When it gets to 8 days, how long does it stay there? I've tried to DL the qt 3 times and then tried the .msi file and still won't sync up. Keeps getting stuck at 8-9 days behind even after I restart it. Someone please help, I can't figure out how to fix it.
Try using the "Rebuild Block Chain" option, it seems to fix just about everything for me. I can't find that option. My mining console won't start up and neither will the project console It's in the wallet to the right of "Projects" There's nothing to the right of projects in my wallet, and i tried the conf idea above and nothing is working because these things you guys say are supposed to be there aren't. You may have to download the latest 6.1 version; from gridcoin.us, download the MSI Prod version. You should see a button "Rebuild Block Chain" on the main screen. Rob H. I don't see a 6.1 version on the site, even the beta is 5.7? - I downloaded from here and it is the latest version. |
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Yeah, try the lodctr /r from an elevated prompt first, and restart gridcoin-qt.
Thanks,
Rob H.
Sorry, last question, should I close my current instance of Gridcoin before doing lodctr /r |
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Ok, I have a new error today, my "Boinc Processing Power" never displays higher than 50% usage even though BOINC is using 100% of my cpu.
Bob, do you have more than 1000 avg daily credits showing? Does your Boinc thread count match the screen thread count? Also, try a : lodctr /r and restart and see if that changes anything. Thanks, Rob H. Hi Rob, I show: Boinc Processing Power: 50
Boinc Thread Count: 0
Boinc Avg Daily Credits:4063 Do you want me to do "lodctr /r" from Command Prompt or from the debug console...? Also, when you say "restart" should I restart the client or restart my pc? Thanks! ***Edit*** I've also just noticed that my mining module is displaying "..." for "Boinc Block" even though Boinc is running and doing work... |
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Ok, I have a new error today, my "Boinc Processing Power" never displays higher than 50% usage even though BOINC is using 100% of my cpu.
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I've tried to DL the qt 3 times and then tried the .msi file and still won't sync up. Keeps getting stuck at 8-9 days behind even after I restart it. Someone please help, I can't figure out how to fix it.
Try using the "Rebuild Block Chain" option, it seems to fix just about everything for me. I can't find that option. My mining console won't start up and neither will the project console It's in the wallet to the right of "Projects" |
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I've tried to DL the qt 3 times and then tried the .msi file and still won't sync up. Keeps getting stuck at 8-9 days behind even after I restart it. Someone please help, I can't figure out how to fix it.
Try using the "Rebuild Block Chain" option, it seems to fix just about everything for me. |
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Syncing Update:
6.0 seems to be going relatively good, breaking the problem up into 2 pieces:
1) Not able to sync even after restarting Gridcoin <----------- I believe 6.0 fixed this one
2) Client stops talking to peers, 4500 internal gridcoin peers (debug log says Connection Failure) - Looks to user like a sync issue, but a restart fixes this.
If we can confirm #2 is the only issue left regarding syncing, Ill focus on #2 next.
Rob H.
where can i find release 6.0? thx! with 500kh/s i still can mine in solo? You should do fairly well on solo with 500 KH/s |
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Syncing Update:
6.0 seems to be going relatively good, breaking the problem up into 2 pieces:
1) Not able to sync even after restarting Gridcoin <----------- I believe 6.0 fixed this one
2) Client stops talking to peers, 4500 internal gridcoin peers (debug log says Connection Failure) - Looks to user like a sync issue, but a restart fixes this.
If we can confirm #2 is the only issue left regarding syncing, Ill focus on #2 next.
Rob H.
where can i find release 6.0? |
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Syncing Update:
6.0 seems to be going relatively good, breaking the problem up into 2 pieces:
1) Not able to sync even after restarting Gridcoin <----------- I believe 6.0 fixed this one
2) Client stops talking to peers, 4500 internal gridcoin peers (debug log says Connection Failure) - Looks to user like a sync issue, but a restart fixes this.
If we can confirm #2 is the only issue left regarding syncing, Ill focus on #2 next.
Rob H.
My sync issues seem to be gone but I am having problems where my client stops communicating with my miner which I assume is due to problem #2. It seems to be happening (at least for me) whenever I have found a block as my cgminer displays a found block and then immediately displays that "pool 0 is down" and caches the submission until it is stale, then it usually shows a few more new blocks and then "pool 0 is down" shows permanently until restart. |
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Please push the latest version of the source and if possible please try to keep the source current at all times because your downloads are being flagged as malicious by Google Chrome.
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They are most likely being flagged as malicious because you are packaging cgminer with the client, cgminer is technically a brute-force password cracker.
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For those having trouble with cgminer crashing constantly, please try adding this to your gridcoin.conf: closemineronexit=false
restartwallet=0 |
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All my wallet balances and transaction are way off with the new client. It is showing amounts on transactions that I have never done. Also the wallet is not showing anything mined after 12/5/2013. Very odd.
That is pretty weird that it's not showing your mined tx's... For the tx's you're seeing that you never created, are they perhaps the beacon tx's for cpu mining...? |
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Merry X-mas everyone!
Just wanted to let Rob know I woke up this morning to find my client stalled again with the latest version.
