[permanent ban]

It should come as no surprise to any bitcoin user that there is alot of stigma out there about bitcoin and the people that use it. I recently ran into some of this first hand.

I participate in a multitude of different forums, and today decided to try and get some users interested in bitcoin. I created a new thread and advertised that I would send anyone who adopted the currency (just downloading the client) a free 0.01 BTC. I provided all proper links to documentation, and quotations to explain what bitcoin is. My post was met with dismissal and accusations of advertising a scam. A moderator even posted that "This is little to no different than a chain letter or pyramid scheme. Those get permanent bans. Are you SURE that you want to advertise it?". His non-obligatory posted warning was generous, and I commend him for doing so (tho I couldn't make use of it because I left to check the temperatures of my rig after posting the thread).

I have been a member of said forum for over 4 years, and I was given a permanent ban. It took 6 volleys back and forth between the moderator and I in private messages to have the ban reduced.

My point, look at the stigma bitcoin has, "This is little to no different than a chain letter or pyramid scheme". The name has been poisoned, this will have to improve before it can possibly meet mainstream adoption.

Hey everyone, I'm new here (these forums), that is why this is being posted in this section.

I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 with an AMD/ATI Radeon 6990 (soon to be 2 6990s). I use poclbm with Catalyst version 11.8 and AMD APP SDK version 2.5. I'm using Gnome and Compiz as my desktop & window manager.

My problem is: Whenever I mine with both cores at the same time, my OS locks up and I have to hard reset. My OS also locks up if I leave a single core mining for a period of time. I get about 10 seconds of mining time on both cores before it freezes (I do get shares on both cores during this time), and up to 30 seconds or a minute with just one core running.

How I invoke poclbm (through a shell script):

Code:

echo "#started 1#"
export DISPLAY=:0
echo "changing directories..."
cd /home/teal/phoenix/python-jsonrpc/poclbm
./poclbm.py http://USER_NAME:PASSWORD@deepbit.net:8332 -v -w 128 -f 10 -d 1

I have to use the line "export DISPLAY=:0" for poclbm to see both GPU cores (aticonfig can see both). I use a much higher frame (-f) parameter for adapter "0" to leave resources for running my display.


I hope someone has some advice for me as I've exhausted my own means to solve this. I'm happy to provide any more relative information. I will be back from work at 8:30 (EST), any help would be appreciated.