[OS] nvOC easy-to-use Linux Nvidia Mining

[fullzero]

my rigs keep restarting after few minutes. Some after 5 mins some after 30. Im not sure why this keeps happening.

im using all 1070's with core 100 / 1050 also i tried 150-200 / 1100-1600. No luck

what is your power limit on them? for 1070s I would push around 120-125 with a moderate/heavy OC. Anything less can cause stability problems.

my power limits are all at 125

Anyone have any idea on this? its driving me crazy

I have a rig with 1070, my setting is cc-100, mc+1000, powerlimit 120, works well for ETH.
Try to make things simple, disable all powerful features including watchdog, auto temperature control, auto profit switching and more.

Most likely; the watchdog is restarting your rig: so disabling it will stop the restarts.  If you haven't downloaded the bugfix 1bash plus newer files from the OP, this will help as well.

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[fullzero]

my rigs keep restarting after few minutes. Some after 5 mins some after 30. Im not sure why this keeps happening.

im using all 1070's with core 100 / 1050 also i tried 150-200 / 1100-1600. No luck

what is your power limit on them? for 1070s I would push around 120-125 with a moderate/heavy OC. Anything less can cause stability problems.

my power limits are all at 125

Anyone have any idea on this? its driving me crazy

Not sure if you saw my reply above:

With your core around 100, 125 may not be enough for the card. Try running 100cc and put it around power level 130-135, if you are doing ETH, it is sometimes better to do negative core since it has very little affect on hash rate and uses a lot more power. My 1070 ETH rig runs -100 cc and between 1200-1275 mem.

If that does not solve the problem, I would check to make sure everything is connected properly, I had one time one of my riser USB was not in all the way and had intermittent connection and was causing my problems.

Agree with u, i use 8x 1070 ASUS DUAL 8OG, ETH+SC 252mh/s + 230mh/s

Core Clock : -100
Mem Clock : +1700
PowerLimit : 125
TempLimit : 70

All depend about ur GPU, some card work better then other, prolly depend on ur riser, i recommand https://www.cryptomined.com/ ( first command, shipped in delay, rly good riser quality ) i have to lower my spec for the gpu:0 to 1600, this one can get stabitily at 1700.

Ah ok thanks alot guys, I will try this when I get home.

Bibi187 and Nexillus Thanks for helping out. 

[scryptr]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROMPT AND CONSIDERATE REPLY--

I appreciate it, and notice that you are replying to all the bloggers here.  Really a healthy approach to development!  I hope you get enough sleep each day!

I will follow your blog until the nvOC operating system makes sense to me.  I really want to use it in my 1050ti rig when it goes together.

Thanks again for your efforts!       --scryptr

[darklow]

Unzipping nvOC_v0018.zip (hash verified) on MacOSX using default Unarchiver or unzip resulted in corrupted file (I noticed this issue has been reported by several users). Because I don't have PC where to extract it, I found that Keka (http://www.kekaosx.com/en/) works perfectly. Keka is free unarchiver for Mac based on p7zip (7-zip port) and it extracted file without issues. Maybe it can be added to instructions for mac to avoid frustration for mac users.

[hatch789]

Overvolting ...is it possible with nvOC? Seems like there is literature on it for Linux with Nvidia:

https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/902932/linux/overvolting-/

But I have not found a way to do it yet. It would be helpful for a number of algorithms ...overvolt a bit and lower wattage. I do it in Windows with Equihash with very nice results on my 1060 cards.

[darkfortedx]

my rigs keep restarting after few minutes. Some after 5 mins some after 30. Im not sure why this keeps happening.

im using all 1070's with core 100 / 1050 also i tried 150-200 / 1100-1600. No luck

what is your power limit on them? for 1070s I would push around 120-125 with a moderate/heavy OC. Anything less can cause stability problems.

my power limits are all at 125

in the home directory there is a file named:

Code:

4_restartlog

open it with gedit and tell me what is there

It says utilization is too low. Reviving did not work so restarting machine

[jlbaseball11]

Hi Fullzero! Great job!! Thank you.
New coin is out there  SIGT signatum. Can you add it please?

I see an awful lot of requests for Fullzero to add coins. Jeez people just add them yourself! He doesn't know or probably even care what coin your mining.
It's REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY easy to add or even remove coins from 1bash.
I think of 1bash as a template that I can tailor to my own needs.

