You can have a backup pool using the -f switch; see the FAQ in the first post for details. I'm not interested in implementing anything more complicated because I don't want to clutter the interface. I am using GUI-Miner and i want to have a feature built in.
Pool-Switching in case when a pool is down. (Time-based after 2 retries for about 20 seconds, editable, favourites, etc.)
Is it possible to include this in one of your next releases?
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I think you're probably right. I don't add the rpcallowip=* when creating the bitcoin.conf, and the old version I'm using now of the client (0.3.20) doesn't require it. I'll try updating my client and look into it for the next version  kiv,
i am not sure if this will help or not but i think by default the bitcoin program does not
allow connections on 127.0.0.1 by default in server mode. I was playing around with your
older version of guiminer on XP and had bitcoin installed. I used your program to create a solo
password and it created the bitcoin.conf file but did not add rpcallowip-all or whatever it is
line in the conf file.
Until I added that guiminer would not connect. I have to wonder if you had your program add
that line or check for it when running in server mode for the first time it would stop the cannot
connect/rpc issue we see here all the time.
but perhaps i am wrong.. dunno. just tossing it out there.
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That's a first... you could try moving the miner folder somewhere outside Program Files. The only thing I can think right now is that the program isn't allowed to access Program Files for some reason. I did everything OP said and this is what showed up when I clicked the .exe  Damn. |
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A new version of the miner is available; I've updated the download link on the first post, or you can get it here: guiminer-20110609.exe (self-extracting archive)Changes: - Fix bug where Deepbit API was disabled. - Update BTC Guild url to contain www. This fixes the API functionality. - Added "start GUI minimized" option. - Added separate menu options to create different miner types (Phoenix, puddinpop, ufasoft). - Added Donation menu. I realize that the translations are now slightly out of date since I added new menu items in this version. Please be patient while I work with the translators to update things; or if you want send me an updated translation file and I'll include it |
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Thanks, fixed Hye Kiv, The "click to donate" amounts are wrong, When i went to donate .1btc, I was linked to a "pay .01" link
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Last version lacks API functionality for deepbit. Is it intended?
Nope, this slipped by. the url for BTCguild needs updating. the www. is required or the site pitches an error page at you, rather than the expected JSON data, breaking the balance fetching.
Good catch. I'll put an update out today with these fixes. |
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Just make sure the console tab is open, then you can start the miner from the miner's tab (or the summary tab). As long as the console tab has been opened it'll log everything that happens.
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A big thanks to everyone who donated for this! We didn't quite reach the 20 BTC, but the exchange rate went up enough in the meantime that I felt fairly compensated I've merged the Phoenix code into the main GUIMiner and it's now part of the latest release in the main GUIMiner thread. |
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Hey everyone! A new version of the miner is available; I've updated the download link on the first post, or you can get it here: guiminer-20110608.exe (self-extracting archive)Changes: - Support Phoenix miner backend and phatk kernel, which is slightly faster than poclbm on some graphics cards. Thanks to all who donated for this. - Support ufasoft CPU miner backend. Thanks to thebaba for contributing code for this. - Add Chinese language translation. Thanks to Dean Lee for contributing this. - Add German language translation. Thanks to Liikaa for contributing this. - Add French language translation. Thanks to Cramoisan Florian for contributing this. - Add Hungarian language translation. Thanks to Underyx for contributing this. - Support multiple OpenCL platforms in the device dropdown (previously you had to use the --platform flag). - Deepbit server location updated to pit.deepbit.net. I really want to give a big thanks to everyone who helped out with this release I even had multiple people volunteering to do the same language translation, so thanks to everyone who offered even if it wasn't accepted; I'll keep you in mind if the translation ever needs an update. |
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much appreciated. thanks for basically holding my noob hand through this  ive got ann account on the correct pool so once it says "starting..." is there anything more i need to do? If it's working correctly you'll see something like "150 MHash/sec" on the status bar of the tab. If it just hangs forever on "starting" then there might be an issue with your drivers or your setup. If you could open up the Console tab and then start the miner up, it might show a helpful error message. |
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Glad I could make your life easier ^_^ Remember to donate even a little bit if you're enjoying the program (it's good karma!) Just wanted to say hats off to Kiv, this really does make it easier. I was running and older rig prob 2.5 years old or more with dual nvidia 9800 GT's and could only get 25 mhash/sec per card. I just installed a Diamond ATI HD 6950 and after some driver wiping and installing was able to get the thing online and operating at a healthy 300Mhash/sec. Man, these new gen cards are freaking huge................. Now that I know I can get the hashrate, time to take it up a notch and go for a 1.5 rig........ Peace out  DKN |
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A list of many popular cards is here. The CUDA mining software is also conveniently built in to GUIMiner. You'll need to do: File -> New Other Miner -> puddinpop -> rpcminer-cuda I don't have a CUDA card handy to give you any more steps, but if you have any trouble with it post back and someone will help you You have to use cuda mining with NVidia, and it won't be worth it because nvidia cards don't mine at a rate that makes up for the enrgy consumption, and besides on a laptop.
