OLD: BFGMiner 3.10.0: modular ASIC+FPGA, GBT+Strtm, RPC, Mac/Lnx/W64, AntU1, DRB

[village.idiot]

I tried minepeon and never could get it to work, even with mineforeman's help.
Don't know what could be different about my Pi.  Other people have no problem with peon.
Bfgminer is working fine.  I just want it to start automatically and be able to see the messages.

[smoothrunnings]

How do I add a second pool as a failover on bfgminer 3.3.0 for Win64 using the command prompt since I can't access the pool management while bfgminer is running?

Thanks

[ktbken]

Hi
Are there any manual clock tuning options for use with the BFSB or is auto the only option atm ?

Thanks

[juhakall]

Hi
Are there any manual clock tuning options for use with the BFSB or is auto the only option atm ?

Thanks

From IRC (anajavi has been developing the code at least to some extent):

<anajavi> bfgminer-rpc 'pgaset|0,help' gives a help,
<anajavi> bfgminer-rpc 'pgaset|0,osc6_bits,54' sets speed for chip 0

I haven't tested this myself. I'm also unsure about the PGA numbering, since with the current device scheme there can be up to 4 devices corresponding to each bus on the M-board, and each of those devices can have up to 64 chips.

EDIT: I tried this, and with the newest version you actually have to use procset instead of pgaset. But the option seems to be broken. Firstly, the help command doesn't work. And the actual speed setting doesn't work either:

Code:

nc localhost 4028 <<< procset\|0,osc6_bits,55
STATUS=E,When=1382035802,Code=93,Msg=PGA 0 set failed: invalid setting,Description=bfgminer 3.3.0|#

nc localhost 4028 <<< procset\|0,osc6_bits
STATUS=E,When=1382035841,Code=93,Msg=PGA 0 set failed: Unknown option: osc6_bits,Description=bfgminer 3.3.0|#

But testing with a bogus option name, it looks like osc6_bits does indeed exist on some level:

Code:

nc localhost 4028 <<< procset\|0,bogus,55
STATUS=E,When=1382035944,Code=93,Msg=PGA 0 set failed: Unknown option: bogus,Description=bfgminer 3.3.0|#

With osc6_bits and the desired speed value, I get an invalid setting error instead of Unkown option.

EDIT2: The problem was with netcat, apparently the procset command is more strict about extra newlines at the end of the command. Thanks to Luke for pointing this out. Works fine when using bfgminer-rpc.

[derpcoin]

I wonder if anyone can help me, I have currently been using bfgminer for my jally which has been fine. I recieved a bitburner the other day and I can not get BFG to mine with the bitburner.

When I run my bat file I first see a RTED the after that the miner starts because it sees teh jally and then it spams a message "Error trying to wake notifer".

Thsi is my startup line, bfgminer -o xxxxxxxxx -u xxxxxx -S opencl:noauto --avalon-options 115200:2:10:45:300 --queue 4

I have the ftdi driver installed from the website which I've read is needed for BFGminer and im just at a loss as to what to do.

[juhakall]

Are others seeing this kind of error flood after a reboot with BFSB hardware?:

Code:

 [2013-10-17 22:19:55] BSB 2af: bitfury_init_oldbuf: Giving up after 4 tries
 [2013-10-17 22:19:55] BSB 2ag: bitfury_init_oldbuf: Giving up after 4 tries
 [2013-10-17 22:19:55] BSB 2aj: bitfury_init_oldbuf: Giving up after 4 tries
 [2013-10-17 22:19:55] BSB 2aw: bitfury_init_oldbuf: Giving up after 4 tries
 [2013-10-17 22:19:55] BSB 1a: bitfury_init_oldbuf: Giving up after 4 tries

I can see the device/proc counter slowly increase in the top area. During 3-4 minutes the errors gradually stop, and all chips start working.

[Luke-Jr]

Are others seeing this kind of error flood after a reboot with BFSB hardware?:

Code:

 [2013-10-17 22:19:55] BSB 2af: bitfury_init_oldbuf: Giving up after 4 tries
 [2013-10-17 22:19:55] BSB 2ag: bitfury_init_oldbuf: Giving up after 4 tries
 [2013-10-17 22:19:55] BSB 2aj: bitfury_init_oldbuf: Giving up after 4 tries
 [2013-10-17 22:19:55] BSB 2aw: bitfury_init_oldbuf: Giving up after 4 tries
 [2013-10-17 22:19:55] BSB 1a: bitfury_init_oldbuf: Giving up after 4 tries

I can see the device/proc counter slowly increase in the top area. During 3-4 minutes the errors gradually stop, and all chips start working.

Yeah, Bitfury chips seem to behave strangely at first power on.
I've got a hack in the nanofury branch to try to workaround it.

[Daily Anarchist]

Any chance of BFGMiner making it to the official Debian/Ubuntu repos any time soon?

[Luke-Jr]

Any chance of BFGMiner making it to the official Debian/Ubuntu repos any time soon?

I was in touch with some Debian developers a number of months ago, and they did some packaging work, but I guess they've been too busy to finish it.
Maybe someone wants to volunteer to help bring it up to date?
Or maybe more user interest would improve the priority?

bfgminer RFP (including email to post comments)

[JakeTri]

Luke,

Do you have a Gentoo ebuild that build from latest Git branch master ?
I'm talking about something similar with existing "genkernel-9999.ebuild" or "git-9999.ebuild" ...

