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i have a bunch of them and i think the fans that connect to them as well
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zou look for a old dell computer they have a funnel your thinking of and i think it would be a good start to cool it then have another on exhaust and then plexi inbetween to make kinda like a wind tunnel the thing im talking about is a green piece of plastic  I have the same thing exactly, I collect junk :p Mine is sized for a 120mm fan, and I use 80mm. My uncle is a metalworker, I will probably use his services :p |
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December 30, 2015, 06:07:23 PM |
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the ones that i have are 80MM i beleave when i get a chance i will measure them and let you know
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This is what BFG is doing with one stick, the new one and picks up the old one with NP. I have a USB 3 hub due to me tomorrow to see if that's why it is no good in BFG and both work in CGminer with my hub now . I'm not even sure what that the version request is it keeps asking for one stick it's not finding and sense it does work with CG miner it might just be my HUb. I'll know around 2 pM est tomorrow afternoon. [2015-12-31 02:40:05] Started bfgminer 5.4.1
[2015-12-31 02:40:05] Loaded configuration file /var/www/minera/conf/miner_conf.json
[2015-12-31 02:40:05] Found CBM 0 at /dev/ttyUSB1
[2015-12-31 02:40:26] ModMiner detect: no response to version request from /dev/ttyUSB0
[2015-12-31 02:40:48] ModMiner detect: no response to version request from /dev/ttyUSB0
[2015-12-31 02:40:49] Probing for an alive pool
[2015-12-31 02:40:49] Testing pool stratum+tcp://stratum.mining.eligius.st:3334
[2015-12-31 02:40:50] Stratum authorisation success for pool 0
[2015-12-31 02:40:50] Pool 0 stratum+tcp://stratum.mining.eligius.st:3334 alive
[2015-12-31 02:40:50] Network difficulty changed to 93.5G (668.9P)
[2015-12-31 02:40:50] New block: ...34e3bdc7df2b0b04 diff 93.5G (668.9P)
[2015-12-31 02:40:50] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
[2015-12-31 02:40:50] Pool 0 is hiding block contents from us
[2015-12-31 02:40:50] CBM 0: Opened /dev/ttyUSB1
[2015-12-31 02:40:50] API running in IP access mode on port 4028
[2015-12-31 02:40:51] New best share: 1
[2015-12-31 02:40:53] New best share: 1
[2015-12-31 02:40:53] New best share: 9
[2015-12-31 02:40:57] New best share: 10
[2015-12-31 02:41:00] New best share: 16
[2015-12-31 02:41:07] New best share: 428
[2015-12-31 02:41:10] 20s: 0.98 avg: 2.54 u: 9.22 Gh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
[2015-12-31 02:41:11] ModMiner detect: no response to version request from /dev/ttyUSB0
[2015-12-31 02:41:30] 20s: 1.86 avg: 2.89 u:11.58 Gh/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
[2015-12-31 02:41:33] ModMiner detect: no response to version request from /dev/ttyUSB0
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December 31, 2015, 02:58:19 AM |
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Some crappy photos:   I like the cooling setup a lot. I agree it's been a bit since I said wow on a compac setup. I really like the setup thanks for sharing. The usb power adapters on each one is unique and a cool thing to do. Thanks for sharing! |
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December 31, 2015, 03:43:00 AM |
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Long, rambling, sorry. TL;DR - logistics assistance requested to initiate 4xCompac mining on a cheaply powered CPU without incurring too much more in the way of additional expenditures. See below for what has already been purchased and where the bottleneck is (hint - UK cheap computer for $5)
I hope this hits the right thread. (fingers crossed)
NOOB here to mining, Gekko Compacs, and PI.. Yes there will be no ROI, not looking to make a profit, but looking to sink as little as possible into it even tho its fun.
