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Ok so I logged into the Command Line version of ubuntu 10.10 and re-entered sudo aticonfig --initial --adapter=all
No errors were shown, and upon re-booting I am met with the exact same all black screen.
It does look as though something is (quickly) trying to start twice and then forcing me into the black console screen.
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More than likely your Xorg configuration file is not being generated correctly causing the Xserver to crash on start-up and then sends you into CLI on next boot ...?
... you can display it's contents from the command line with a
$less /etc/X11/xorg.conf
it gets changed when you do the
$sudo aticonfig --initial --adapter=all
make sure you do this in a newly opened terminal or the environment variables may not be correct .... also if you have only 1 GPU in your set-up do only the
$sudo aticonfig --initial
Thanks for that MOA. Not sure if the problem is caused because I re-arranged the cards after updating or because I updated the operating system. I have a 5870 and a 5970 plugged into the machine in question. Just recently moved PCIe slots for the 5970 though. Should I maybe add sudo aticonfig --initial --adapter=all to my .bashrc file??? And what is the harm in adding --adapter=all to a command when/if I only have 1 GPU? |
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Hi, I'm wondering is it possible to mine using the Amazon cloud services? Maybe would not be economical if it's possible but there is a free tier - so could possibly use that for free and get some free coins by mining. http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/#pricingFree Tier*
As part of AWS’s Free Usage Tier, new AWS customers can get started with Amazon EC2 for free. Upon sign-up, new AWS customers receive the following EC2 services each month for one year:
750 hours of EC2 running Linux/Unix Micro instance usage
750 hours of Elastic Load Balancing plus 15 GB data processing
10 GB of Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS) plus 1 million IOs, 1 GB snapshot storage, 10,000 snapshot Get Requests and 1,000 snapshot Put Requests
15 GB of bandwidth in and 15 GB of bandwidth out aggregated across all AWS services Is it possible? What do you think? Tried it. Free tier will give you ~3-4 MHash/sec after the first minute or two. |
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Written in PHP + MySQL???  I know that's asking a lot... but seriously: Anybody know of an open sourced pool mining software or have any idea to go about making one? Imagine thousands of bitcoin pools of just a few friends, that would be a great distribution of wealth. That's what xf2.org does... And yes, we use open source pool mining software. Nice! So the software does exist? It's just in v0.3 at the moment? |
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I want a custom sound file to play when I generate a block on windows. 10btc Bounty.
awesome. Now what is an appropriate sound for a bitcoin block? A cash register ? Depending on your miner you might not hear the sound for a long time.  How about one of the casino/lottery winning sound bytes? Those things were specially created to make you feel elated when you hear them, and people already associate it with money. Some kind of fast, high pitched, major arpeggio would be good. |
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Holy shit, eh!? 20 discs? Aren't they like $10 each? Maybe you might get 5 for $10, but most every dremel bit seemed to be $10-$15 at home depot. I normally buy the augers where you replace just the disc, just had a look and my pack has 36, I can't remember what I paid but it was more like $5-10 for that many. The auger was part of a larger pack, but think they're something like $10 in a pack with 3 or so discs. These are called "Cut-Off Wheel No. 409". There's also EZ-Lock products that are excellent for steel (got mine free as part of an online promotion) and more convenient to change but I wouldn't use them on plastic because they're a bit dear as well. See how you go but those solid grinding pieces don't seem to be so good for plastic, they just clog up too fast so better to use the cheaper replaceable discs. ETA - Just had a look and those have a list price of $6.76 at Amazon (they sell for $5.29) and while they don't recommend them for "sanding" they do seem to work well that way for plastic, and it doesn't feel so bad to have just ruined something that's only 20 cents odd. I started out with the cutting discs, but found they (the free ones provided in the dremel 4000) were a bit too think to make a proper incision without grinding away the metal connectors. Pretty sure I botched one of the cables so far using the discs I ended up doing the rest of the cables with a small steel star-shaped grinder. It's only about 2mm wide and is great to make the necessary grooves. Will show with pictures soon. Sidenote: Why would manufacturers limit themselves to creating x1 only cables in the first place!? Surely it would be more profitable to use less plastic and allow all sizes of PCIe boards to fit, no? |