Thanks,
Jake

[Luke-Jr]

Do you have a Gentoo ebuild that build from latest Git branch master ?
I'm talking about something similar with existing "genkernel-9999.ebuild" or "git-9999.ebuild" ...

Not at the moment, sorry.

[Daily Anarchist]

Hello all! I recently compiled bfgminer on my linux box. It's an old machine with a quite outdated video card. I'm doing this strictly as a learning experience, not for profit. That being said, I created an account at 50BTC. I issued the command

Code:

./bfgminer -o http://pool.50btc.com:8332 -u (my email address) -p (my 50btc password)

and then it appeared that it logged on successfully. However, it produced no mining results. I hit the M option and then tried both auto and all options and both times No Device Found. I'd like it to use my old video card. What am I doing wrong? Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you!

[ktbken]

Are others seeing this kind of error flood after a reboot with BFSB hardware?:

Code:

 [2013-10-17 22:19:55] BSB 2af: bitfury_init_oldbuf: Giving up after 4 tries
 [2013-10-17 22:19:55] BSB 2ag: bitfury_init_oldbuf: Giving up after 4 tries
 [2013-10-17 22:19:55] BSB 2aj: bitfury_init_oldbuf: Giving up after 4 tries
 [2013-10-17 22:19:55] BSB 2aw: bitfury_init_oldbuf: Giving up after 4 tries
 [2013-10-17 22:19:55] BSB 1a: bitfury_init_oldbuf: Giving up after 4 tries

I can see the device/proc counter slowly increase in the top area. During 3-4 minutes the errors gradually stop, and all chips start working.

Not sure if this helps but i have noticed that if you go to far with the pencil mod ie up the voltage to much, it causes this to happen
Back the voltage off a bit and it goes away

[HellDiverUK]

Luke-Jr, have you any idea if/when you'll be adding the stratum proxy module to the OpenWRT version of BFGMiner?

[Mudbankkeith]

Hello all! I recently compiled bfgminer on my linux box. It's an old machine with a quite outdated video card. I'm doing this strictly as a learning experience, not for profit. That being said, I created an account at 50BTC. I issued the command

Code:

./bfgminer -o http://pool.50btc.com:8332 -u (my email address) -p (my 50btc password)

and then it appeared that it logged on successfully. However, it produced no mining results. I hit the M option and then tried both auto and all options and both times No Device Found. I'd like it to use my old video card. What am I doing wrong? Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you!

3.3.0 turns off the GPU by default.

Edit:- turns off the GPU by default if asic is found.
         Try your line:-./bfgminer -o http://pool.50btc.com:8332 -u (my email address) -p (my 50btc password) -S all

Take a look at the "read me" notes.
If your card is an older Nvidia then you will struggle.

[vulgartrendkill]

Hello all! I recently compiled bfgminer on my linux box. It's an old machine with a quite outdated video card. I'm doing this strictly as a learning experience, not for profit. That being said, I created an account at 50BTC. I issued the command

Code:

./bfgminer -o http://pool.50btc.com:8332 -u (my email address) -p (my 50btc password)

and then it appeared that it logged on successfully. However, it produced no mining results. I hit the M option and then tried both auto and all options and both times No Device Found. I'd like it to use my old video card. What am I doing wrong? Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you!

3.3.0 turns off the GPU by default.

Edit:- turns off the GPU by default if asic is found.
         Try your line:-./bfgminer -o http://pool.50btc.com:8332 -u (my email address) -p (my 50btc password) -S all

Take a look at the "read me" notes.
If your card is an older Nvidia then you will struggle.

is 50btc a getwork pool? 8332 is a getwork port.  If it is stratum pool try 3333 instead.

[Luke-Jr]

Luke-Jr, have you any idea if/when you'll be adding the stratum proxy module to the OpenWRT version of BFGMiner?

IIRC, it should be there in 3.3.0?

[dlasher]

Luke-Jr:

Any reason why the extended-core information for BFL's (seeing all cores per Single, for example) went away from 3.2.90 to 3.3.0 via the API?

I used to get all 16 cores per single, now I see only summary information.

[Luke-Jr]

Luke-Jr:

Any reason why the extended-core information for BFL's (seeing all cores per Single, for example) went away from 3.2.90 to 3.3.0 via the API?

I used to get all 16 cores per single, now I see only summary information.

Per README.RPC...

API V2.0 (BFGMiner v3.3.0)

Removed API commands:
 'devdetail' - Use newer 'devdetails' for same information.

Modified API commands:
 'devs' - display status of each full device only (not processors)
 'pga' - lookup and display device by device (not processor) number
 'pgacount' - count only full devices (not processors)
 'pgaenable' - enable all processors for a numbered full device
 'pgadisable' - disable all processors for a numbered full device
 'pgaidentify' - choose first processor of numbered full device
 'pgaset' - choose first processor of numbered full device

Added API commands:
 'procs'
 'proc'
 'proccount'
 'procenable'
 'procdisable'
 'procidentify'
 'procset'

[dlasher]

^^ perfect, thanks.. will go fix all my scripts.. Might want to update miner.php while you're at it to work with the API changes.