So I found the thread, and while I can't afford an S7, I found the Compac here in the states for my son for Christmas. And getting it running was a hoot, drove her up to 17.85GH/s and have made a whopping 12 cents in my 48+ hours of mining lol. So, I got bit by the bug, and dropped for three more, two USB fans to cool them with, and an Anker 60w 7port USB 3.0 powered hub with an extra three charging ports. YAY! But of course I have to have the computer on 24x7 to keep her mining, which decreases what meager profit there might be, etc etc etc
Then I found the PI 0. $5 NBD right? Got the HDMI and USB adapters for another 8, bought a nice wood case with heatsink for another 8, bought a 128gb SD for 65 for the blockchain, money's flying out the window at this point. I think I'm approaching the cost of the XB1 my son got for Christmas because *I* have been bitten by the bug. Anker works fine on the laptop, not so much with the Pi 0.
Yes, have searched, googled, bing'd (I feel dirty, but at least it wasn't yahoo) and searched this thread. And all over the 'net RPIs are notoriously poor when it comes to 3.0 support, but 3.0 power 900ma is what I Need to overclock! Oh I can spend $75 from China on a monster 2.5a/port x 20 ports that will take a month and and then some to arrive, just to run 4 Compacs? I can't find an inline 10 port USB 2.0 that will go > 500ma in specs (whether it will allow you to do 1000ma every other port or not in reality I haven't found), and since I have the RPI 0, daisy chaining 3 -> 2 -> PI doesn't work, whether or not the 2 is powered. I can GET the Compac recognized in the 2 while powered, haven't tried running (was going 310mhz @ approx 740mv I think - but she was stable, hot but stable) - but even if she does work the layout wont allow for 4 sticks + 2 fans + a power line for the RPI 0. I can get the nic/mouse/kbd daisy-chained to an unpowered 2.0 hub off the powered 2.0 hub, but i just can't see how I'm going to get it all to work together.
So, I can return the Anker (btw I love Anker products, its the RPI 0 that I have issue with), but the only inline properly oriented USB 2.0 10 port hubs on Amazon all specifically say NOT FOR ASIC MINING and warn max output is 500ma (which I don't even think is enough to power the RPI 0 which I believe takes 700ma).
Even with 10 ports and Y bridges on 2.0 you're looking at having to daisy chain two of them together which is... drumroll.... about $70 (at least its in the USA and can be shipped from Amazon - but I haven't sourced the bridges/y-adapters yet)
I could B+ maybe, some in this thread have gotten it to work, but nothing on the poor 0. I haven't opened the 128gb SD yet so I can still take that back, the fans are amazon so I could return them, for a fee that makes them might as well keepers, and the sticks are already en route from Canada, so no refunds there.
I'm at a loss... Ideas? Anyone? Bueller?
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December 31, 2015, 04:44:56 AM |
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Long, rambling, sorry. TL;DR - logistics assistance requested to initiate 4xCompac mining on a cheaply powered CPU without incurring too much more in the way of additional expenditures. See below for what has already been purchased and where the bottleneck is (hint - UK cheap computer for $5)
I hope this hits the right thread. (fingers crossed)
NOOB here to mining, Gekko Compacs, and PI.. Yes there will be no ROI, not looking to make a profit, but looking to sink as little as possible into it even tho its fun.
So I found the thread, and while I can't afford an S7, I found the Compac here in the states for my son for Christmas. And getting it running was a hoot, drove her up to 17.85GH/s and have made a whopping 12 cents in my 48+ hours of mining lol. So, I got bit by the bug, and dropped for three more, two USB fans to cool them with, and an Anker 60w 7port USB 3.0 powered hub with an extra three charging ports. YAY! But of course I have to have the computer on 24x7 to keep her mining, which decreases what meager profit there might be, etc etc etc
Then I found the PI 0. $5 NBD right? Got the HDMI and USB adapters for another 8, bought a nice wood case with heatsink for another 8, bought a 128gb SD for 65 for the blockchain, money's flying out the window at this point. I think I'm approaching the cost of the XB1 my son got for Christmas because *I* have been bitten by the bug. Anker works fine on the laptop, not so much with the Pi 0.
