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Hello guys, I need some help as i just got started into bitcoin mining as a hobby (with a GekkoScience 2 Pac miner). I had setup a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, running the latest version of Minera based on the youtube guide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQndxAfk-hM . The initial setup of Minera is fine, however Minera is unable to detect the miner and the hashing speed is 0. The miner is a steady bright white colour, and Minera log is as follows: [2017-08-22 17:22:43.522] Started cgminer 4.10.0 [2017-08-22 17:22:43.523] Loaded configuration file /var/www/minera/conf/miner_conf.json [2017-08-22 17:22:43.689] No devices detected! [2017-08-22 17:22:43.690] Waiting for USB hotplug devices or press q to quit [2017-08-22 17:22:43.690] Probing for an alive pool [2017-08-22 17:22:44.121] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 2048 [2017-08-22 17:22:44.691] Network diff set to 923G [2017-08-22 17:22:49.691] API running in IP access mode on port 4028 (11) [2017-08-22 17:23:11.251] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 409 [2017-08-22 17:23:11.252] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart [2017-08-22 17:23:41.195] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 128 [2017-08-22 17:23:41.196] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart [2017-08-22 17:26:47.850] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block at height 481616 Appreciate if someone could help, thanks!
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NotFuzzyWarm
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August 22, 2017, 03:46:30 PM |
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Read the 1st post here... The sticks require a driver that Minera does not have. You need CGminer with driver from vh.
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usao
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August 22, 2017, 03:47:40 PM |
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Any news on the pod miners?
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sidehack
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August 22, 2017, 04:02:18 PM |
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Hello guys, I need some help as i just got started into bitcoin mining as a hobby (with a GekkoScience 2 Pac miner). ... The miner is a steady bright white colour ... Appreciate if someone could help, thanks!
Solid white light usually means there's a problem. Compile the proper cgminer as instructed in the 1st post and if it detects the device but doesn't mine with it, you might have to contact the seller for warranty replacement. Any news on the pod miners?
Yeah, in the "news on pod miners" thread. This is the stickminer support thread.
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wavelengthsf
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August 22, 2017, 04:10:28 PM Last edit: August 22, 2017, 05:12:39 PM by wavelengthsf |
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Hello guys, I need some help as i just got started into bitcoin mining as a hobby (with a GekkoScience 2 Pac miner). I had setup a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, running the latest version of Minera based on the youtube guide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQndxAfk-hM . The initial setup of Minera is fine, however Minera is unable to detect the miner and the hashing speed is 0. The miner is a steady bright white colour, and Minera log is as follows: Appreciate if someone could help, thanks! You need to install the vh version of cgminer as a custom miner into Minera. SSH into your Minera Pi, and follow the steps for "Raspbian - Kernel version: 4.4 (Raspberry Pi)". (edit: removed my extra steps based on feedback below.) Once those are done, you should have a folder called cgminer. In that folder, copy the cgminer binary to /var/www/minera/minera-bin/custom/ It'll then show up in Minera as a custom miner. (Full instructions here for Adding custom miners: https://github.com/michelem09/minera/wiki/Local-miners)
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August 22, 2017, 04:16:31 PM |
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@sidehack
can you give a link to the "news on pod miners"?
also, what is a pod? I saw it mentioned on another thread.
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sidehack
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August 22, 2017, 04:19:03 PM |
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Interestingly enough, the first search result for "pod" is this thread.
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Biodom
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August 22, 2017, 04:37:50 PM |
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You need to install the vh version of cgminer as a custom miner into Minera. SSH into your Minera Pi, and follow the steps for "Raspbian - Kernel version: 4.4 (Raspberry Pi)". I would add two more steps between the instructions to make sure you have your custom miner in the right place. sudo apt-get install -y build-essential git libusb-1.0-0-dev libusb-1.0-0 libcurl4-openssl-dev libncurses5-dev libudev-dev screen libtool automake pkg-config libjansson-dev
mkdir 2pac cd 2pac
mkdir -p git/vthoang; cd git/vthoang
Once those are done, you should have a folder called cgminer under the 2pac folder you made. In that folder, copy the cgminer binary to /var/www/minera/minera-bin/custom/ It'll then show up in Minera as a custom miner. (Full instructions here for Adding custom miners: https://github.com/michelem09/minera/wiki/Local-miners) your addition (as written now) would only confuse as your inserted syntax does not relate to what is below it in any way.
