Mining with 5970 and 6850 in the same machine (linux) [Resolved]

[lbeckm3]

Ok, pretty much banging my head against a wall here!  I started with this under Ubuntu Linux;

Card: 6850
Miner: Phoenix 1.6
Vid driver: 12.1
SDK: 2.1

Then I got a 5970 and had to switch things up, currently have;

Card: 5970
Miner: cgminer
Vid driver: 11.1
SDK: 2.5

Took some head scratching etc to get that working - main issue is one of the cores on the 5970 is bad!!  cgminer works fine on the one at around 330mh.  Thinking of getting return through the seller/Dell but not sure how to prove the other core is bad (all testing I did on XP with it shows it works fine - benchmarks etc.).  Anyway back to the issue at hand, I tossed in the 6850 and tried to start up cgminer with -d 2 to hit the 6850 and it doesn't exist, I get;

cgminer -o <mining pool url> -u <myuser> -p <mypass> -d 2 -D

 [2012-10-05 10:14:57] Started cgminer 2.7.6                    
 [2012-10-05 10:14:58] CL Platform 0 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.                    
 [2012-10-05 10:14:58] CL Platform 0 name: AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing                    
 [2012-10-05 10:14:58] CL Platform 0 version: OpenCL 1.1 AMD-APP-SDK-v2.5 (793.1)                    
 [2012-10-05 10:14:58] Platform 0 devices: 2                    
 [2012-10-05 10:14:58]  0       Cypress                    
 [2012-10-05 10:14:58]  1       Cypress                    
Command line options set a device that doesn't exist

but if I do a listing with aticonfig;

aticonfig --list-adapters
* 0. 03:00.0 ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series
  1. 04:00.0 ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series
  2. 05:00.0 AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series  

* - Default adapter

It shows it in there.  What am I missing here?  Thanks!!!

-Lyle

[crazyates]

Are you really using driver 11.1 with SDK 2.5? Update your driver.

[lbeckm3]

Are you really using driver 11.1 with SDK 2.5? Update your driver.

Ok I tried 12.1 and same result.
12.4 and SDK 2.5 segfaults  

Now on SDK 2.6 and 12.4 (8.963) and get this on 5970;

[2012-10-05 11:08:40] GPU0: invalid nonce - HW error                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] OCL NONCE 0 found in slot 11158                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] GPU0: invalid nonce - HW error                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] OCL NONCE 0 found in slot 11159                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] GPU0: invalid nonce - HW error                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] OCL NONCE 0 found in slot 11160                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] GPU0: invalid nonce - HW error                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] OCL NONCE 0 found in slot 11161                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] GPU0: invalid nonce - HW error                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] OCL NONCE 0 found in slot 11162                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] GPU0: invalid nonce - HW error                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] OCL NONCE 0 found in slot 11163                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] GPU0: invalid nonce - HW error  

probably due to the one bad core?  Not sure.  cgminer still doesn't see the 6850;

[2012-10-05 11:13:45] Started cgminer 2.7.6                    
 [2012-10-05 11:13:46] CL Platform 0 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.                    
 [2012-10-05 11:13:46] CL Platform 0 name: AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing                    
 [2012-10-05 11:13:46] CL Platform 0 version: OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (938.2)                    
 [2012-10-05 11:13:46] Platform 0 devices: 2                    
 [2012-10-05 11:13:46]    0   Cypress                    
 [2012-10-05 11:13:46]    1   Cypress                    
                
I will probably need to just step by step install driver and sdk until I get a combo that works.  The install order does matter right?  So SDK first then driver?

[Frequency]

Are you really using driver 11.1 with SDK 2.5? Update your driver.