Yes, have searched, googled, bing'd (I feel dirty, but at least it wasn't yahoo) and searched this thread. And all over the 'net RPIs are notoriously poor when it comes to 3.0 support, but 3.0 power 900ma is what I Need to overclock! Oh I can spend $75 from China on a monster 2.5a/port x 20 ports that will take a month and and then some to arrive, just to run 4 Compacs? I can't find an inline 10 port USB 2.0 that will go > 500ma in specs (whether it will allow you to do 1000ma every other port or not in reality I haven't found), and since I have the RPI 0, daisy chaining 3 -> 2 -> PI doesn't work, whether or not the 2 is powered. I can GET the Compac recognized in the 2 while powered, haven't tried running (was going 310mhz @ approx 740mv I think - but she was stable, hot but stable) - but even if she does work the layout wont allow for 4 sticks + 2 fans + a power line for the RPI 0. I can get the nic/mouse/kbd daisy-chained to an unpowered 2.0 hub off the powered 2.0 hub, but i just can't see how I'm going to get it all to work together.
So, I can return the Anker (btw I love Anker products, its the RPI 0 that I have issue with), but the only inline properly oriented USB 2.0 10 port hubs on Amazon all specifically say NOT FOR ASIC MINING and warn max output is 500ma (which I don't even think is enough to power the RPI 0 which I believe takes 700ma).
Even with 10 ports and Y bridges on 2.0 you're looking at having to daisy chain two of them together which is... drumroll.... about $70 (at least its in the USA and can be shipped from Amazon - but I haven't sourced the bridges/y-adapters yet)
I could B+ maybe, some in this thread have gotten it to work, but nothing on the poor 0. I haven't opened the 128gb SD yet so I can still take that back, the fans are amazon so I could return them, for a fee that makes them might as well keepers, and the sticks are already en route from Canada, so no refunds there.
I'm at a loss... Ideas? Anyone? Bueller?
This is better if you want a rpi get this http://x2t.com/422355 rpi2 some say this http://x2t.com/422353 hub will run off a rpi2, I'll find out tomorrow i have one coming . usb 2 hub work best on rpi any model over udb 3 you want a self powered hub. Mybad linked the wrong pi kit fixed it . |
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December 31, 2015, 04:49:09 AM |
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Long, rambling, sorry. TL;DR - logistics assistance requested to initiate 4xCompac mining on a cheaply powered CPU without incurring too much more in the way of additional expenditures. See below for what has already been purchased and where the bottleneck is (hint - UK cheap computer for $5)
I hope this hits the right thread. (fingers crossed)
NOOB here to mining, Gekko Compacs, and PI.. Yes there will be no ROI, not looking to make a profit, but looking to sink as little as possible into it even tho its fun.
So I found the thread, and while I can't afford an S7, I found the Compac here in the states for my son for Christmas. And getting it running was a hoot, drove her up to 17.85GH/s and have made a whopping 12 cents in my 48+ hours of mining lol. So, I got bit by the bug, and dropped for three more, two USB fans to cool them with, and an Anker 60w 7port USB 3.0 powered hub with an extra three charging ports. YAY! But of course I have to have the computer on 24x7 to keep her mining, which decreases what meager profit there might be, etc etc etc
Then I found the PI 0. $5 NBD right? Got the HDMI and USB adapters for another 8, bought a nice wood case with heatsink for another 8, bought a 128gb SD for 65 for the blockchain, money's flying out the window at this point. I think I'm approaching the cost of the XB1 my son got for Christmas because *I* have been bitten by the bug. Anker works fine on the laptop, not so much with the Pi 0.
Yes, have searched, googled, bing'd (I feel dirty, but at least it wasn't yahoo) and searched this thread. And all over the 'net RPIs are notoriously poor when it comes to 3.0 support, but 3.0 power 900ma is what I Need to overclock! Oh I can spend $75 from China on a monster 2.5a/port x 20 ports that will take a month and and then some to arrive, just to run 4 Compacs? I can't find an inline 10 port USB 2.0 that will go > 500ma in specs (whether it will allow you to do 1000ma every other port or not in reality I haven't found), and since I have the RPI 0, daisy chaining 3 -> 2 -> PI doesn't work, whether or not the 2 is powered. I can GET the Compac recognized in the 2 while powered, haven't tried running (was going 310mhz @ approx 740mv I think - but she was stable, hot but stable) - but even if she does work the layout wont allow for 4 sticks + 2 fans + a power line for the RPI 0. I can get the nic/mouse/kbd daisy-chained to an unpowered 2.0 hub off the powered 2.0 hub, but i just can't see how I'm going to get it all to work together.
