Irrelevant without a product to ship

Are you sure about this part? Because everything you just said doesn't make sense with the info given in the first post. There are sample command lines given in the first post, complete with options for adjusting frequency and stuff.

If you're not using cgminer with VH's driver from the first post of this thread, the 2Pac stick won't work. I don't know what compatibility requirements there are between cgminer and your work source, but first make sure you're using the right cgminer.

What software are you running locally to generate work?

What version of cgminer are you trying to run the stick with?

Just like any other miner in existence, it only functions with a pool - or some other source of work. Do you have any local pool or node setup? Instead of asking for help with the stick itself, maybe you should research the hows of solo mining.

For the record - that's not something I've ever set up so I don't know the details. If you want to solomine, the easiest thing most folks do is point cgminer to solo.ckpool

You've already asked the question once, in the right place. I don't think you provided enough coherent information to get much of an answer, so maybe you should go back over there and elaborate on your problem instead of posting here and way the heck off topic.

2Pac support thread - read the first post. If you ask any questions there that are already answered in the first post, you'll get made fun of.

(because if you have a second machine you don't have to stop and reboot every time you need to go back to your Mac stuff)

Almost certainly not.

The short answer - no. The long answer involves searching to see if your question has already been asked and answered about eighty-five times already, with a slight side-venture into what "ASIC" means.

Better to go to a local computer shop and pick up a decent used/refurb for half that. It's recycling, and also keeps money in the local economy, and also is cheaper.

Read the first post.

Have you tried compiling without Icarus support? You don't need it for either Gekkoscience stick, VH's driver is better. Might be causing conflicts in the detection process.

Everyone who's paid, your sticks are shipping out today. PM me with your ZIP code if you want tracking.

I was waitng for NotFuzzyWarm to weigh in, but that was pretty good too.

Depends a lot on your "wear and tear". Stock settings, adequate cooling - could be years. High overclock and no fan - days, maybe hours.

Also, if you've messaged me once already and I haven't gotten back to you, I'm probably just busy so please be patient. Unless it's been a week or so, in which case the message could be lost. But if it's only been a day or three, chalk it up to being busy.

Note that it's 10PM right now and I'm just now leaving work. Christmas is coming.

Still getting emails, still don't have capacity. Probably won't for a while.

Well there's your problem. You're trying to pull a full amp through the port and the Pi doesn't like it. That's why basically everyone uses a powered hub.