Ok I tried 12.1 and same result.
12.4 and SDK 2.5 segfaults  

Now on SDK 2.6 and 12.4 (8.963) and get this on 5970;

[2012-10-05 11:08:40] GPU0: invalid nonce - HW error                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] OCL NONCE 0 found in slot 11158                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] GPU0: invalid nonce - HW error                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] OCL NONCE 0 found in slot 11159                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] GPU0: invalid nonce - HW error                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] OCL NONCE 0 found in slot 11160                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] GPU0: invalid nonce - HW error                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] OCL NONCE 0 found in slot 11161                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] GPU0: invalid nonce - HW error                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] OCL NONCE 0 found in slot 11162                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] GPU0: invalid nonce - HW error                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] OCL NONCE 0 found in slot 11163                    
 [2012-10-05 11:08:40] GPU0: invalid nonce - HW error  

probably due to the one bad core?  Not sure.  cgminer still doesn't see the 6850;

[2012-10-05 11:13:45] Started cgminer 2.7.6                    
 [2012-10-05 11:13:46] CL Platform 0 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.                    
 [2012-10-05 11:13:46] CL Platform 0 name: AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing                    
 [2012-10-05 11:13:46] CL Platform 0 version: OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (938.2)                    
 [2012-10-05 11:13:46] Platform 0 devices: 2                    
 [2012-10-05 11:13:46]    0   Cypress                    
 [2012-10-05 11:13:46]    1   Cypress                    
                
I will probably need to just step by step install driver and sdk until I get a combo that works.  The install order does matter right?  So SDK first then driver?

did you initializ the latest card?
maybe this will help
•aticonfig --lsa
•sudo aticonfig --adapter=all --initial

If everything went fine, reboot the computer by “sudo reboot”.
After that, check if everything works:

•sudo aticonfig --adapter=all --odgt

GL

[lbeckm3]

did you initializ the latest card?
maybe this will help
•aticonfig --lsa
•sudo aticonfig --adapter=all --initial

If everything went fine, reboot the computer by “sudo reboot”.
After that, check if everything works:

•sudo aticonfig --adapter=all --odgt

GL

Thanks for the suggestions!  I tried all those steps and seems like it sees everything ok;

Code:

aticonfig --adapter=all --odgt

Adapter 0 - ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series
            Sensor 0: Temperature - 82.50 C

Adapter 1 - ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series
            Sensor 0: Temperature - 82.00 C

Adapter 2 - AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series  
            Sensor 0: Temperature - 43.00 C

but when I launch cgminer (specifying "-d 2");

Code:

cgminer -o http://<url> -u <user> -p <pass> -d 2 -D
 [2012-10-07 13:10:49] Started cgminer 2.7.6                    
 [2012-10-07 13:10:50] CL Platform 0 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.                    
 [2012-10-07 13:10:50] CL Platform 0 name: AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing                    
 [2012-10-07 13:10:50] CL Platform 0 version: OpenCL 1.1 AMD-APP (898.1)                    
 [2012-10-07 13:10:50] Platform 0 devices: 1                    
 [2012-10-07 13:10:50] 	0	Cypress                    
Command line options set a device that doesn't exist

More info;

Code:

fglrxinfo
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series
OpenGL version string: 4.2.11554 Compatibility Profile Context



display: :0.0  screen: 1
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series
OpenGL version string: 4.2.11554 Compatibility Profile Context



display: :0.0  screen: 2
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series  
OpenGL version string: 4.2.11554 Compatibility Profile Context
=====================================
clinfo
Number of platforms:				 1
  Platform Profile:				 FULL_PROFILE
  Platform Version:				 OpenCL 1.1 AMD-APP (898.1)
  Platform Name:				 AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
  Platform Vendor:				 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
  Platform Extensions:				 cl_khr_icd cl_amd_event_callback cl_amd_offline_devices


