Linux mining distro for the Raspberry PI - MinePeon

[mogrith]

Yes interested in group buy!

MineForman, did you ever receive your Gridseed to play with yet? I'm sure you've been busy, just wondering if you were thinking about giving it some time.

Yep, I have a Gridseed AND a dualminer on my desk! 

Now I have the BeagleBone Black Alpha image out (people have been waiting) that is next on my hit list.  I have also been sent an Avalon2 by a user that is having issues with and that needs attention as well though.  MineForeman.io (server-mode for MinePeon) also need some attention as well as MinePeon X86/64.....  I also need to find some time for my real job so I can continue eating .

Neil

P.S. Would anyone be interested an a group buy for Gridseed's?  We could get some at a good price and you could support MinePeon (and me eating) at the same time.

[1714005458]

1714005458

[hydragroup]

Having issues with a Dual Chip NanoFury USB ASIC Miner

Related:
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=529545
- http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/23944/bfgminer-cant-find-my-nanofury-on-raspberry-pi
- http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/14753/bfgminer-cant-find-my-nanofury-on-raspberry-pi

I see the miners with these commands

    lsusb -t
    /:  Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=dwc_otg/1p, 480M
        |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=hub, Driver=hub/3p, 480M
            |__ Port 1: Dev 3, If 0, Class=vend., Driver=smsc95xx, 480M
            |__ Port 3: Dev 4, If 0, Class=hub, Driver=hub/4p, 480M
                |__ Port 4: Dev 5, If 0, Class=hub, Driver=hub/4p, 480M
                    |__ Port 1: Dev 6, If 0, Class=HID, Driver=usbhid, 12M
                    |__ Port 4: Dev 7, If 0, Class=HID, Driver=usbhid, 12M

and

    lsusb
    Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9512 Standard Microsystems Corp.
    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
    Bus 001 Device 006: ID 04d8:00de Microchip Technology, Inc. <-- USB Miner
    Bus 001 Device 007: ID 04d8:00de Microchip Technology, Inc. <-- USB Miner
    Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp.
    Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. 4-Port HUB
    Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. 4-Port HUB

but they do not show up when running bfgminer 3.10.0

Running Raspbian and have compiled everything from source and also MinePeon Latest as of today

Is there a missing driver I need for these?

command line

    ./bfgminer -o stratum+tcp://stratum.d7.lt:3333 -u username -p password -S NFY:all --set-device NFY:eek:sc6_bits=33

output

    NO DEVICES FOUND: Press 'M' and '+' to add

I've seen this configured on other systems, do I need o configure this as well?

    # NF2
    ATTRS{idVendor}=="04d8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="00de", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ACTION=="add", MODE="0666", GROUP="root"

