DiabloMiner GPU Miner

[DiabloD3]

DiabloMiner refuses to start with new Catalyst 13.4 (CGMiner with diablo kernel still works fine)
Log: http://pastebin.com/vgQtx08E

Sounds like a driver bug. What Radeon do you have?

I have HD7950
With Catalyst 13.1 DiabloMiner works fine, but 13.4 causes this issue. It seems that in 13.4 OpenCL is integrated in driver package and installs automatically. No more "OpenCL.msi" packages. And it causes some problems with mining software. I don't know if this experimental feature, or will be standart in all new catalyst drivers.
However, CGMiner and Reaper still works fine for me with 13.4.

NEVER install the OpenCL SDK, it is often the source of breakage.

[kevinmyers80]

I have problems using linux, someone happened?

[Wed]

When it will be possible to use stratum?

[DiabloD3]

When it will be possible to use stratum?

Thats not really a big issue for GPUs.

[Wed]

i don't understand what you mean.
I'm asking for: when it will be possible to connect to pools with the stratum protocol with diablominer?

[DiabloD3]

i don't understand what you mean.
I'm asking for: when it will be possible to connect to pools with the stratum protocol with diablominer?

When I get around to adding it. GPUs do not benefit from stratum. DiabloMiner does not support FPGAs or ASICs yet.

[Wed]

My problem is, i want to use slush's pool. But his pool only accepts stratum

[com911]

My problem is, i want to use slush's pool. But his pool only accepts stratum

Slush have Stratum proxy software. http://mining.bitcoin.cz/stratum-mining (Links on top of the page)
You can use it for any pool, not only Slush's. For example, i am using this proxy for mine PPCoin with DiabloMiner on other stratum-pool.

[com911]

NEVER install the OpenCL SDK, it is often the source of breakage.

I know, but now, with new drivers, it installs/updates automatically

[DiabloD3]

NEVER install the OpenCL SDK, it is often the source of breakage.

I know, but now, with new drivers, it installs/updates automatically

Thats not the SDK, thats the runtime that you're SUPPOSED to install. Always use the one that comes with the driver.

[Wed]

My problem is, i want to use slush's pool. But his pool only accepts stratum

Slush have Stratum proxy software. http://mining.bitcoin.cz/stratum-mining (Links on top of the page)
You can use it for any pool, not only Slush's. For example, i am using this proxy for mine PPCoin with DiabloMiner on other stratum-pool.

I know of slush's proxy but a native implementation would be better =)

[Wed]

Hey DiabloD3,
maybe you know the old thread (https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=8994.0'%3EMac) with DiabloMiner.app binary for Mac OS X.
This thread is really old, like the DiabloMiner in it.

I've updated that to current version of DiabloMiner and with more possibilites to change attributes.
I hope that's okay, i've published it here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=193274.0

If you disagree with my work, I will remove the download, the thread and everything else.

[DiabloD3]

Hey DiabloD3,
maybe you know the old thread (https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=8994.0'%3EMac) with DiabloMiner.app binary for Mac OS X.
This thread is really old, like the DiabloMiner in it.

I've updated that to current version of DiabloMiner and with more possibilites to change attributes.
I hope that's okay, i've published it here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=193274.0

If you disagree with my work, I will remove the download, the thread and everything else.

I don't have a problem with it, I just wish MacCompiler had talked with me to make it automatically download and update it's copy of DM instead of packaging it inside, or at least released the source so other people could hack that functionality into it.

[Wed]

It's very easy to modify it.

It's just a bashscript which asks for few userentries and then it starts diablominer with entered attributes.
Everyone with knowledge of bashscripting can modify it.
To replace diablominer with a newer version, just replace "target" directory with a newer one. The only binary in that package is the binary to start a bashscript

[DiabloD3]

It's very easy to modify it.

It's just a bashscript which asks for few userentries and then it starts diablominer with entered attributes.
Everyone with knowing of bashscripting can modify it.
To replace diablominer with a newer version, just replace "target" directory with a newer one.

Ahh, I never actually looked at the program, I assumed it was some non-interpreted binary.

If I add a .sha1 file along side the zip download, could you add whats needed to to automatically download DM with curl/wget?

[Wed]

i can try it, but no promises. I'm really new at bashscripting.
I will do my best

[DiabloD3]

i can try it, but no promises. I'm really new at bashscripting.
I will do my best

There, I've added a sha1
http://adterrasperaspera.com/DiabloMiner.zip
http://adterrasperaspera.com/DiabloMiner.zip.sha1

[Wed]

Thank you very much, i'll try to implement it.
I'll inform you if i was successful.

[Wed]

I'm finished =)

If update is available (hash has changed)



If no update is available (hash has not changed)



Running




If you have some knowledge in bashscripting, here are the essential lines:

Code:

export current_hash=`curl --silent http://adterrasperaspera.com/DiabloMiner.zip.sha1`   #gets the current hash value
export app_hash=$(defaults -currentHost read oss.bitcoin-utils.diablominer 'AppHash')   #gets the saved hash value (from appsettings), on first start this value is empty. that means on first start it always do an update
...
    if [[ "$app_hash" != "$current_hash" ]]; then   #if hash dismatch
        echo "New version found!"
        cd $(dirname $0)/../Resources/miner
        rm -R target/   #delets old target directory
        echo "Downloading new version ..."
        curl -O http://adterrasperaspera.com/DiabloMiner.zip   #gets newest binary
        echo "Unpacking DiabloMiner..."
        unzip -qq DiabloMiner.zip DiabloMiner/target/*   # unzips the target directory
        mv DiabloMiner/target/ target/   # moves target directory to the right location
        echo "Cleaning temp files..."
        rm -R DiabloMiner/   # deletes empty folder
        rm DiabloMiner.zip   # deletes .zip file
        echo "Update successful"
        defaults -currentHost write oss.bitcoin-utils.diablominer 'AppHash'   -string  "$current_hash"   # writes current hash value to appsettings
        echo "Starting DiabloMiner"
        echo " "
    fi

The next days maybe I will do some code improvements, but in this state it should work like expected

[bujiraso]

Great miner, thanks!