  Platform Name:				 AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
Number of devices:				 2
  Device Type:					 CL_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU
  Device ID:					 4098
  Board name:					 ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series
  Device Topology:				 PCI[ B#3, D#0, F#0 ]
  Max compute units:				 20
  Max work items dimensions:			 3
    Max work items[0]:				 256
    Max work items[1]:				 256
    Max work items[2]:				 256
  Max work group size:				 256
  Preferred vector width char:			 16
  Preferred vector width short:			 8
  Preferred vector width int:			 4
  Preferred vector width long:			 2
  Preferred vector width float:			 4
  Preferred vector width double:		 2
  Native vector width char:			 16
  Native vector width short:			 8
  Native vector width int:			 4
  Native vector width long:			 2
  Native vector width float:			 4
  Native vector width double:			 2
  Max clock frequency:				 725Mhz
  Address bits:					 32
  Max memory allocation:			 134217728
  Image support:				 Yes
  Max number of images read arguments:		 128
  Max number of images write arguments:		 8
  Max image 2D width:				 8192
  Max image 2D height:				 8192
  Max image 3D width:				 2048
  Max image 3D height:				 2048
  Max image 3D depth:				 2048
  Max samplers within kernel:			 16
  Max size of kernel argument:			 1024
  Alignment (bits) of base address:		 2048
  Minimum alignment (bytes) for any datatype:	 128
  Single precision floating point capability
    Denorms:					 No
    Quiet NaNs:					 Yes
    Round to nearest even:			 Yes
    Round to zero:				 Yes
    Round to +ve and infinity:			 Yes
    IEEE754-2008 fused multiply-add:		 Yes
  Cache type:					 None
  Cache line size:				 0
  Cache size:					 0
  Global memory size:				 536870912
  Constant buffer size:				 65536
  Max number of constant args:			 8
  Local memory type:				 Scratchpad
  Local memory size:				 32768
  Kernel Preferred work group size multiple:	 64
  Error correction support:			 0
  Unified memory for Host and Device:		 0
  Profiling timer resolution:			 1
  Device endianess:				 Little
  Available:					 Yes
  Compiler available:				 Yes
  Execution capabilities:				 
    Execute OpenCL kernels:			 Yes
    Execute native function:			 No
  Queue properties:				 
    Out-of-Order:				 No
    Profiling :					 Yes
  Platform ID:					 0x7fb498bee480
  Name:						 Cypress
  Vendor:					 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
  Device OpenCL C version:			 OpenCL C 1.1 
  Driver version:				 CAL 1.4.1703
  Profile:					 FULL_PROFILE
  Version:					 OpenCL 1.1 AMD-APP (898.1)
  Extensions:					 cl_khr_fp64 cl_amd_fp64 cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_3d_image_writes cl_khr_byte_addressable_store cl_khr_gl_sharing cl_ext_atomic_counters_32 cl_amd_device_attribute_query cl_amd_vec3 cl_amd_printf cl_amd_media_ops cl_amd_popcnt cl_amd_meminfo


  Device Type:					 CL_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU
  Device ID:					 4098
  Board name:					 
  Max compute units:				 4
  Max work items dimensions:			 3
    Max work items[0]:				 1024
    Max work items[1]:				 1024
    Max work items[2]:				 1024
  Max work group size:				 1024
  Preferred vector width char:			 16
  Preferred vector width short:			 8
  Preferred vector width int:			 4
  Preferred vector width long:			 2
  Preferred vector width float:			 4
  Preferred vector width double:		 0
  Native vector width char:			 16
  Native vector width short:			 8
  Native vector width int:			 4
  Native vector width long:			 2
  Native vector width float:			 4
  Native vector width double:			 0
  Max clock frequency:				 1150Mhz
  Address bits:					 64
  Max memory allocation:			 2147483648
  Image support:				 Yes
  Max number of images read arguments:		 128
  Max number of images write arguments:		 8
  Max image 2D width:				 8192
  Max image 2D height:				 8192
  Max image 3D width:				 2048
  Max image 3D height:				 2048
  Max image 3D depth:				 2048
  Max samplers within kernel:			 16
  Max size of kernel argument:			 4096
  Alignment (bits) of base address:		 1024
  Minimum alignment (bytes) for any datatype:	 128
  Single precision floating point capability
    Denorms:					 Yes
    Quiet NaNs:					 Yes
    Round to nearest even:			 Yes
    Round to zero:				 Yes
    Round to +ve and infinity:			 Yes
    IEEE754-2008 fused multiply-add:		 Yes
  Cache type:					 Read/Write
  Cache line size:				 64
  Cache size:					 65536
  Global memory size:				 8391602176
  Constant buffer size:				 65536
  Max number of constant args:			 8
  Local memory type:				 Global
  Local memory size:				 32768
  Kernel Preferred work group size multiple:	 1
  Error correction support:			 0
  Unified memory for Host and Device:		 1
  Profiling timer resolution:			 1
  Device endianess:				 Little
  Available:					 Yes
  Compiler available:				 Yes
  Execution capabilities:				 
    Execute OpenCL kernels:			 Yes
    Execute native function:			 Yes
  Queue properties:				 
    Out-of-Order:				 No
    Profiling :					 Yes
  Platform ID:					 0x7fb498bee480
  Name:						 AMD Phenom(tm) 9650 Quad-Core Processor
  Vendor:					 AuthenticAMD
  Device OpenCL C version:			 OpenCL C 1.1 
  Driver version:				 2.0
  Profile:					 FULL_PROFILE
  Version:					 OpenCL 1.1 AMD-APP (898.1)
  Extensions:					 cl_khr_fp64 cl_amd_fp64 cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_int64_base_atomics cl_khr_int64_extended_atomics cl_khr_byte_addressable_store cl_khr_gl_sharing cl_ext_device_fission cl_amd_device_attribute_query cl_amd_vec3 cl_amd_printf cl_amd_media_ops cl_amd_popcnt 