So, I can return the Anker (btw I love Anker products, its the RPI 0 that I have issue with), but the only inline properly oriented USB 2.0 10 port hubs on Amazon all specifically say NOT FOR ASIC MINING and warn max output is 500ma (which I don't even think is enough to power the RPI 0 which I believe takes 700ma).
Even with 10 ports and Y bridges on 2.0 you're looking at having to daisy chain two of them together which is... drumroll.... about $70 (at least its in the USA and can be shipped from Amazon - but I haven't sourced the bridges/y-adapters yet)
I could B+ maybe, some in this thread have gotten it to work, but nothing on the poor 0. I haven't opened the 128gb SD yet so I can still take that back, the fans are amazon so I could return them, for a fee that makes them might as well keepers, and the sticks are already en route from Canada, so no refunds there.
I'm at a loss... Ideas? Anyone? Bueller?
i guess you did not find my post on pi zero somewhere earlier. We are probably two people who tried zero, most are using pi 2 (which also works in configuration outlined below). https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1173963.msg13098911#msg13098911setup is described there ^^^ and in followup posts. Several things: 1. maybe usb 2.0 bridge is not needed, i don't know. 2. your pi will be up in the air as cables are much more formidable that the pi 0 itself. 3. Exact same Anker did not work for me either, but 7 slot 70W USB 3.0 Superpag (Amazon delivers this one pretty fast; many others used this hub as well) definitely works with 4, maybe 5 sticks (did not try more) on pi zero using bfgminer. Cheers |
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December 31, 2015, 05:05:30 AM |
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Biodom - I don't know how to forum very well. What kind of 2.0 bridge are your using? I think mine is an iogear I got from frys.com like 1.5 years ago. I'll see about the superbag, glad to know your git it to work at least the pi is recognizing the stick over usb I can't even use kbd or mouse on 3.0!!; (but RaspNicBit works fine??!?!)
Thanks!!!
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hey i've been banging my head on a wall off and on for 2 months trying to get these gekko miners on an old compaq evo n800v miner with unbuntu 12.04 does anyone have a link for the bfgminer...i go to the page and hit the apt-get install bfgminer and zippo...got squat and as a 'newbie tool' I know not how to get it off github an install etc (using unbuntu 12.04 up to this point just with putty to monitor my 2 knc titan scrypt miners...so below newbie status on such stuff) http://bfgminer.org/So my question is ..as an IDIOT how idiot proof is this to get running? Assuming I can get a version that works with unbuntu 12.04 on my ...(too old ro run xp nor any version of unbuntu beyond 12.04...ie free laptops they are) junk monitor compaq evo n800v laptops is it as simple as 1) install with apt-get command wherever the hell the file is and 2) use the command on the post above (after plugging it into my dual usb to 1 port cable with a gekko miner ..we will worry about 10 port hubs later)  bfgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:3333 -O username --set compac:clock=150 and viola ..supposedly it works? (or talking linux I'm in dream land?) anyway help appreciated ..what is frustrating is I got this to work 2 months ago on a test machine with cgminer (in this thread) and have had no luck since so just gonna give up on cgminer and move to bfgminer .someone said drivers are in this build for the gekko sticks?.....assuming SOMEONE on here is running such with the 'linux' flavor of whatever again whole point is to use the machines (free) that are too old to upgrade past xp and run unbuntu 12.04 just fine (still upgrades 12.04 does not an issue yet as too old...but as high as they seem to goon unbuntu anyway is 12.04..graphics card wise) so anyway ....some help is appreciated...I will post my results here and in a thread for other lost souls should i get it to work (fat lot of good that did me with cgminer but hey got have faith ..monkey with keyboard that I am with such stuff ...only have run knc stuff ever....plug and play...befuddled I am with all this stuff for the gekko sticks anyway again ..got it to work 1x on my equiv same compaq evo n800v test laptop at work and never got it to work again and cgminer ..but gotta punt after 2 months off an on..an't gonna fly ..thus my any bfgminer help would be golden anyway ...good to have a 'quest' i guess...keeps me home and frustrated not spending money on this 'get a life' people keep talking about thanks for the help the apt-get of bfgminer is hella old.. to get from git you first install git. sudo apt-get install git then its git clone http://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminerthis will make a folder called bfgminer cd bfgminer then sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libtool pkg-config libcurl4-gnutls-dev libjansson-dev uthash-dev libncursesw5-dev libudev-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libevent-dev