ah, i see, well thank you for the advice. Im curious though, how does one learn which cards are good for mining and what rate they mine and their energy cost? and also, if i were to use my nvidia card for cuda mining anyway, where would i acquire the necessary software? |
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Hard to say, could be a driver issue. What version of Windows are you using and what graphics card and drivers?
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Had a great experience, very quick and painless. Would trade again |
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You can try mining with a pool rather than solo and see if that makes a difference. You'll know for sure it is working if the mining pool website shows that you are active and have submitted shares. hi guys, i'm very new to that whole bitcoin mining stuff. i was just stopping by to ask wheather this issue that guiminer does not recognize any hashes of the CUDA-miner was solved within the current version or not. i'm asking because i still have that problem. every other miner works, got as many Mhash/s as my card is expected to do and with every miner, guiminer shows me the Accepted hashs except for the CUDA-miner, where the status of the Accepted hashs remains 0. So my question is: Does the CUDA-miner actually work and guiminer does not recognize the hashes or is there a problem with the CUDA-miner itself? I really want to use the CUDA-miner becase its gettin' me ~20Mhash/s more than the default one.
Many thanks in advance for any help!
btw: my commandline for the CUDA-miner is:
rpcminer-cuda.exe -user=xxx -password=xxx -url=http://localhost -gpu -gpugrid=96 -gputhreads=1024
Console stops after telling me that the allocating of the CUDA resources ist done.
so long
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Yes, you would see that in the miner's tab on the status bar, something like "Blocks: 1". But solo mining has such a low chance now that I haven't heard of anyone actually solving a block with GUIMiner hey Kiv, when mining solo, does guiminer report to the user when it has solved a block?
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Hi all, due to popular demand I'm preparing a version of GUIMiner that uses Phoenix as the back end. It supports all features of Phoenix including the phatk kernel, which provides higher performance than poclbm on some video cards.  I've created a separate topic for this version of the miner, so please direct any discussion about it to this thread. |
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EDIT: The bounty is finished, thanks to everyone's donations Phoenix support is now available to all. I still encourage new users to donate if the Phoenix support was helpful to you.
Hi all, due to popular demand I'm preparing a version of GUIMiner that uses Phoenix as the back end. It supports all features of Phoenix including the phatk kernel, which provides higher performance than poclbm on some video cards. I've decided to try a bounty approach for a change, here's how it works: - Anyone who donates 1 BTC or more (NOTE: was 2 BTC but the price of BTC spiked so I'm decreasing it) will be emailed a development version of the GUI with Phoenix & phatk support. This version is ready to use and has been running stable on my machine, but it might contain bugs I haven't found yet. - Once total donations reach 20 BTC, I'll fix any issues that came up and then it will be released to everyone free of charge, just like the previous GUIMiner. You can send the coins to: 12LE5XsBr3BgdWcgmyV4LHKhFXdHn8UBj6 and then PM me with your email address and I'll send you a link to the new GUI. If you'd prefer a unique address to send coins to, PM me requesting one and I'll send you a unique address. How to use:Run GUIMiner as usual, then go File -> New other miner and navigate up one directory and pick phoenix.exe. Then enter your info as usual and start mining. For the Extra Flags you can enter any Phoenix flags such as VECTORS or -k phatk (see above screenshot) for an example, or see the Phoenix thread for a full list of flags.
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If you have a legitimate use case for this, I would consider an option in my GUI to have no tray icon when minimized. But it seems more likely that you're just trying to be unethical with this. Prove me wrong and we'll talk |
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If you're using OpenCL for GPU mining (the default), there are two options for you. The -f flag decreases the minor priority, try a value like -f60 or higher and see if that lets other processes run. If that doesn't give acceptable performance try the -s flag with a value like -s0.01 or higher which forces the miner to sleep in between runs. Let me know if this works for you or not is there no way to limit peak saturation of GPU ? [preferably with "10%" step] :/
cuz default uncomfortable in some configurations[miners can't watch video, use videoconferencing, watch youtube and do rest nonsense, usual for people :-] and ability to tweak that upon needs could be cool/handy, IMO :-)
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