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Anybody else notice this? After following the instructions here: http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3356.msg47489#msg47489 and re-booting my computer... I am asked to enter the username and password via a command line interface and no ubuntu desktop is ever shown. I have a feeling it has something to do with the fact that we are removing video drivers in the beginning of the tutorial maybe? Third time I will be re-installing ubuntu now because of it. I suspect it might have something to do with automatic upgrades as well? Any harm in turning automatic upgrades off completely? |
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When grinding plastic the high speed of a Dremel can cause it to melt easily and if that happens you'll quickly ruin the grinding discs, so try to go about it pretty slowly and give it a bit of time to cool. If it's an Easter project and your local hardware store will be closed make sure you have a spare pack of 20 or so cutting discs, you might be suprised how many you can go through with plastic. It will also stink and/or throw about plastic dust particles so it would be best to setup a vice outside to avoid grief from any significant others  . Holy shit, eh!? 20 discs? Aren't they like $10 each? Maybe you might get 5 for $10, but most every dremel bit seemed to be $10-$15 at home depot. I was thinking that the cutting discs seemed to be of pretty poor quality. They are already falling apart/chipping just from being jossled around in the box during shipping/purchasing process. Already got the vice and an old table waiting outside for a sunny day to do it on. Thanks for the tips, I will be sure to go slowly as to not burn the plastic too badly. These bastards took like 3 weeks to arrive. |
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dust mask and safety glasses  And take lots of pictures so you can write up a tutorial for us  Good idea! I will charge my camera now... I have been waiting for 2 days now so I can do this outside because of all the dust I anticipate it will create. And the guy at the store warned me about safety glasses too, got some, check! |
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Is there not a windows 2008 specific installation file rather than a windows 7?
What architecture are you running? 32 or 64 bit?
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You can't exactly force "Fast News" though...
I have noticed a lot of posts to hackers news recently, and a lot of them getting hammered in the comments by people who are sick of it's constant re-submissions.
People do read those comments you know. And it does hurt.
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Shhhhhhhhhh.... we all CAN advertise here for free right now!
Simply visit the correct section of the forum and post your wares.
I am pretty sure that the forum owner's least concern is paying for server bills.
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Does anybody realize that all of the "nays" are short sighted and shortly written? Like "nope, it's a scam for sure".
Whilst all of the "yays" are well thought out, well written, and well researched?
I'm quite sure one can tell who's right from that aspect alone.
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I'm going to be grinding away the edges of some PCIe x1 extension cables tomorrow with it. Hopefully to plug in 4x5870s into a 890fx MOBO.
Anybody have any comments/suggetsions/ideas?
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But if you do happen to produce a valid address, the money will be sent there, and whoever owns that address will get the money, if no one owns it, the money will be "lost"; there is a small chance someone in the future will create a new address that will match that typo, in that case, that person will "find" the money.
If by "small chance" you mean that every single person on earth doing this continuously until the end of our universe is still unlikely to "find" it, then sure. So the answer is that the money truly would be "lost in transmission" then. Some sort of bitcoin purgatory if you will? It wouldn't be 'lost' we'd all know there were coins assigned to that address, it's just that no one will ever have the key to unlock that address. Ok so not lost then, but irretrievable. I always hated that show anyways. |
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Agreed. I have SMF. Quite an odd choice for a forum CMS imho!
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Speaking as a medical marijuana patient in California, I would like to take a moment to say that I love my state and all the freedoms it allows me. (even though we are in extreme debt)
Happy 4 20.
-EP
And a good one to you too buddy. Where you from? *exhales* On a funny related side-note: I was walking around in downtown Toronto today... had a bum ask me if I "had a half-quarter to spare" - which is an 8th for any of you americans out there I instantly said no, as I heard "quarter" in my robotic mind, and then began cracking up a few steps later and gave the dude $5. Dude probably made a killing today with that line in downtown Toronto, Canada on 4/20. |
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Ok a little confused now. Is this a music track or a podcast?! Beats aren't bad though!
Edit: Listened to all 51 odd minutes of it! Good stuff, keep it up! I was just talking about that bitcoin transaction latency problem the other day and it was quickly solved with your interviewee's same answer.
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Listening now, nice intro so far |
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