libmicrohttpd-dev hidapi run ./autogen.sh ./configure and make. er ..is there more i have to do beyond the above..or is it just the sudo command line to start the gekko miners...which I think this (below) sudo ./bfgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:3333 -O username --set compac:clock=150 below also is my posting on the bfgmnier area on clarity on this too....if you want to reply there as well for other newbs (my linux is beyond lame) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=877081.msg13406309#msg13406309figure someone has to have bfgminer working with gekko miners.....if/when i get the instructions and hopefully get my gekko 8gh usb sticks up...I'll post the results for other clueless linux newbies like myself (who previous to this could install unbuntu 12.04...upgrade it and managed to install putty to monitor miners...thus why I need them for these machines that monitor my 2 knc titan scrypt miners.......viola.....add some no ROI but a smile gekko sticks for fun (actually it is more like a quest now) anyway post here if you think it useful to others and/or also in the above bfgminer thread...there has to be someone ...somewhere as clueless as myself this would be useful for (hell its probably just me...so lame) |
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hey i've been banging my head on a wall off and on for 2 months trying to get these gekko miners on an old compaq evo n800v miner with unbuntu 12.04 does anyone have a link for the bfgminer...i go to the page and hit the apt-get install bfgminer and zippo...got squat and as a 'newbie tool' I know not how to get it off github an install etc (using unbuntu 12.04 up to this point just with putty to monitor my 2 knc titan scrypt miners...so below newbie status on such stuff) http://bfgminer.org/So my question is ..as an IDIOT how idiot proof is this to get running? Assuming I can get a version that works with unbuntu 12.04 on my ...(too old ro run xp nor any version of unbuntu beyond 12.04...ie free laptops they are) junk monitor compaq evo n800v laptops is it as simple as 1) install with apt-get command wherever the hell the file is and 2) use the command on the post above (after plugging it into my dual usb to 1 port cable with a gekko miner ..we will worry about 10 port hubs later) bfgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:3333 -O username --set compac:clock=150 and viola ..supposedly it works? (or talking linux I'm in dream land?) anyway help appreciated ..what is frustrating is I got this to work 2 months ago on a test machine with cgminer (in this thread) and have had no luck since so just gonna give up on cgminer and move to bfgminer .someone said drivers are in this build for the gekko sticks?.....assuming SOMEONE on here is running such with the 'linux' flavor of whatever again whole point is to use the machines (free) that are too old to upgrade past xp and run unbuntu 12.04 just fine (still upgrades 12.04 does not an issue yet as too old...but as high as they seem to goon unbuntu anyway is 12.04..graphics card wise) so anyway ....some help is appreciated...I will post my results here and in a thread for other lost souls should i get it to work (fat lot of good that did me with cgminer but hey got have faith ..monkey with keyboard that I am with such stuff ...only have run knc stuff ever....plug and play...befuddled I am with all this stuff for the gekko sticks anyway again ..got it to work 1x on my equiv same compaq evo n800v test laptop at work and never got it to work again and cgminer ..but gotta punt after 2 months off an on..an't gonna fly ..thus my any bfgminer help would be golden anyway ...good to have a 'quest' i guess...keeps me home and frustrated not spending money on this 'get a life' people keep talking about thanks for the help the apt-get of bfgminer is hella old.. to get from git you first install git. sudo apt-get install git then its git clone http://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminerthis will make a folder called bfgminer cd bfgminer then sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libtool pkg-config libcurl4-gnutls-dev libjansson-dev uthash-dev libncursesw5-dev libudev-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libevent-dev libmicrohttpd-dev hidapi run ./autogen.sh ./configure and make. er ..is there more i have to do beyond the above..or is it just the sudo command line to start the gekko miners...which I think this (below) sudo ./bfgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:3333 -O username --set compac:clock=150 below also is my posting on the bfgmnier area on clarity on this too....if you want to reply there as well for other newbs (my linux is beyond lame) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=877081.msg13406309#msg13406309figure someone has to have bfgminer working with gekko miners.....if/when i get the instructions and hopefully get my gekko 8gh usb sticks up...I'll post the results for other clueless linux newbies like myself (who previous to this could install unbuntu 12.04...upgrade it and managed to install putty to monitor miners...thus why I need them for these machines that monitor my 2 knc titan scrypt miners.......viola.....add some no ROI but a smile gekko sticks for fun (actually it is more like a quest now) anyway post here if you think it useful to others and/or also in the above bfgminer thread...there has to be someone ...somewhere as clueless as myself this would be useful for (hell its probably just me...so lame) you shouldnt have to run bfgminer as sudo. its better if you dont. |