LOL just my opinion....

I will add it to the list.  

Anyone who uses a COIN they added themselves please post the code and save me time adding it in the future.  

Also if you want a COIN selection added please research and find a pool you want to use with that COIN; to save me the time doing that as well.

It is easy to add a coin to nvOC IF it uses the same algorithm as an existing coin.

To anyone who doesn't know how to add a coin.  First find out what algorithm it uses.  If it uses the equihash algo for example, find the following code about 2/3 to the end of 1bash and copy it and past it, then change all of the "ZEC" in the new code to the coin you want to mine (excluding HCD='/home/m1/zec/miner'-leave that alone):

if [ $COIN == "ZEC" ]
then
HCD='/home/m1/zec/miner'
ZECADDR="$ZEC_ADDRESS.$ZEC_WORKER"
until $HCD --eexit 3 --fee $EWBF_PERCENT --pec --server $ZEC_POOL --user $ZECADDR --pass z --port $ZEC_PORT;
   do
   echo "FAILURE; reinit in 5" >&2
   sleep 5
done
fi

So it would look like:

if [ $COIN == "NEWCOIN" ]
then
HCD='/home/m1/zec/miner'
NEWCOINADDR="$NEWCOIN_ADDRESS.$NEWCOIN_WORKER"
until $HCD --eexit 3 --fee $EWBF_PERCENT --pec --server $NEWCOIN_POOL --user $NEWCOINADDR --pass z --port $NEWCOIN_PORT;
   do
   echo "FAILURE; reinit in 5" >&2
   sleep 5
done
fi

Do the same for the address and pool area towards the beginning of 1bash.

However, I haven't figured out how to add a new algorithm to the mix.  I also wanted to try out this SIGT.  I downloaded the new version of ccminer 2.2 that others are using and followed their guide on adding the .bat file, but couldn't get it to run. 

Maybe a guide on adding new miner software would save you some time in the future.  This is a great mining OS.  The downside is that it attracts many newer miners like myself. 

Thanks for your help.

[alko67bi]

I have NV 1060. How I can change Performance Level from 2 to 3 in Nvidia X server settings?

in 1bash set:

Code:

GPUPowerMizerMode_Adjust="YES"

GPUPowerMizerMode=3

or open a new guake tab and enter:

Code:

sudo nvidia-settings -a [gpu:0]/GPUPowerMizerMode=3

changing the number in (gpu:0) for the GPU you are adjusting.

Hi fullzero, any fix issue about this ?

Mode on GPUPowerMizer 0-1-2-3
Ubuntu dont detect the 3 one.
Screen as evidence

http://imgur.com/a/wp7kx

Thanks for all your hardwork, to the other hard contributor to

EDIT : how can i grab some log when i soft crash ? I would like to check this.

EDIT2 : My main GPU0, with display attached, got some mh/s drop like -3mh/s on max on period. That from the display ? Working on "REMOTE" + ssh fix the issue ?

Hey I have the same issue but my assumption is that the Nvidia GUI is showing level 1/2/3 BUT the Nvidia command line tool is showing 0/1/2 and (I am guessing) that 0=1, 1=2 and 2=3.

This is very possible.

No
Nvidia GUI is showing 4lines level 0/1/2/3
And, when 1bash starting, level 3 is showing for short time

[car1999]

Hello fullzero,
After a bunch of research and try, I built ccminer 2.2 successfully on nvOC 0018.

The previous build break is due to the openssl version,

Code:

m1@m1-desktop:~$ openssl version
OpenSSL 1.1.1-dev  xx XXX xxxx

You used a dev build of openssl in nvOC, ccminer doesn't support it. I download source code of openssl v1.0.2l from openssl.org, build the code, create a few soft links to replace the v1.1.1, it finally works. Not sure if this change breaks other things.

I also built alexis78 fork, https://github.com/alexis78/ccminer, it requires one more step, replace cuda-7.5 to cuda-8.0 in configure.sh.

I'm looking forward these miners in nvOC 0019.