[lbeckm3]

I should also mention I'm running Catalyst 12.1 drivers with SDK 2.5.   

[Frequency]

I should also mention I'm running Catalyst 12.1 drivers with SDK 2.5.  

did you try "./cgminer -o http://<url>:<port> -u <user> -p <pass> -d 2 -D" without the -d 2 -D part?


Or try:
Catalyst 11.11. you should indeed use SDK 2.5, which is included in.

follow the next steps to install this driver after you removed the old one:

•sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs dh-make dkms execstack dh-modaliases fakeroot libqtgui4



•sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 lib32gcc1 libc6-i386
•sudo apt-get install ia32-libs



•wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-11-11-x86.x86_64.run

•sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer-11-11-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/precise          (takes a few minutes)

•sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb

then the steps i send u before starting with aticonfig

Gl

[QuantumFoam]

Check your xorg.conf (usually in /etc/X11/xorg.conf) and verify the bus ids match up correctly with what's listed in aticonfig --lsa. It's been my experience that sometimes aticonfig --adapter=all --initial doesn't get the xorg.conf right on the first go. Whenever I've had problems with cgminer not picking up one of my cards for whatever reason, it's always been a mismatch in xorg.conf.

[-ck]

If you're reconfiguring xorg.conf with aticonfig, it tries to add to your existing config normally unless you use the force parameter. Since you're reconfiguring everything from scratch effectively, I recommend

Code:

sudo aticonfig --adapter=all --initial -f

[lbeckm3]

Well, I have tried all the suggestions here and still zip!  I do see an issue with compiling the video drivers (I'm on lucid fyi), but I'm giving up.  This system is pretty old, running an old Asrock motherboard and thought I had the magic solution when I remembered there was a little "memory chip" type thing for enabling x16 in one direction, or if I flip it over it configures the two PCIe slots as x8/x8.  Alas, no, that didn't do it either.  So bottom line, I'm going to move the darn 6850 to a different machine and use it over there.  Sort of sucks as that's a bunch more in the way of power draw to keep another system up, but oh well.

I REALLY APPRECIATE all the responses - kudos to everyone that has tried to help me thus far, you all have been great!!  Wish I had more time to play and get it going but I have too many other time commitments.

Thanks!!

-Lyle

[Gatorhex]

Did u try GUIMiner?

Did you do something stupid like connecting them with a crossfire link? (59xx & 68xx are not compatible)

I run a Bart and Cypress system, no crossfire, running two instances of GUIMiner.

[lbeckm3]

Did u try GUIMiner?

Did you do something stupid like connecting them with a crossfire link? (59xx & 68xx are not compatible)

I run a Bart and Cypress system, no crossfire, running two instances of GUIMiner.

No I haven't tried GUIMiner as of yet.  For some reason I thought that was windows only, but does look like there is a linux version.  I'll give it a try!

I didn't do any crossfire with it, although I did flip over a little "memory stick" looking thing on my MB that converts the two PCIe expansion cards to 8x/8x from (I'm guessing here) 1x/16x.

I did just go through and update from Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04 figuring what the heck, nothing to lose (only upgrade borked up and I had to install from scratch - very glad I tar'd off my /home directory to another server so my wallet etc etc came back fine!

Thanks for the suggestions - I'll try them and update this thread when I do. 

[thirdchance57]

the same error here .. it has accepted and completed a few shares randomly but mostly im getting hw error.