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hey i've been banging my head on a wall off and on for 2 months trying to get these gekko miners on an old compaq evo n800v miner with unbuntu 12.04 does anyone have a link for the bfgminer...i go to the page and hit the apt-get install bfgminer and zippo...got squat and as a 'newbie tool' I know not how to get it off github an install etc (using unbuntu 12.04 up to this point just with putty to monitor my 2 knc titan scrypt miners...so below newbie status on such stuff) http://bfgminer.org/So my question is ..as an IDIOT how idiot proof is this to get running? Assuming I can get a version that works with unbuntu 12.04 on my ...(too old ro run xp nor any version of unbuntu beyond 12.04...ie free laptops they are) junk monitor compaq evo n800v laptops is it as simple as 1) install with apt-get command wherever the hell the file is and 2) use the command on the post above (after plugging it into my dual usb to 1 port cable with a gekko miner ..we will worry about 10 port hubs later) bfgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:3333 -O username --set compac:clock=150 and viola ..supposedly it works? (or talking linux I'm in dream land?) anyway help appreciated ..what is frustrating is I got this to work 2 months ago on a test machine with cgminer (in this thread) and have had no luck since so just gonna give up on cgminer and move to bfgminer .someone said drivers are in this build for the gekko sticks?.....assuming SOMEONE on here is running such with the 'linux' flavor of whatever again whole point is to use the machines (free) that are too old to upgrade past xp and run unbuntu 12.04 just fine (still upgrades 12.04 does not an issue yet as too old...but as high as they seem to goon unbuntu anyway is 12.04..graphics card wise) so anyway ....some help is appreciated...I will post my results here and in a thread for other lost souls should i get it to work (fat lot of good that did me with cgminer but hey got have faith ..monkey with keyboard that I am with such stuff ...only have run knc stuff ever....plug and play...befuddled I am with all this stuff for the gekko sticks anyway again ..got it to work 1x on my equiv same compaq evo n800v test laptop at work and never got it to work again and cgminer ..but gotta punt after 2 months off an on..an't gonna fly ..thus my any bfgminer help would be golden anyway ...good to have a 'quest' i guess...keeps me home and frustrated not spending money on this 'get a life' people keep talking about thanks for the help the apt-get of bfgminer is hella old.. to get from git you first install git. sudo apt-get install git then its git clone http://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminerthis will make a folder called bfgminer cd bfgminer then sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libtool pkg-config libcurl4-gnutls-dev libjansson-dev uthash-dev libncursesw5-dev libudev-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libevent-dev libmicrohttpd-dev hidapi run ./autogen.sh ./configure and make. er ..is there more i have to do beyond the above..or is it just the sudo command line to start the gekko miners...which I think this (below) sudo ./bfgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:3333 -O username --set compac:clock=150 below also is my posting on the bfgmnier area on clarity on this too....if you want to reply there as well for other newbs (my linux is beyond lame) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=877081.msg13406309#msg13406309figure someone has to have bfgminer working with gekko miners.....if/when i get the instructions and hopefully get my gekko 8gh usb sticks up...I'll post the results for other clueless linux newbies like myself (who previous to this could install unbuntu 12.04...upgrade it and managed to install putty to monitor miners...thus why I need them for these machines that monitor my 2 knc titan scrypt miners.......viola.....add some no ROI but a smile gekko sticks for fun (actually it is more like a quest now) anyway post here if you think it useful to others and/or also in the above bfgminer thread...there has to be someone ...somewhere as clueless as myself this would be useful for (hell its probably just me...so lame) you shouldnt have to run bfgminer as sudo. its better if you dont. so thats it...from your previous post for the bfgminer install ..and the above command line w/o the sudo and viola it should work...no need for gekko driver downloads etc like for cgminer? (been so complicated...for so long with cgminer......the thought of the above working seems like a fantasy) |