My cgminer shows that it had a rejected block, three new blocks passed after that and then that is where the client stalled at, so it seems to be the same situation that someone else was having earlier.
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I can confirm that my external instance of cgminer is no longer crashing. I still get a bit of lag on intensity 13 with the internal miner so I'm scared to try my usual 18. For now I am using the external miner, I am gong to do some last minute Christmas shopping and when I return I will experiment with the higher intensity settings.
For now though, it does appear (at least to me) that the external miner crashes are over.
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Version 5.8.3 (1.1.4.4) is available for download:
You can type "upgrade" from the RPC for this version.
The following changes have been made:
1. We disabled the blockchain snapshot feature in hopes after block 36775 and a 51% majority upgrade the root sync issue will be fixed, and to alleviate the cgminer restart problem.
2. Fixed the communication with the cgminer API.
3. Added a CGMiner monitor checkbox, that will automatically restart the API if your mh/s drops to zero; it is checked once every 5 minutes.
4. Added a 25 second delay to initialize the miners so that the client can start quicker and smoother.
5. Fixed the close guiminer/close cgminer bug (IE we start the API once and only once, and monitor it once every 5 minutes).
Rob H.
PS - TribalBob-- The snapshot feature was the culprit for the Cgminer close problem; please try this version. Also, the sluggishness bug "should" be fixed in this version; please update us.
We still have to wait for block 36775 to pass with 50% upgrading before we know for sure; lets cross our fingers.
Wow, that was quick! Good work Rob! The communication problem with the API being fixed should theoretically repair the sluggishness as well, correct...? ***Edit*** Wow, just realized you specifically mentioned that already, lol... Not sure how I missed it, sorry... |
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Also, my external cgminer is still crashing every 10 - 15 minutes even with "restartwallet=0" set.
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Ok, I'm not sure why, but my cgminer instance still causes my desktop to become very sluggish when I launch cgminer from inside the client... I will be working on troubleshooting this today...
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Can you push the latest version of the source, thanks!
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Ok, if I set the intensity lower (13) on the internal miner the sluggishness mostly goes away, but then I only get ~10Kh/s. I normally run cgminer on intensity of 18 with no problems.
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Reproduced: You found it! We are storing a mined stale block that does not validate the boinchash as an orphan; its propogating and getting stuck at the end of the blocks table. The only workaround is to re-sync. I think this is the whole problem. I'll fix this and test now; will release a fix as soon as it is tested!
Thanks for finding this!
Rob H.
I am about 99% sure this will be the cause. Well done COINPRADER! |
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I am trying to understand the BOINC projects panel in the client display. It seems to come preloaded with the names of five projects, a couple of which I sometimes use but have not been accepting tasks from in recent months. The WCG is not among them, and it happens to be the project I spend all my BOINC time on recently. Anyway, is this list customizable, and if so are there instructions for it somewhere that I have overlooked?
Please forgive my bumping this part of my earlier post. I'm still trying to make sense of the BOINC projects panel. I've found old tutorials, but they only show how to set up new BOINC project accounts (assuming that users are new to BOINC) and they refer only to project names hard-coded in the panel. My situation differs somewhat. I've been using BOINC through BAM since 2009 and my projects were in place before I set up Gridcoin. I've found advice to add projects to the project panel but I've not found a way to do it. Also, the information I've seen advises replacing project IDs at each individual BOINC project home page with a Gridcoin payout addy. This seems onerous and would negate the advantage of dealing with BOINC projects through BAM. Does it really have to be like that or am I finding outdated advice? In summary: Is it necessary to use the project panel at all to mine Gridcoin and get credit for BOINC activity? If so, is there an up-to-date tutorial link, especially one that shows how to enter pre-existing BOINC project data? Is it really a requirement to enter a Gridcoin payout ID on each relevant BOINC project's home page? If so, explanation might make it a more palatable requirement. Thanks - I'm getting there - I'm in the top 1% of BOINC users so I'd really like to help the Gridcoin effort.  I should have linked this for you yesterday, sorry about that: https://cryptocointalk.com/topic/1922-cpu-mining-tutorialtopic/That link will explain what to do with the projects listed. For the moment I believe those projects are the only ones which are eligible for the cpu mining pool but I think there are plans to add more. For the time being, you can join just those projects or you can join other projects as well, it will not hurt your ability to solve blocks and get rewarded, but I think it may detract from your cpu mining earnings... |
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People having issues with guiminer... do you have guiminer running inside the client or separately? I have it running inside the client's Mining Console and it hasn't given me a problem yet.
So if you're running it outside, do this to run it in the Mining Console. Just make a copy of your guiminer folder, and put it into your AppData\Roaming\Gridcoin folder and make sure its named guiminer.
If you're running it inside the client and it's giving you problems, have you tried executing it separately? I know when Gridcoin starts up, it closes any instances of guiminer already running but I think if you open guiminer while Gridcoin is already running it should be fine.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the external miners because my external instance of cgminer is crashing every 10 - 15 minutes, I'm sure Rob will have it figured out in no time once he sees the thread. |
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