debug output

    2014-03-25 04:01:06] hid_devinfo_scan: Found "NanoFury NF2 v0.5 by MLM" serial "0000100001"
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] hid_devinfo_scan: Found "NanoFury NF2 v0.5 by MLM" serial "0000100002"
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] lowlevel_scan: Found usb device at usb:001:005 (path=(null), vid=1a40, pid=0101, manuf=(null), prod=USB 2.0 Hub, serial=(null))
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] lowlevel_scan: Found usb device at usb:001:004 (path=(null), vid=1a40, pid=0101, manuf=(null), prod=USB 2.0 Hub, serial=(null))
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] lowlevel_scan: Found usb device at usb:001:003 (path=(null), vid=0424, pid=ec00, manuf=(null), prod=(null), serial=(null))
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] lowlevel_scan: Found usb device at usb:001:007 (path=(null), vid=04d8, pid=00de, manuf=Microchip Technology Inc., prod=NanoFury NF2 v0.5 by MLM, serial=0000100001)
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] lowlevel_scan: Found usb device at usb:001:006 (path=(null), vid=04d8, pid=00de, manuf=Microchip Technology Inc., prod=NanoFury NF2 v0.5 by MLM, serial=0000100002)
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] lowlevel_scan: Found usb device at usb:001:001 (path=(null), vid=1d6b, pid=0002, manuf=Linux 3.10.25+ dwc_otg_hcd, prod=DWC OTG Controller, serial=bcm2708_usb)
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] lowlevel_scan: Found usb device at usb:001:002 (path=(null), vid=0424, pid=9512, manuf=(null), prod=(null), serial=(null))
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] lowlevel_scan: Found hid device at hid:/dev/hidraw1 (path=/dev/hidraw1, vid=04d8, pid=00de, manuf=Microchip Technology Inc., prod=NanoFury NF2 v0.5 by MLM, serial=0000100001)
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] lowlevel_scan: Found hid device at hid:/dev/hidraw0 (path=/dev/hidraw0, vid=04d8, pid=00de, manuf=Microchip Technology Inc., prod=NanoFury NF2 v0.5 by MLM, serial=0000100002)
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] lowlevel_scan: Found mcp2210 device at hid:/dev/hidraw0 (path=/dev/hidraw0, vid=04d8, pid=00de, manuf=Microchip Technology Inc., prod=NanoFury NF2 v0.5 by MLM, serial=0000100001)
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] lowlevel_scan: Found mcp2210 device at hid:/dev/hidraw1 (path=/dev/hidraw1, vid=04d8, pid=00de, manuf=Microchip Technology Inc., prod=NanoFury NF2 v0.5 by MLM, serial=0000100002)
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] mcp2210_set_cfg_gpio: Failed to set current GPIO config
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] mcp2210_get_gpio_input: Failed to get current GPIO input values
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] mcp2210_set_cfg_gpio: Failed to set current GPIO config
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] mcp2210_set_cfg_gpio: Failed to set current GPIO config
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] mcp2210_get_gpio_input: Failed to get current GPIO input values
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] mcp2210_set_cfg_gpio: Failed to set current GPIO config
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] nanofury_lowl_probe: Matched "NanoFury NF2 v0.5 by MLM" serial "0000100001", but failed to detect nanofury
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] mcp2210_set_cfg_gpio: Failed to set current GPIO config
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] mcp2210_get_gpio_input: Failed to get current GPIO input values
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] mcp2210_get_gpio_input: Failed to get current GPIO input values
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] nanofury_lowl_probe: Matched "NanoFury NF2 v0.5 by MLM" serial "0000100002", but failed to detect nanofury
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] INFO: bitfury_detect
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:06] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:07] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:07] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:07] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:07] Unable to open SPI device: No such file or directory
     [2014-03-25 04:01:07] No Bitfury chips detected!
     [2014-03-25 04:01:07] ManageTUI: (none): No new devices found

UPDATE

Looks like I missed a package I needed to install:

- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=291456.msg3924680#msg3924680

But now Im getting this error

     [2014-03-26 01:43:29] mcp2210_get_configs: Failed to get current SPI config
    Select processor to manage using up/down arrow keys
     [2014-03-26 01:43:29] NFY 0: Failed to open mcp2210 device
     NFY 0 : Initializing... [2014-03-26 01:43:29] NFY 0 failure, exitingSegmentation fault
    root@raspberrypi:/usr/bfgminer/bfgminer-3.10.0#

at least it's progress but still an issue
Posted from Bitcointa.lk - #jOcFQ8SdMQBiQku6

[MineForeman.com]

at least it's progress but still an issue

Indeed there is, I was never able to get hidapi running stable on ARM6 for the Raspberry Pi so there are two options for you.

First, you could use cgminer.

Second, you could use the cgminer-HEX option ( see this page for details http://minepeon.com/index.php/Cgminer-HEXu )

You may have to use dwc_otg.speed=1 in your cmdline.txt file (see the above HEXu document for details).

There is actual a third option now, you could also use an ARM7 device (BeagleBone Black), hidapi works quite well on those.

Neil

[pjcltd]

Hi Guys

i have been doing a bit of work on
Minepeon working with Gridseeds
i have a working Image with 1 Gridseed working
i will leave it running for 12 hours
if its stable i will post a link to my dropbox account
and you can download it and have a play

[kano]

I often get sidetracked

Remember those LCDs we all got ... well I was wondering if anyone worked out how to set it so that it displays image 0 after a timeout?
I've been looking though the python (I'm sure it's in there somewhere ...) but haven't found it ... yet.

My LCD saved me quite a lot of money last year by telling me my miner was off in big red letters at 1:15am one morning ... I went down to the garage to find someone there broken into my garage stealing all my stuff. Fortunately they left without incident.

