Newbie question-hopfully easily fixed

[tom3434]

Hi, I am completely new to the whole bitcoin thing and as a poor uni student am very interested in the world of mining. I downloaded GUIminer and followed the simple instructions. I created a BTC Guild account and have been trying to figure out how to get to work since. When I click Start mining it says 'Starting' then says 'Connecting' but then just sits at Connecting. I have disabled all firewalls. What have I done wrong?

Here is my console.

2011-06-16 15:35:55: Running command: D:\Miner\guiminer\miners\puddinpop\rpcminer-cuda.exe -user=-url=http://btcguild.com:8332
2011-06-16 15:35:55: Listener for "Cuda" started
2011-06-16 15:35:55: Listener for "Cuda": Client will start 1 miner threads
2011-06-16 15:35:55: Listener for "Cuda": Work will be refreshed every 4000 ms
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": 1 CUDA GPU devices found
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Setting CUDA device to first device found
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Loading module bitcoinminercuda_20.cubin
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": CUDA initialized
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Done allocating CUDA resources for (16,16)
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Finding best configuration step end (16,16) 994ms  prev best=9223372036854775807ms
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Done allocating CUDA resources for (16,32)
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Finding best configuration step end (16,32) 354ms  prev best=994ms
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Done allocating CUDA resources for (16,64)
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Finding best configuration step end (16,64) 316ms  prev best=354ms
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Done allocating CUDA resources for (16,128)
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Finding best configuration step end (16,128) 277ms  prev best=316ms
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Done allocating CUDA resources for (16,256)
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Finding best configuration step end (16,256) 261ms  prev best=277ms
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Done allocating CUDA resources for (32,16)
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Finding best configuration step end (32,16) 953ms  prev best=261ms
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Done allocating CUDA resources for (32,32)
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Finding best configuration step end (32,32) 334ms  prev best=261ms
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Done allocating CUDA resources for (32,64)
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Finding best configuration step end (32,64) 306ms  prev best=261ms
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Done allocating CUDA resources for (32,128)
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Finding best configuration step end (32,128) 265ms  prev best=261ms
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Done allocating CUDA resources for (32,256)
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Finding best configuration step end (32,256) 256ms  prev best=261ms
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Done allocating CUDA resources for (64,16)
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Finding best configuration step end (64,16) 923ms  prev best=256ms
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Done allocating CUDA resources for (64,32)
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Finding best configuration step end (64,32) 322ms  prev best=256ms
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Done allocating CUDA resources for (64,64)
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Finding best configuration step end (64,64) 300ms  prev best=256ms
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Done allocating CUDA resources for (64,128)
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Finding best configuration step end (64,128) 261ms  prev best=256ms
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Done allocating CUDA resources for (64,256)
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Finding best configuration step end (64,256) 254ms  prev best=256ms
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Done allocating CUDA resources for (128,16)
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Finding best configuration step end (128,16) 910ms  prev best=254ms
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Done allocating CUDA resources for (128,32)
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Finding best configuration step end (128,32) 315ms  prev best=254ms
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Done allocating CUDA resources for (128,64)
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Finding best configuration step end (128,64) 297ms  prev best=254ms
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Done allocating CUDA resources for (128,128)
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Finding best configuration step end (128,128) 258ms  prev best=254ms
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Done allocating CUDA resources for (128,256)
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Finding best configuration step end (128,256) 252ms  prev best=254ms
2011-06-16 15:36:06: Listener for "Cuda": Done allocating CUDA resources for (128,256)

[fascistmuffin]

You might want to edit out your username/password from your post.

[neneko]

Now I'll use them to..well.. mine bitcoins for you. Yeah, take that.

[fascistmuffin]

Now I'll use them to..well.. mine bitcoins for you. Yeah, take that.

The issue is not that but username/password replication. You wouldn't believe how many people use the same username login and password for every website they have an account for. We could totally hijack his facebook page! 

[tom3434]

haha, I realized that as soon as I posted it. Any suggestions on what I've done wrong?

[dhall]

Now I'll use them to..well.. mine bitcoins for you. Yeah, take that.

The issue is not that but username/password replication. You wouldn't believe how many people use the same username login and password for every website they have an account for. We could totally hijack his facebook page! 

I think I read that the Sony PSN passwords had a 80% correlation to the Gizmodo hack data.

[tom3434]

Cheers for the help :/
Why just put mindless chatter on my post then leave it?

[NothinG]

Try using the OpenCL to mine.

[tom3434]

I have CUDA. Could I also have OpenCL or is it one or the other?

[RevolutionMaster]

I have CUDA. Could I also have OpenCL or is it one or the other?

You could use either, but the OpenCL miners tend to be better supported.