Using linux requires some technical backgrounds, fortunately I was a windows developer

[akokkon]

I use nvoc for dual mining: DUAL_ETC_PASC

for ETC I can use only etc.nanopool.org or etc.ethermine.org servers, in all other ETC POOL servers I receive the message:

ETH: Authorization failed
: {"id":2,"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":null,"error":{"code":-1,"message":"Invalidlogin"}}
Stratum - reading socket failed, disconnect
ETH: Job timeout, disconnect, retry in 20 sec...

Please help me to find a solution.

[Bibi187]

I have NV 1060. How I can change Performance Level from 2 to 3 in Nvidia X server settings?

in 1bash set:

Code:

GPUPowerMizerMode_Adjust="YES"

GPUPowerMizerMode=3

or open a new guake tab and enter:

Code:

sudo nvidia-settings -a [gpu:0]/GPUPowerMizerMode=3

changing the number in (gpu:0) for the GPU you are adjusting.

Hi fullzero, any fix issue about this ?

Mode on GPUPowerMizer 0-1-2-3
Ubuntu dont detect the 3 one.
Screen as evidence

http://imgur.com/a/wp7kx

Thanks for all your hardwork, to the other hard contributor to

EDIT : how can i grab some log when i soft crash ? I would like to check this.

EDIT2 : My main GPU0, with display attached, got some mh/s drop like -3mh/s on max on period. That from the display ? Working on "REMOTE" + ssh fix the issue ?

Hey I have the same issue but my assumption is that the Nvidia GUI is showing level 1/2/3 BUT the Nvidia command line tool is showing 0/1/2 and (I am guessing) that 0=1, 1=2 and 2=3.

This is very possible.

No
Nvidia GUI is showing 4lines level 0/1/2/3
And, when 1bash starting, level 3 is showing for short time

From the GUI nvidia we have 0 to 3, linux have only 3 setup for PowerMizer 0 to 2.
I assume the "3" state in only for windows ?
I put negativ oc on core & clock, + full power (150W), same deal "3" is not a valid value.

[ivoldemar]

Good afternoon!
===
I'll start with the configuration of my equipment:
GPU - 13 Colorful P106-100 Mining (without video outputs) Edition or 12 + 1 MSI 1060/6 (with video output)
Motherboard H110 Pro BTC
===
Downloaded and installed nvoc 18 version.
Starting with the first run, the system immediately began to issue an error and go into reboot. (Screenshot attached) http://prntscr.com/fzo8uv http://prntscr.com/fzobub

If you quickly close this window with an error and try to start the miner - the system starts and mining.

But, the system does not respond to overclocking. Increasing the memory, setting the speed of the coolers, powerlimit - nothing is applied and the system can only run in the stock.

It did not work out, I tried to connect via integrated video graphics, also through a card with a video output. I suspect this is because of the error that pops up at the very beginning, related to xorg.

One error message also appears on one MSI 1060/6 card.

I tried to run the data on the motherboard H81 Pro BTC + net install Ubuntu + version of the drivers Nvidia 384.47 and everything was fine.

Tell me how to solve this problem?
For earlier I express my gratitude!

I ask for prognosis for the possibly incorrect text, tk. I used an interpreter.

nvOC doesn't support integrated graphics.  If you connect a monitor to the integrated graphics you will enter an infinite loop where the system xorg get corrupted then 1bash restores the xorg and reboots.

If you have connected a monitor to integrated graphics previously; after switching to using the primary GPU (the one connected to the 16x slot) you will need to allow the system to reboot once, then on the second boot after changing it should work.

WTF?

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http://prntscr.com/g02j15


UPDATE:

The system finally started. But, overclocking is applied only to the card in which the monitor is inserted. The remaining P106 cards do not overclock. Screenshots I enclose.
http://prntscr.com/g03joa
http://prntscr.com/g03jt8
http://prntscr.com/g03jyl
It's unclear what else, manual control of the cooler is turned on, set to 100%. But still the system adjusts them automatically.

[dittie]

Hello fullzero,
After a bunch of research and try, I built ccminer 2.2 successfully on nvOC 0018.

The previous build break is due to the openssl version,

Code:

m1@m1-desktop:~$ openssl version
OpenSSL 1.1.1-dev  xx XXX xxxx

You used a dev build of openssl in nvOC, ccminer doesn't support it. I download source code of openssl v1.0.2l from openssl.org, build the code, create a few soft links to replace the v1.1.1, it finally works. Not sure if this change breaks other things.

