Hey everyone. Before making an investment in a mining rig I want to make sure I can configure my normal computer to pool mine properly. I created an account and miner on BTCguild and bitclocker and have the same issue for both pools. the program seems to initially connect fine, and it's processing about 4 MHash/s, but the console says "Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2" multiple times. My Mhash rate fluctuates minimally around 4, and this error just pops up over and over. I only saw a message that BTCguild accepted my share once, right after starting up GUIMiner, but I haven't seen that again. When I log into BTC guild I have 2 shares and on bitclockers I have 8, even though I only saw it accept once. The one time I saw it accept, when I checked BTC guild it said my speed was 4.77. Although it shows 2 shares now, my speed says 0.00. I've tried searching for this problem but the people I find with this error are trying to solo mine.
here's my console log in GUIMiner:
2011-08-08 18:31:17: Running command: poclbm.exe --user=XXXX --pass=XXXX -o pool.bitclockers.com -p 8332 --device=0 --platform=0 --verbose
2011-08-08 18:31:17: Listener for "Default" started
2011-08-08 18:31:18: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:31:18, Setting pool XXXX @ pool.bitclockers.com:8332
2011-08-08 18:31:20: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:31:20, Using new LP URL /LP
2011-08-08 18:31:20: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:31:20, LP connected to pool.bitclockers.com:8332
2011-08-08 18:32:14: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:32:14, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:33:10: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:33:10, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:34:07: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:34:07, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:34:31: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:34:31, long poll: new block 000007d6fe0ee0a6
2011-08-08 18:34:37: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:34:37, Using new LP URL /LP
2011-08-08 18:34:37: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:34:37, LP connected to pool.bitclockers.com:8332
2011-08-08 18:35:32: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:35:32, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:36:29: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:36:29, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:37:25: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:37:25, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:37:43: Listener for "Default" shutting down
2011-08-08 18:38:07: Running command: poclbm.exe --user=XXXX --pass=XXXX -o uswest.btcguild.com -p 8332 --device=0 --platform=0 --verbose
2011-08-08 18:38:07: Listener for "Default" started
2011-08-08 18:38:08: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:38:08, Setting pool XXXX @ uswest.btcguild.com:8332
2011-08-08 18:38:09: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:38:09, Using new LP URL /LP
2011-08-08 18:38:09: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:38:09, LP connected to uswest.btcguild.com:8332
2011-08-08 18:39:03: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:39:03, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:39:59: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:39:59, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:40:56: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:40:56, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:41:52: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:41:52, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:42:48: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:42:48, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:43:45: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:43:45, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:44:41: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:44:41, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:45:24: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:45:24, long poll exception:
2011-08-08 18:45:25: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:45:25, Using new LP URL /LP
2011-08-08 18:45:25: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:45:25, LP connected to uswest.btcguild.com:8332
2011-08-08 18:45:38: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:45:38, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:46:34: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:46:34, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:47:30: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:47:30, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:48:27: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:48:27, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:49:23: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:49:23, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:50:19: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:50:19, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:51:16: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:51:16, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:52:12: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:52:12, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:53:09: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:53:09, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:54:05: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:54:05, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:55:01: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:55:01, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:55:57: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:55:57, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:56:54: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:56:54, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:57:50: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:57:50, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:58:46: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:58:46, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 18:59:43: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 18:59:43, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 19:00:39: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 19:00:39, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 19:01:35: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 19:01:35, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 19:02:31: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 19:02:31, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 19:03:28: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 19:03:28, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-08 19:04:24: Listener for "Default": 08/08/2011 19:04:24, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
My computer is running Windows 7 and has an NVIDIA GPU. I haven't done any particular configuration beyond setting up my accounts for those two pools, then running GUIMiner. I haven't set any extra flags either.
-How do I fix this error? And If everything was working properly, how fast can I expect my shares accumulate at my speed of 4 MHash/s? I know it's not enough to really make any money, I just want to make sure I can easily get everything working before buying any components for a rig.
EDIT: The program and website for BTC guild now say 2 more shares were accepted after letting GUIMiner run for a few minutes, though I don't see the accepts in my console. The BTC guild website says my speed is 9.5 now.
