Another thing, if its going to be a headless miner, you should probably create some auto startup scripts. I use something like the below:
Create a file called mine.sh in your home directory containing something like this:
#!/bin/sh
export DISPLAY=:0
export GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT=100
export GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1
cd /[** insert path to cgminer director **]
./cgminer -o [mining pool url] -u [username] -p [password] [*insert all your cgminer options*]
Create a file called launch_miner.sh in your home directory containing something like this:
#!/bin/bash
DEFAULT_DELAY=0
if [ "x$1" = "x" -o "x$1" = "xnone" ]; then
DELAY=$DEFAULT_DELAY
else
DELAY=$1
fi
sleep $DELAY
su YOUR_USERNAME -c "screen -dmS cgm /[*insert path to home directory*]/mine.sh"
make sure launch_miner.sh is executable (chmod +x launch_miner.sh)
Then you can make it run automatically at startup:
sudo nano /etc/rc.local
and add this line above the line that says "exit 0":
/[*insert path to home directory*]/launch_miner.sh 30 &
And, add an alias to make it easy to check on cgminer...
sudo nano .bashrc
and add this line above the last section (that starts with "# enable program completion...")
alias cgm='screen -x cgm'
If you do this, and have auto login enabled on the miner, then whenever it starts up it will automatically start mining after a 30 second delay. If you ssh in to it, all you have to do is use the command cgm and you will be able to see cgminer.
Another recommendation, go into the bios of the machine and turn on the automatic power on after power loss. That way if the machine ever loses power, it will automatically come back on and start mining again.
