natty version of Ubuntu and they aren't compatible?

I can help, but all you really need to do is read some guides that you can find on Google.

1) you will need internet. How else are you going to connect to the pool servers?
2) This may come as a surprise. That BTC0.01 in bitcoinplus.com; you can't withdraw it because there's a BTC0,01 fees to withdraw.

I just did the same thing 3 days ago using Ubuntu 11.04 and 2 5850s.  I can help you out, but like someone already mentioned, you will need an internet connection to mine and setting up phoenix and poclbm will be sooo much easier with internet access.

Thank you guys, I REALLY appreciate the help. Looks like if the fee for transfer BTC is my net wealth I can't pay :( I'm inifinitely intrigued by this community and hope to be a thriving member who can soon help others without a ghost of a chance - like me now lol.

I'm going to move my PC to another room and get it online with eithernet.  Please explain and I'll be ready to do it in a sec.

Here is an excellent guide to get it going:  http://forum.bitcoin.org/?topic=7514.0  The eclipsemc pool is where I do my mining, so this works perfectly.  I ran into a few issues after doing that tutorial, but I got it figured out with the help of Inaba, so I should be able to help you with them too.  Just follow that guide to install Phoenix and poclbm and let me know when you're done.

Okay connected to the Internet on my new mining PC, opened a terminal window and got the first 8 or so steps in. I've never done anything like this before.

Just an update, still typing away into the terminal but it says the following lines are not found:

I type: 32-bit 9. screen -d -m -S stream wget http://download2-developer.amd.com/amd/Stream20GA/ati-stream-sdk-v2.1-lnx32.tgz
It says: 32bit Command not found
I type: 64-bit 9. screen -d -m -S stream wget http://download2-developer.amd.com/amd/Stream20GA/ati-stream-sdk-v2.1-lnx64.tgz
It says: 64bit Command not found

Do you have a 32 or a 64 bit system?  Btw, don't type in "32-bit 9." or "64-bit 9."

Okay lol, I figured that out a bit too late.  Do I need to retype everything? At the last few commands it kept saying directories not found. Also I installed a 32bit Ubuntu and used a 32AMD, so I think thats 32bit

Yeah you should run through it again.  And when you get to the lines that give you and option between 32 and 64 bit setups, use the 32 bit option. 

So when you come to the first option (step 9) you should type:

     screen -d -m -S stream wget http://download2-developer.amd.com/amd/Stream20GA/ati-stream-sdk-v2.1-lnx32.tgz

And when you come to the next option (step 21 and 22) you should type:

     sudo sh -c 'echo "/opt/ati-stream-sdk-v2.1-lnx32/lib/x86/" >> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/local.conf'

     ./configure.py --cl-inc-dir=/opt/ati-stream-sdk-v2.1-lnx32/include/ --cl-lib-dir=/opt/ati-stream-sdk-v2.1-lnx32/lib/x86

Okay I got it all in and it all seemed to respond, giving it a shot now.

What pool are you mining with?

Not in a pool, I haven't even gotten the BitCoin program going. I just installed ubuntu before I typed all that afterall.

I am getting this message now

mypc@Boques:~$ cd poclbm
mypc@Boques:~/poclbm$ ./poclbm.py
No device specified or device not found, use -d to specify one of the following

•    AMD Sempron(tm) 140 Processor
[1]   Cypress

That means the program is installed and running.  I'm not quite sure how to solo mine using this setup and since the difficulty is so high lately, I would highly suggest using a pool.  The one I use is eclipsemc.com , but you can use others.  If you do want to use eclipse, I can walk you through it.

You really are the man :) I'm down for using eclipse.  On my other PC, running windows64 I ran the bitcoin.exe off the front page of bitcoin.org, is this not needed if I am doing things through terminals and pools like this?

The bitcoin.exe you downloaded is your wallet that you need to use to hold all the bitcoins you make.  You also need to make sure that wallet is secured.  There are several topics on the newbie forums that address wallet security.  When you work with a pool, you will get a share of bitcoins and then you can transfer those bitcoins you earn to your wallet.

The first thing you need to do is go to eclipsemc.com and register.  Once you register, you need to set up a worker.  You need as many workers as you have graphics cards on your machine.  Let me know once you're registered and have your workers set up.

You'll also want to register for the eclipsemc forums at:  https://eclipsemc.com/forums/forum.php  to become part of the community.

I've got an account and worker, I'll get into those forums.  Man I really do owe you for all this help, thanks so much.

You're welcome :)

Now open up a terminal in ubuntu and use "cd phoenix"  to change your directory.

Then type:

     ./phoenix.py -u http://yourusername_yourworkername:yourpassword@us.eclipse.com:8337 -k poclbm DEVICE=1 VECTORS

This should get you going, let me know how it works.

[01/07/2011 01:36:26] Phoenix r101 starting...
[01/07/2011 01:36:44] Failed to connect, retrying...
[0 Khash/sec] [0 Accepted] [0 Rejected] [RPC]

double checking my user/pass

Btw in:

     ./phoenix.py -u http://yourusername_yourworkername:yourpassword@us.eclipse.com:8337 -k poclbm DEVICE=1 VECTORS

The "yourpassword" should be the password you set for the worker.

Yeah, using that.  Still no good.  What does your program say where mine says failed to connect?  Maybe I'm using the wrong port?

You should see it start accepting shares and it should show you your current mining rate. 

Here is the exact command that I use:

     ./phoenix.py -u http://username_workername:password@us.eclipsemc.com:8337 -k poclbm DEVICE=1 VECTORS BFI_INT FASTLOOP=false AGGRESSION=8 WORKSIZE=128

I've got to get to sleep (work tomorrow).  But we'll get it working.  I'll check the forums again in the morning.

The first Bitcoins I get are going your way buddy! What took me soooooo long is that I didn't realize any of this terminal stuff could be copied and pasted LMAO, I think I thought myself coding just from retyping all that for 4 hours.

Anyway once I learned the copy/paste deal I started messing with it and got it working by leaving out the username.

Thanks a million.

I'm glad I could help :)  I look forward to seeing you in the eclipsemc forums!  Happy mining!

I don't mine at eclipsemc; but are you sure it's going to your account without the username? Just checking ...