GekkoScience 2Pac/Compac BM1384 Stickminer Official Support Thread

[der_wasi]

so, should the next test be to up the hertz on this one or test the other stick at 200 .... hmm.
zac

Maybe first get the HW errors to 0. Turn the voltage to 4 o`clock and see if there are new HW errors coming. If not you can increase the frequency again.

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[zac123]

so, should the next test be to up the hertz on this one or test the other stick at 200 .... hmm.
zac

Maybe first get the HW errors to 0. Turn the voltage to 4 o`clock and see if there are new HW errors coming. If not you can increase the frequency again.

yep good idea.

[Streeky]

Hi guys ive been trying to get my gekko working for the first time for two days now and keep coming up agains the same problems. So could you far more experianced guys give me a hand?

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo apt-get install -y build-essential git autoconf automake 
 libtool pkg-config libcurl4-openssl-dev libudev-dev

Reading package lists... 0%

Reading package lists... 100%

Reading package lists... Done


Building dependency tree... 0%

Building dependency tree... 0%

Building dependency tree... 50%

Building dependency tree... 50%

Building dependency tree       


Reading state information... 0%

Reading state information... 0%

Reading state information... Done

Package libcurl4-openssl-dev is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

Package autoconf is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

Package automake is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

Package libtool is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'autoconf' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'automake' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'libtool' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'libcurl4-openssl-dev' has no installation candidate
E: Unable to locate package libudev-dev
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ 

[sidehack]

Not sure I can help with the problem at hand, but

I just bought a hundred and thirty dollar usb stick

I think you got ripped off.

[zac123]

Anyone have any ideas?

Did you do the driver properly?
http://zadig.akeo.ie

[goose1072]

Page one has all the info you will ever need...

[Streeky]

Page one has all the info you will ever need...

I've gone through all of page 1 and keep coming up with the same problem. As I said I'm really new to coding so I'm blind really as to what the commands are that I'm typing in.

[marousi]

Finally, after much tinkering I have 7 2pacs running continuously 48 hours at 225 mhz with out HW errors and zombies

[sidehack]

Streeky - do a bit of research on "apt" an its sources list.

What that is you're trying to do is install some software. Debian and its children use apt as a package manager, which means it's a program that can be used to download and install pre-compiled software and other useful resources. It does so easily by maintaining a list of sources, which is to say servers that keep info on those packages, where to find them and how to download and install them. If a package is not found, it could be your sources list is incomplete or you could be using an old enough version that the default sources list is no longer accurate. Or for some reason you're not connecting to the internet properly.

It's not a 2Pac problem so much as an OS problem.

[der_wasi]

I've gone through all of page 1 and keep coming up with the same problem. As I said I'm really new to coding so I'm blind really as to what the commands are that I'm typing in.

Did you try this?

Code:

sudo apg-get update

After that try installing the packages again.
And be sure there are no line breaks inside your command. So be careful with copy and paste.

Try https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/apt/apt-get/
It´s a good and informative wiki.

[Streeky]

Streeky - do a bit of research on "apt" an its sources list.

What that is you're trying to do is install some software. Debian and its children use apt as a package manager, which means it's a program that can be used to download and install pre-compiled software and other useful resources. It does so easily by maintaining a list of sources, which is to say servers that keep info on those packages, where to find them and how to download and install them. If a package is not found, it could be your sources list is incomplete or you could be using an old enough version that the default sources list is no longer accurate. Or for some reason you're not connecting to the internet properly.

It's not a 2Pac problem so much as an OS problem.
Sidehack,

Thanks for the reply and the info on "apt". As I said I'm in over my head but determined to learn. I've tred a few different tutorials on how to get my gekkos mining and they all must be out of date/in compleat (defiantly not my internet). Do you know of an up to date list of comands to get me mining?

Also dose anyone know if theres a PDF or book that lists comand line inputs and what they do?


Der-wasi,
I wasn't doing the for my first few atempts but every time for the last 5-7 times. Also used sudo apt-get upgrade -y after each update.

[der_wasi]

Which operating system do you use?
Try the newest version of raspian. The commands on post #1 should be up to date.
https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbian_lite_latest

[Streeky]

Which operating system do you use?
Try the newest version of raspian. The commands on post #1 should be up to date.
https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbian_lite_latest

Ooooww should I be using rasping lite?

[flippintwit]

You can use either, which ever you are most comfortable with. I'm using Raspian ( Stretch ) with the desktop running three instances of cgminer ( 3 2pacs ) and m-minerd on three of the four CPU cores mining Magicoin (XMG.) It's all working great.

[rooihond]

Greets.

Just got another couple of 2Pac for my collection. But getting a problem with one of them not being detected. When I plug it in, the blue LED lights up, but turns off as soon as I let go.

I.e. if I touch the heatsink, the blue LED lights up. The USB bus sees it but shows as inactive. cgminer does not detect it. The other one runs fine. I presume I have a faulty 2Pac ?

Incidentally, they run months on end without intervention.

[der_wasi]

Ooooww should I be using rasping lite?

Raspian Stretch lite is just the usual Stretch version without a desktop. I´m using it and it definitely works.

Greets.

Just got another couple of 2Pac for my collection. But getting a problem with one of them not being detected. When I plug it in, the blue LED lights up, but turns off as soon as I let go.

I.e. if I touch the heatsink, the blue LED lights up. The USB bus sees it but shows as inactive. cgminer does not detect it. The other one runs fine. I presume I have a faulty 2Pac ?

Incidentally, they run months on end without intervention.

What happens if you try the faulty one alone in the hub? Does it work then?

[sidehack]

That's a pretty weird issue. Where did you get it from?

[Streeky]

Ok guy and girls, i've hit another wall.

So hears what iv done;

Re formatted SD properly.

Re installed NOOBS

SD card in the pi and installed Raspian (Full Fat)

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade -y

Reboot

$ 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 -p git/vthoang; cd git/vthoang
$ git clone https://github.com/vthoang/cgminer.git
$ cd cgminer

Then i get this.....

pi@raspberrypi:~/git/vthoang/cgminer $ CFLAGS="-O2" ./autogen.sh --enable-gekko
./autogen.sh: 4: ./autogen.sh: autoreconf: not found
Configuring...
./autogen.sh: 8: ./autogen.sh: /home/pi/git/vthoang/cgminer/configure: not found

What the hell am i doing so wrong (apart from know very little about mining/pi/commands)?
This is maybe my 8th atempt at getting cgminer on my pi.

[vh]

./autogen.sh: 4: ./autogen.sh: autoreconf: not found

You are moving forward a few steps, which is a good sign.
NOOBS probably left out some things not found by default in the raspbian stretch lite image used as a base to create those initial post instructions.

Code:

sudo apt-get install -y autoconf

[Streeky]

./autogen.sh: 4: ./autogen.sh: autoreconf: not found

You are moving forward a few steps, which is a good sign.
NOOBS probably left out some things not found by default in the raspbian stretch lite image used as a base to create those initial post instructions.

Code:

sudo apt-get install -y autoconf

So do I do this after "$ sudo apt-get upgrade -y"?