P2pool help?

[simon66]

Hey all,

Well my and some friends and spending some $$$ to buy a FPGA farm. We want to split all profits equaly, so what I'm trying to do is build a server for us. I got a dedicated server at home that I could use, but the problem is that I can't get this to work.


I'm following this tutorial:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=62842.0

I'm not looking for the NMC one, only BTC.

I did this on my bitcoin.conf

server=1
daemon=1
rpcuser=user1
rpcpassword=password

and when I type this "bitcoind" I get this:



I'm running it on my VMware before going live.

It stays stuck like that for ever. I ran it like that for 24 hours now and is still like this.What did I do wrong?

Also, is there any other good tutorial I can follow? I'm running ubuntu server 12.04

Thank you!

[Red Emerald]

Doesn't look like you've done anything wrong to me.  Bitcoind is a daemon.  That means you run the program and then it goes and works in the background.

It can take some time for bitcoind to get started and begin responding to commands.

Run "bitcoind getinfo" after waiting a few seconds and tell us your output.

[rjk]

Well, it doesn't daemonize by default, so you would need to either run it in a screen, run it as a service, or run it with an "&" at the end, like so:

Code:

./bitcoind &

Then, you can send it commands by calling the executable again, like so:

Code:

./bitcoind getinfo

[simon66]

Doesn't look like you've done anything wrong to me.  Bitcoind is a daemon.  That means you run the program and then it goes and works in the background.

It can take some time for bitcoind to get started and begin responding to commands.

Run "bitcoind getinfo" after waiting a few seconds and tell us your output.

I can't it stays at the screen for ever. Bitcoind is not running in the background. After 20 mins I pressed CTRL+C. Here is what I get:



help?!??!?

Well, it doesn't daemonize by default, so you would need to either run it in a screen, run it as a service, or run it with an "&" at the end, like so:

Code:

./bitcoind &

Then, you can send it commands by calling the executable again, like so:

Code:

./bitcoind getinfo

That doesn't work either.

[Red Emerald]

Well, it doesn't daemonize by default, so you would need to either run it in a screen, run it as a service, or run it with an "&" at the end, like so:

Code:

./bitcoind &

Then, you can send it commands by calling the executable again, like so:

Code:

./bitcoind getinfo

He already has "daemon=1" in his config.

Doesn't look like you've done anything wrong to me.  Bitcoind is a daemon.  That means you run the program and then it goes and works in the background.

It can take some time for bitcoind to get started and begin responding to commands.

Run "bitcoind getinfo" after waiting a few seconds and tell us your output.

I can't it stays at the screen for ever. Bitcoind is not running in the background. After 20 mins I pressed CTRL+C. Here is what I get:

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/3371/captureik.png

help?!??!?

You aren't doing anything wrong simon.  You don't need to ^C. You could just hit enter.  Or even just type the command.  It's just the line break not showing up in the way you expect.

[idev]

Also you will need to be at the current block count for p2pool to start successfully.

[simon66]

Also you will need to be at the current block count for p2pool to start successfully.

How do I know if I'm at the current block?

[Red Emerald]

Also you will need to be at the current block count for p2pool to start successfully.

p2pool gives a nice warning message now if it is started before the blockchain is downloaded.  If you start p2pool before the chain is downloaded, it will connect as soon as the download finishes.

Also you will need to be at the current block count for p2pool to start successfully.

How do I know if I'm at the current block?

http://blockexplorer.com/q/getblockcount

[simon66]

Also you will need to be at the current block count for p2pool to start successfully.

p2pool gives a nice warning message now if it is started before the blockchain is downloaded.  If you start p2pool before the chain is downloaded, it will connect as soon as the download finishes.

Also you will need to be at the current block count for p2pool to start successfully.

How do I know if I'm at the current block?

http://blockexplorer.com/q/getblockcount

OMG I love you guys lol. Thanks so much. I think it worked. Since im running on my VMware now I have to find a way to get my GUIminer to work with p2pool. It also looks like there are already people mining on the default pool :S

[Red Emerald]

Also you will need to be at the current block count for p2pool to start successfully.

p2pool gives a nice warning message now if it is started before the blockchain is downloaded.  If you start p2pool before the chain is downloaded, it will connect as soon as the download finishes.

Also you will need to be at the current block count for p2pool to start successfully.

How do I know if I'm at the current block?

http://blockexplorer.com/q/getblockcount

OMG I love you guys lol. Thanks so much. I think it worked. Since im running on my VMware now I have to find a way to get my GUIminer to work with p2pool. It also looks like there are already people mining on the default pool :S

I run my node in VM and it's been working great since the beginning of the year.

Just make sure you open the ports for p2pool (the bitcoind ports do not need to be open) and have your friends use their payment address as their username. They can put anything for the password. I usually just use "x"

[simon66]

Now how can I get this to work with my GUIminer? My config is still the same.

Thanks.