I also built alexis78 fork, https://github.com/alexis78/ccminer, it requires one more step, replace cuda-7.5 to cuda-8.0 in configure.sh.

I'm looking forward these miners in nvOC 0019.

Using linux requires some technical backgrounds, fortunately I was a windows developer

Is it worth to upgrade?

[argonaute]

Hi Fullzero

I want to share with you a GPU failed that the watchdog is not able to detect

wdog screen:

GPU UTILIZATION:  Unable to determine the device handle for GPU 0000:09:00.0: GPU is lost. Reboot the system to recover this GPU

/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: Unable: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: to: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: determine: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: the: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: device: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: handle: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: for: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: GPU: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: 0000:09:00.0:: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: GPU: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: is: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: lost.: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: Reboot: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: the: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: system: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: to: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: recover: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: this: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: GPU: integer expression expected
Tue Jul 25 16:57:01 CEST 2017 - All good! Will check again in 60 seconds


GPU UTILIZATION:  Unable to determine the device handle for GPU 0000:09:00.0: GPU is lost. Reboot the system to recover this GPU

/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: Unable: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: to: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: determine: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: the: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: device: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: handle: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: for: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: GPU: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: 0000:09:00.0:: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: GPU: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: is: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: lost.: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: Reboot: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: the: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: system: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: to: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: recover: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: this: integer expression expected
/home/m1/IAmNotAJeep_and_Maxximus007_WATCHDOG: line 44: [: GPU: integer expression expected
Tue Jul 25 16:58:01 CEST 2017 - All good! Will check again in 60 seconds


the miner show/detect only 6 GPU over 7

nvidia-smi doesn't work
$ nvidia-smi
Unable to determine the device handle for GPU 0000:09:00.0: GPU is lost.  Reboot the system to recover this GPU

temp screen:
Provided power limit 75.00 W is not a valid power limit which should be between 115.00 W and 291.00 W for GPU 00000000:0A:00.0
Terminating early due to previous errors.
Tue Jul 25 17:01:07 CEST 2017 - All good, will check again soon

GPU 0, Target temp: 61, Current: 60, Diff: 1, Fan: 75, Power: 123.46

GPU 1, Target temp: 61, Current: 60, Diff: 1, Fan: 63, Power: 124.62

GPU 2, Target temp: 61, Current: 59, Diff: 2, Fan: 77, Power: 119.23

GPU 3, Target temp: 61, Current: 60, Diff: 1, Fan: 68, Power: 120.72

GPU 4, Target temp: 61, Current: 59, Diff: 2, Fan: 57, Power: 124.26

GPU 5, Target temp: 61, Current: Unable, Diff: 61, Fan: to, Power: determine

/home/m1/Maxximus007_AUTO_TEMPERATURE_CONTROL: line 125: [: Unable: integer expression expected
/home/m1/Maxximus007_AUTO_TEMPERATURE_CONTROL: line 158: [: the: integer expression expected
/home/m1/Maxximus007_AUTO_TEMPERATURE_CONTROL: line 171: [: to: integer expression expected
GPU 6, Target temp: 61, Current: 55, Diff: 6, Fan: 50, Power: 126.76

Tue Jul 25 17:01:37 CEST 2017 - Restoring Power limit for gpu:6. Old limit: 125 New limit: 75 Fan speed: 50

Provided power limit 75.00 W is not a valid power limit which should be between 115.00 W and 291.00 W for GPU 00000000:0A:00.0
Terminating early due to previous errors.
Tue Jul 25 17:01:37 CEST 2017 - All good, will check again soon

[muxufe]

I have NV 1060. How I can change Performance Level from 2 to 3 in Nvidia X server settings?

in 1bash set:

Code:

GPUPowerMizerMode_Adjust="YES"

GPUPowerMizerMode=3

or open a new guake tab and enter:

Code:

sudo nvidia-settings -a [gpu:0]/GPUPowerMizerMode=3

changing the number in (gpu:0) for the GPU you are adjusting.

Hi fullzero, any fix issue about this ?

Mode on GPUPowerMizer 0-1-2-3
Ubuntu dont detect the 3 one.
Screen as evidence

http://imgur.com/a/wp7kx

Thanks for all your hardwork, to the other hard contributor to

EDIT : how can i grab some log when i soft crash ? I would like to check this.