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December 31, 2015, 08:33:01 AM |
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so thats it...from your previous post for the bfgminer install ..and the above command line w/o the sudo and viola it should work...no need for gekko driver downloads etc like for cgminer? (been so complicated...for so long with cgminer......the thought of the above working seems like a fantasy) its supposed to work.. but unfortunately i could not get bfgminer to see my compac stick.. i had better success with cgminer. building cgminer is pretty much the same.. |
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December 31, 2015, 08:37:08 AM
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so thats it...from your previous post for the bfgminer install ..and the above command line w/o the sudo and viola it should work...no need for gekko driver downloads etc like for cgminer? (been so complicated...for so long with cgminer......the thought of the above working seems like a fantasy) its supposed to work.. but unfortunately i could not get bfgminer to see my compac stick.. i had better success with cgminer. building cgminer is pretty much the same.. yeah i can't get cgminer to install and see the stick either so trying bfgminer got this however when i tried to follow instructions well tried the instructions for bfgminer given to me on the above can't get the last one on the following in above post libmicrohttpd-dev hidapi E: unable to locate package hidapi again from the below plug in info for the bfgminer install a post or two back sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libtool pkg-config libcurl4-gnutls-dev libjansson-dev uthash-dev libncursesw5-dev libudev-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libevent-dev libmicrohttpd-dev hidapi as you can see last stuff in the above....well is there a work around ...or should i just skip and see if it works anyway? would like to at least move on and see if it installs at least edit: well that did not work errors all over the place.....did not like the build at all ...using unbuntu 12.04.....again can't find the last install stuff on above so will wipe the drive ..and re-install maybe lbuntu 15.04 someone said to try...and try cgminer again..and nor bfgminer.....so stumped indeed this is getting old as hell  |
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December 31, 2015, 09:04:39 AM |
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yeah i can't get cgminer to install and see the stick either so trying bfgminer got this however when i tried to follow instructions well tried the instructions for bfgminer given to me on the above can't get the last one on the following in above post libmicrohttpd-dev hidapi E: unable to locate package hidapi again from the below plug in info for the bfgminer install a post or two back sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libtool pkg-config libcurl4-gnutls-dev libjansson-dev uthash-dev libncursesw5-dev libudev-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libevent-dev libmicrohttpd-dev hidapi as you can see last stuff in the above....well is there a work around ...or should i just skip and see if it works anyway? would like to at least move on and see if it installs at least edit: well that did not work errors all over the place.....did not like the build at all ...using unbuntu 12.04.....again can't find the last install stuff on above so will wipe the drive ..and re-install maybe lbuntu 15.04 someone said to try...and try cgminer again..and nor bfgminer.....so stumped indeed this is getting old as hell the version of linux you use has no effect on this.. 14.04 is the LTRM support ubuntu.. 12.04 is older but still supported.. 15.04 is short term support. so some of the packages wont be upgraded.. since you have 12.04 running, you can do a sudo apt-get dist-upgrade it will move you up to 14.04 i think. but anyway.. before you wipe the drive and start over.. post the output of the ./configure |
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December 31, 2015, 09:10:41 AM
Last edit: December 31, 2015, 10:39:24 AM by Searing |
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yeah i can't get cgminer to install and see the stick either so trying bfgminer got this however when i tried to follow instructions well tried the instructions for bfgminer given to me on the above can't get the last one on the following in above post libmicrohttpd-dev hidapi E: unable to locate package hidapi again from the below plug in info for the bfgminer install a post or two back sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libtool pkg-config libcurl4-gnutls-dev libjansson-dev uthash-dev libncursesw5-dev libudev-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libevent-dev libmicrohttpd-dev hidapi as you can see last stuff in the above....well is there a work around ...or should i just skip and see if it works anyway? would like to at least move on and see if it installs at least edit: well that did not work errors all over the place.....did not like the build at all ...using unbuntu 12.04.....again can't find the last install stuff on above so will wipe the drive ..and re-install maybe lbuntu 15.04 someone said to try...and try cgminer again..and nor bfgminer.....so stumped indeed this is getting old as hell the version of linux you use has no effect on this.. 14.04 is the LTRM support ubuntu.. 