So, anyway, sometimes it just locks up showing the same image and it's not obvious that it's stopped (USB issues)
So I was looking for the timeout but have been unable to find it so far.

And just for kicks here's what I'm doing
You can easily enough change image 0 (or any of the 0-7 images) in the LCD permanently:

git clone https://github.com/dangardner/pylcdsysinfo
wget http://198.245.60.111/Pix/jackred.bmp
cd pylcdsysinfo
python write-image.py 7 ../jackred.bmp
python show-image.py 7

Click on the link to see the pic I 'constructed'
wget http://198.245.60.111/Pix/jackred.bmp

N.B. if anyone wants to make their own image ... 320x240
it seems it doesn't like run-length encoded BMPs - a simple BMP seems ok.

[surgexvb]

I have minepeon working on a rasberrypi with 21 gridseeds and it's working great.  I swapped the bfgminer with the one modified with the gridseed driver and changed the command line in the WebUI to the gridseed flags.  Working great so far, except the hashrate shows under SHA-256 and not "Scrypt".  I assume this may be because of me switching out the bfgminer version?  Not a big deal, but would like to correct if possible.

[blumenkr4ft]

Hello Neil,
first of all i want to thank you for your great work on this nice peace of software.
Of cause i have donations turned on, but i don't see a lag of 15 minutes mining time in my pool stats. Do i donate when i deleted your pool out of the list of pools?
If not please give me the credentials again so i can fill that in.

i'm kinda noob and having two additional questions. hopefully i will not steal to much of your rare time you have.

It's that i'm getting this message from my rPi when i SSH in:
'
[Fri Apr 4 10:51:34 UTC 2014]
[Linux minepeon 3.10.35-1-ARCH armv6l]

wlan0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
wlan0 IP:
eth0 IP:192.168.178.29
'
Also i can't access the web-UI. Server not found Safari says.
How can i fix that?
The rPI is mining still and when i type 'screen -r' i get the dashboard.

Second question is why do i get these strage stats from my one red Bi*Fury?:
BIF 0a: 47.06 | 0.00/ 0.00/ 4.15Gh/s
BIF 0b: 47.06 | 0.00/ 0.00/547.8Mh/s
what do the first two numbers stand for? I assume the third number is the 'real time' hashrate?
The other Bi*Fury which i'm running on the same active USB Hub shows this stats:
BIF la: 44.3C | 2.69/ 2.69/ 2.61Gh/s
BIF lb: 44.3C | 2.45/ 2.45/ 2.35Gh/s
which looks much more likely to me.
Where do these different notations come from? Can i correct this in a way?

Would really appreciate every tipp from you or every other kind person in this thread. Thanks a lot!

UPDATE: Mined PPC last night and saw the donation time in my pool-stats. never saw this when i mined Bitcoin. Maybe this  bug again?

[M4rcD]

Is it possible to have a nxt Node running on a mining minepeon?

Edit: Interested in a Gridseed Groupbuy,too.

[ct1aic]

Hi Neil.

What did I wrong today? I'm only using your SSH menu, but option f gave me the following error in all RPI's:



I still have problems with the overclocked USB Block Eruptors (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137934.msg5714785#msg5714785) and with the lack of IP info at the SSH menu.

[mitak64]

Same update error here 

[MineForeman.com]

Is it possible to have a nxt Node running on a mining minepeon?

Edit: Interested in a Gridseed Groupbuy,too.

Technically yes, practically no, there is just too much processing that needs to go on to become a full node (that goes for bitcoin or any other sort of node as well).

I am working on the grindseed's, with any luck I should have a bunch of them soon.

Neil

[MineForeman.com]

What did I wrong today? I'm only using your SSH menu, but option f gave me the following error in all RPI's:

I am not sure, I started work on a branch for 0.3.0 yesterday and did a few miner updates to 0.2.5.6.

Can you exit to shell and do a;-

cd /opt/minepeon
git branch -a
git pull

for me and tell me what it does?

Neil

[Powell]

Neil any chance of implenting a plugin for the Gridseed soon with the CGminer or BFGminer build for it.    <3!

Running just random version of Wheezy with Cpuminer right now.  

Also on the BBB Alpha I've been meaning to post (but since guessing no major changes just yet) but when you do a git pull in /opt/minepeon it has no gittree for it.