EDIT2 : My main GPU0, with display attached, got some mh/s drop like -3mh/s on max on period. That from the display ? Working on "REMOTE" + ssh fix the issue ?

Hey I have the same issue but my assumption is that the Nvidia GUI is showing level 1/2/3 BUT the Nvidia command line tool is showing 0/1/2 and (I am guessing) that 0=1, 1=2 and 2=3.

This is very possible.

No
Nvidia GUI is showing 4lines level 0/1/2/3
And, when 1bash starting, level 3 is showing for short time

From the GUI nvidia we have 0 to 3, linux have only 3 setup for PowerMizer 0 to 2.
I assume the "3" state in only for windows ?
I put negativ oc on core & clock, + full power (150W), same deal "3" is not a valid value.

There is a difference between performance mode and performance levels. Performance mode  0 is "prefere maximum performance" mode 1 is "adaptive" and 2 is "auto". Performance level is the thing with the clock speeds(adaptive clocking)1 to 4, witch you can see in the gui. It looks like a by design "feature" from the nvidia driver. Everytime you start the miner software the performance level goes to 3 and the card clock will go down. Overclocking settings will also effect the clock speed on a lower perfomance level.
Example : level 1   200mhz  and 400mhz
                  level 2   400mhz and 100mhz
                  level 3   1200mhz and 3000mhz
                  level 4    1700mhz and 4000mhz
After overclocking gpu +100 memory +1000 it will look like this:
                  level 1   300mhz  and 1400mhz
                  level 2   500mhz and 1100mhz
                  level 3   1300mhz and 4000mhz
                  level 4   1800mhz and 5000mhz
The only thing you do with overclocking, is making your card clocks speed as fast as it should be.
It would be super if someone has a solution for that.
Btw nvidia-smi -ac 5000,1800 won’t work in my case.(application clocking)

There is also a post at the nvidia devforum with the same problems.

[gyoztes]

Hi guys,

While I use v18, I get this error.

http://www.ballai.hu/image1.jpg

The vga params are the same as in v17 (7x1070, power limit 100, proc: -200, mem: +1100). In v17 it was stable as rock for weeks.
The problems:
- I use watchdog param but it is not restarting
- once restart after 8 hours
- ctrl+c does not work
- in the first 10 minutes I can reboot from console
- I can not use teamviewer

Please help me to find a solution.

Thank you ind advance!

[mikespax]

Hi guys! Guys with 1080Ti mining LBC, how did you set up 1bash to mine this coin? I still can't beat an issue with worker autentification. What should I paste in 1bash? Please advice. Thank you!

I responded to your pm; let me know if you get it to work.

could I also get this answer? just having the same stupid issues with any pools that require workers. if you prefilled the bash with your own working worker info and stuff it might help idiots like me get started. I did notice that I got an authentication stratum error when just trying to run with your prefilled LBC information

[fullzero]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROMPT AND CONSIDERATE REPLY--

I appreciate it, and notice that you are replying to all the bloggers here.  Really a healthy approach to development!  I hope you get enough sleep each day!

I will follow your blog until the nvOC operating system makes sense to me.  I really want to use it in my 1050ti rig when it goes together.

Thanks again for your efforts!       --scryptr

I am not very good at sleeping; I will try to get a good schedule soon.

[fullzero]

Unzipping nvOC_v0018.zip (hash verified) on MacOSX using default Unarchiver or unzip resulted in corrupted file (I noticed this issue has been reported by several users). Because I don't have PC where to extract it, I found that Keka (http://www.kekaosx.com/en/) works perfectly. Keka is free unarchiver for Mac based on p7zip (7-zip port) and it extracted file without issues. Maybe it can be added to instructions for mac to avoid frustration for mac users.

I will add a link to this with a note on the OP.

[fullzero]

Overvolting ...is it possible with nvOC? Seems like there is literature on it for Linux with Nvidia:

https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/902932/linux/overvolting-/

But I have not found a way to do it yet. It would be helpful for a number of algorithms ...overvolt a bit and lower wattage. I do it in Windows with Equihash with very nice results on my 1060 cards.

This reference is in regard to Maxwell and older series GPUs.  I am not sure if Over / undervolting is possible via api in Linux for 1000 series;  I will look into this later: I believe it is already on the list.