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wavelengthsf
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August 22, 2017, 05:12:00 PM |
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Sorry - maybe I'm rusty on my linux.
I was trying to create a subfolder for the user to add the cgminer they build into. I can edit out my change. (I see that I should've also made it so the checkout goes to the 2pac folder, but looking at my minera, its not an issue.)
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August 22, 2017, 05:31:33 PM |
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I get is what you were helping with, just need to expand your writeup in comparison with what is in the OP, in my opinion.
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August 23, 2017, 06:25:10 AM |
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Hi guys, tell me how to solve the problem, can't download - Apr 20, 2017 @ b682468 - cgminer-4.10.0-windows-gekko-b682468.7z
403 Forbidden nginx/1.4.6 (Ubuntu)
Need help!!
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August 23, 2017, 12:05:46 PM |
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Hi, I followed the Minera 2pac tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQndxAfk-hMBut the 2pac won't be detected and light is white. The steps I did in minera: cd /var/www/minera/minera-bin/src mkdir -p git/vthoang; cd git/vthoang git clone https://github.com/vthoang/cgminer.gitcd cgminer CFLAGS="-O2" ./autogen.sh --enable-gekko make -j 2 cp cgminer /var/www/minera/minera-bin/custom/cgminer-vthoang cd /var/www/minera/minera-bin/custom Did I miss anything? Bye Moe
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wavelengthsf
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August 23, 2017, 01:10:53 PM |
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From your minera, did you select the Custom Miner option?
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August 23, 2017, 02:58:24 PM |
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From your minera, did you select the Custom Miner option?
After all the statements above I set up the custom miner and selected the new added custom miner.
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August 23, 2017, 03:50:54 PM |
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Do I also need this statement: sudo apt-get install -y build-essential git libusb-1.0-0-dev libusb-1.0-0 libcurl4-openssl-dev libncurses5-dev libudev-dev screen libtool automake pkg-config libjansson-dev If yes, can I do this statement after all the other set up statements?
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wavelengthsf
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August 23, 2017, 05:01:11 PM |
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If your cgminer built, you likely have those libraries. However, that is the first part of the build - you need those before you can do the subsequent steps.
What's your minera log say when you use the custom cgminer? What are the parameters you're passing it? Does the cgminer you built work without minera?
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August 23, 2017, 11:46:45 PM |
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Has anyone had any luck mining with these? I've been mining for 2-3 weeks on mmpool and haven't earned anything yet: http://mmpool.org/user/guttermonkSo I tried switching to mining BCC on suprnova for the last week and haven't gotten anything there either. My miners are running on cgminer at 135MHz with no errors.
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August 24, 2017, 01:09:04 AM |
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Has anyone had any luck mining with these? I've been mining for 2-3 weeks on mmpool and haven't earned anything yet: http://mmpool.org/user/guttermonkSo I tried switching to mining BCC on suprnova for the last week and haven't gotten anything there either. My miners are running on cgminer at 135MHz with no errors. You didn't switch them to BCH during the frenzy I guess? The Bitcoin difficulty is far too high to earn much with these sticks. time( to find a block in seconds) = difficulty * 2**32 / hashrate ( I'll call it 16 GH/s) time = 923233068449 * 2**32/16000000000 time = 247828489723 s if you mine on a pool that regularly finds blocks, your share would be based on this number so 12.5(coins) / time = 5.04381X10 -11 bitcoins per second or 4.3579X10 -6 per day or 0.00159 bitcoins per year per 2Pac You can check my math but it looks about right to me. Really, you should run the 2Pac on a lottery type all-or-nothing pool like solo.ckpool.org - you mine using only your Bitcoin address as a username and when in the unlikely event you mine a block, you get all but 1% of the winnings! I've been playing for about a month, my best share is 32.5M difficulty but we're looking for 923B for the win...for the next 6 blocks at least and it is set to drop to 888B so our luck will improve shortly!
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August 24, 2017, 01:22:15 AM |
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Your math sounds about right. With 5 sticks running for two weeks on mmpool, my estimated round payout is .00030723 btc. At BTC's price right now ($4150), my 5 sticks would make roughly $33.15, and would pay for themselves in seven years. LOL ...I'll try solo mining and hope I win the lottery.
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sidehack
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August 24, 2017, 02:06:12 AM |
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That's pretty much what they've always been for, learning tools and lottery tickets. I've never disguised the fact these will never pay for themselves - outside of the improbability of a solo block.
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