[MineForeman.com]

Neil any chance of implenting a plugin for the Gridseed soon with the CGminer or BFGminer build for it.     <3!

I have two branches that I am looking at;-

https://github.com/girnyau/cgminer-gc3355/

https://github.com/nwoolls/bfgminer/tree/feature/gridseed-support-new

Are they the ones you are after?  I might just sneek them into the git tree but you will need to do something special in the miner settings field.

I am a bit overloaded (end of year tax's does not help) and there is a pile of UI stuff that needs to be done with both, but they can wait.

Neil

[Powell]

Neil any chance of implenting a plugin for the Gridseed soon with the CGminer or BFGminer build for it.     <3!

I have two branches that I am looking at;-

https://github.com/girnyau/cgminer-gc3355/

https://github.com/nwoolls/bfgminer/tree/feature/gridseed-support-new

Are they the ones you are after?  I might just sneek them into the git tree but you will need to do something special in the miner settings field.

I am a bit overloaded (end of year tax's does not help) and there is a pile of UI stuff that needs to be done with both, but they can wait.

Neil

Sunday is gather all my list bit of stuff and go to the CPA day lol!  So no worries!

I've only used the cgminer version since it had the ability to adjust the clock speed.  I installed but had not tried the bfgminer version yet.  I mainly see post about the cgminer stuff.  I know nwools did the latest version of the bfgminer so I doubt its bad but I'm lazy lol.

And custom settings won't be a problem.  Be nice to have the pretty local UI. 

[MineForeman.com]

I've only used the cgminer version since it had the ability to adjust the clock speed.

It is in git so if you're feeling really brave update and use the /opt/minepeon/bin/cgminer-gc3355 binary.  I HAVE NOT TESTED THIS AT ALL!

Neil

[LogicalUnit]

There is a thread on the MinePeon forums about cgminer 4.x.x not detecting Red and Blue Fury ASICs properly. I fell into this group since I upgraded to minepeon 0.2.4.6, and started getting LIBUSB_ERROR_TIMEOUT (-7) messages.

Is this a known issue, and is there a fix for it? I'm currently using cgminer 3.12.3 which detects all my hardware, but restarts approximately once per day for unknown reasons (memory leak?)

[BitMinerN8]

I am working on the grindseed's, with any luck I should have a bunch of them soon.

Sweet!

[ct1aic]

What did I wrong today? I'm only using your SSH menu, but option f gave me the following error in all RPI's:

I am not sure, I started work on a branch for 0.3.0 yesterday and did a few miner updates to 0.2.5.6.

Can you exit to shell and do a;-

cd /opt/minepeon
git branch -a
git pull

for me and tell me what it does?

Neil

[minepeon@minepeon ~]$ cd /opt/minepeon
[minepeon@minepeon minepeon]$ git branch -a
  0.2.4
  0.2.4PR2
  Test-Merge-0.2.4-Master
* master
  static
  remotes/origin/0.2.4
  remotes/origin/0.2.4PR1
  remotes/origin/0.2.4PR2
  remotes/origin/0.3.0
  remotes/origin/AngularJS
  remotes/origin/BBB
  remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master
  remotes/origin/KnC
  remotes/origin/RaspberryPi-0.2.5
  remotes/origin/Test-Merge-0.2.4-Master
  remotes/origin/donate-norestart
  remotes/origin/master
  remotes/origin/shutdown
  remotes/origin/static
[minepeon@minepeon minepeon]$ git pull
remote: Counting objects: 4, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (4/4), done.
remote: Total 4 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
Unpacking objects: 100% (4/4), done.
From https://github.com/MineForeman/minepeon-base
   72e7d15..dfdac8b  master     -> origin/master
Updating 93b1f75..dfdac8b
error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge:
        bin/scripts/FactoryReset.sh
Please, commit your changes or stash them before you can merge.
error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by merge:
        bin/bitstreams/README
Please move or remove them before you can merge.
Aborting
[minepeon@minepeon minepeon]$

[MineForeman.com]

.... snip ....

Thats odd, it seems that there are some changes to a few files that it does not like.  It can easly be fixed though, do this;-

cd /opt/minepeon
git checkout bin/scripts/FactoryReset.sh
git bin/bitstreams/README
git pull

I will try to work out what I did wrong!

Neil