12.04 is older but still supported.. 15.04 is short term support. so some of the packages wont be upgraded.. since you have 12.04 running, you can do a sudo apt-get dist-upgrade it will move you up to 14.04 i think. but anyway.. before you wipe the drive and start over.. post the output of the ./configure the highest version of unbuntu (er not 14.04 etc) that I can run on this compaq evo n800v is 12.04...due to the graphics card (according to unbuntu install) thus am formating to the lunbuntu 15.04 and see if it says the same and puts in a version less then lbuntu 15.04 and I got cgminer and and attempt of bfgminer on the hd mucking things up...so a wipe is still probably in order yeah the laptops are junk...they are free (due to not being up-gradable beyond xp on last uptick) used to monitor titans with putty ssh ...just trying to use them on the gekko miners too (not having a lot of luck) (a quest it seems is afoot!) FML edit: a previous poster said he used lbuntu 15.04 for his install (which choked on my setup) so I figured what the heck see if it may work instead and try his instructions for cgminer again I'm beginning to suspect I'm going to have to see if I can get this to work on a windows machine in some manner with a hub ....i seem to be spinning in circles with these older laptops even with the hub (which i have not tried yet using the 2 lead to 1 lead plug for the gekko's to 'uncomplicate' such ..hub issues may crop up later) eh..a further edit..well lbuntu 15.04 did not install....did not like my laptop so re-installing fresh 12.04 unbuntu again..... hmmm...going in circles I am..... |
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December 31, 2015, 01:15:26 PM |
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You don't need hidapi for the Compac driver.
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December 31, 2015, 01:38:22 PM |
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You don't need hidapi for the Compac driver.
does not matter i could not get bfgminer to work with unbuntu 12.04 nor lbuntu 15.04 either so no idea how to do such..no real instructions i can find....the ones i got for bfgminer at the previous post(s) came up errors etc on the install so probably should just forget it ..this was with me NO installing hidapi etc I've got a couple of raspberry pi's can't be any worse trying to get it on them (both versions whichever folk recommend the pi B+ 512 and the new pi B 1mb version) hell ...silly me ....I thought it would be easy to just load either bfgminer or cgminer on my unbuntu 12.04 compaq evo n800v laptop but seems a NO GO ... so anyway ..is there a link someone can point me to with an SD image of minera or some such that is running some gekko 8gh usb sticks? otherwise as a newbie I'm at a loss ...just following the install instructions don't seem to get me anyplace |
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December 31, 2015, 02:21:38 PM
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you can try it this way sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
git clone https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer
cd bfgminer
sudo apt-get -y install git-core build-essential autoconf automake libtool pkg-config libcurl4-gnutls-dev libjansson-dev uthash-dev libncursesw5-dev libudev-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libevent-dev libmicrohttpd-dev
sudo ./autogen.sh
sudo chmod +x ./configure
sudo ./configure CFLAGS="-O2" --enable-broad-udevrules # < this is not enabled by default the others drivers you need are, it might help.
sudo make
sudo make install #> may not need Ubuntu trusty 14.03 for my cb2 with minera, i custom build. . on my rpi i have used it to, off RPI site. my problem is i can't get batch two to work with BFG but B1 does,will let you know once the Hub, gets here to day, if it's my hub . If you want how i custom build minera for Ubuntu,it's not the way Mich says to. i can PM it ,won't here . |
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December 31, 2015, 02:55:24 PM |
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There's a link somewhere in the first few pages of this thread, I believe, to a complete minera image with the old version of cgminer-gekko built in. For gekko sticks, if you don't need Icarus support, the old version is just fine.
I'm not sure why anyone complains that Batch 1 works but Batch 2 doesn't, since there's literally no difference between the two. It would all have been one batch had I been able to afford the parts for all of them at once. If there's a problem it's probably that particular stick rather than the "batch".
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