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

[papampi]

I'm going crazy ...


Today I setup 2 new fully identical rigs.
Both biostar btc-250 pro, core i5 6100, 12xGPU Zotac 1060, same power, ram, ssd, ...

Problem is one of them hashes much less than the other

Equihash

Code:

GPU0: 270 Sol/s GPU1: 271 Sol/s GPU2: 272 Sol/s GPU3: 271 Sol/s GPU4: 275 Sol/s GPU5: 274 Sol/s GPU6: 273 Sol/s GPU7: 267 Sol/s GPU8: 270 Sol/s GPU9: 273 Sol/s GPU10: 273 Sol/s GPU11: 277 Sol/s 
Total speed: 3266 Sol/s 

Code:

GPU0: 256 Sol/s GPU1: 261 Sol/s GPU2: 259 Sol/s GPU3: 268 Sol/s GPU4: 262 Sol/s GPU5: 259 Sol/s GPU6: 266 Sol/s GPU7: 262 Sol/s GPU8: 258 Sol/s GPU9: 271 Sol/s GPU10: 264 Sol/s GPU11: 260 Sol/s 
Total speed: 3146 Sol/s 

Ethahsh:

Code:

m 01:03:35|ethminer Mining on #a77fc9dd… : 229.11MH/s [A19+1:R0+0:F0] 

Code:

m 01:03:58|ethminer Mining on #5355b83e… : 264.77MH/s [A98+0:R0+0:F0] 

As you can see its not a one gpu fault but all gpus hashing less than the other 
Swapped ssd drives to see if its a OS image problem, same problem on the lower rig

Any ideas ?

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[ComputerGenie]

...Swapped ssd drives to see if its a OS image problem, same problem on the lower rig...

The issue followed the drive or was persistent to that hw?

[papampi]

...Swapped ssd drives to see if its a OS image problem, same problem on the lower rig...

The issue followed the drive or was persistent to that hw?

If it was the drive I would never ask the question ...
And gpus are all fully utilize :

Code:

GPU UTILIZATION:  100 100 99 99 99 99 100 99 100 100 99 100

[Greek_miner_]

I'm getting a stratum authentication failed when trying to mine GRS. Anyone have a solution to this?

[MentalNomad]

I'm going crazy ...


Today I setup 2 new fully identical rigs.
Both biostar btc-250 pro, core i5 6100, 12xGPU Zotac 1060, same power, ram, ssd, ...

Problem is one of them hashes much less than the other

Equihash

Code:

GPU0: 270 Sol/s GPU1: 271 Sol/s GPU2: 272 Sol/s GPU3: 271 Sol/s GPU4: 275 Sol/s GPU5: 274 Sol/s GPU6: 273 Sol/s GPU7: 267 Sol/s GPU8: 270 Sol/s GPU9: 273 Sol/s GPU10: 273 Sol/s GPU11: 277 Sol/s 
Total speed: 3266 Sol/s 

Code:

GPU0: 256 Sol/s GPU1: 261 Sol/s GPU2: 259 Sol/s GPU3: 268 Sol/s GPU4: 262 Sol/s GPU5: 259 Sol/s GPU6: 266 Sol/s GPU7: 262 Sol/s GPU8: 258 Sol/s GPU9: 271 Sol/s GPU10: 264 Sol/s GPU11: 260 Sol/s 
Total speed: 3146 Sol/s 

Ethahsh:

Code:

m 01:03:35|ethminer Mining on #a77fc9dd… : 229.11MH/s [A19+1:R0+0:F0] 

Code:

m 01:03:58|ethminer Mining on #5355b83e… : 264.77MH/s [A98+0:R0+0:F0] 

As you can see its not a one gpu fault but all gpus hashing less than the other 
Swapped ssd drives to see if its a OS image problem, same problem on the lower rig

Any ideas ?

Are all the BIOS settings the same? Same on the PCI speeds, etc?

[Stubo]

I'm going crazy ...


Today I setup 2 new fully identical rigs.
Both biostar btc-250 pro, core i5 6100, 12xGPU Zotac 1060, same power, ram, ssd, ...

Problem is one of them hashes much less than the other

Any ideas ?

Same PSU, too? You can tell if they are using identical power with:

Code:

nvidia-smi --query-gpu=temperature.gpu,fan.speed,power.draw,power.limit --format=csv

Hope this helps.

[tomlev5]

To prevent automatic updates in the future:

use your favorite editor, open /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic and change:

Code:

APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";

To:

Code:

APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";

and /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades

Code:

APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";

to

Code:

APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";

D

ps: Seriously, why was this ON?

Very nice suggestion Doodkeen,

This is a community driven project and fullzero is doing the best job ever without asking for a dime (unlike other Linux mining distros)
Some times in the middle of the road we miss some small points that are so obvious to others,

So I'm kindly ask every Linux Guru here to do their best to look for improvements and fixes for nvOC
Feel free to PM me or post in forum any suggestion you have.

Thank you all.

Yep, please feel free and provide the valuable feedback, so that we can make nvOC even better.

Coming to the error, no one expected this sort of failure on this scale!! Hope we identify these sort of issues bit earlier.

I think the problem is while Nvidia driver was updating wdog restarted the rig because of low utilization and that cause a miss configured Nvidia driver,
I think solution is to prevent wdog from restarting the rig if dpkg is running.

Papampi, you are absolutely right  

I had this happen to 2 of my rigs.  I will change all the update settings for -1.4 except security updates.  My bad.  

fullzero, is there some way that I could completely disable all updates on nvOC:
- disable automatic downloads of updates (drivers, system, nvOC)
- disable automatic installation of updates (drivers, system, nvOC)

I have a rig behind a firewall and absolutely no important data on a nvOC rig, so all I care is about stability.
And stability is more fragile because of USB key usage.
The logging is disabled by default, so there would be no writing to the USB key if I would disable updates.

The nvOC is pretty stable even now, but I think that disabling all updates would help with the stability of the system.

Of course I would also periodically update USB key with the whole image of nvOC, but only every month or so, when you publish the new version of stable nvOC.

I have disabled all updates on -1.4; it does have logs.  I will work on a global long variable implementation ( LOGS="ON"  or OFF ) for the next version

wow, fullzero, you are the best.
Thank you for the time you take, to consider these requests.

[papampi]

Same PSU, too? You can tell if they are using identical power with:

Code:

nvidia-smi --query-gpu=temperature.gpu,fan.speed,power.draw,power.limit --format=csv

Hope this helps.

Same PSU too

Are all the BIOS settings the same? Same on the PCI speeds, etc?

Same bios settings


lol ... going crazy ...

[papampi]

Maybe its me but the speeds to download the OS are incredibly slow. I built a torrent and I am seeding it from my server and personal desktop here: https://www.cryptocurrencyfreak.com/2017/10/30/nvoc-mining-os-torrent/

Feel free to help seed!

Is this 1.3 or the name is wrong ?

[papampi]

Same PSU, too? You can tell if they are using identical power with:

Code:

nvidia-smi --query-gpu=temperature.gpu,fan.speed,power.draw,power.limit --format=csv

Hope this helps.

Same PSU too

Are all the BIOS settings the same? Same on the PCI speeds, etc?

Same bios settings


lol ... going crazy ...

Removed all cards and restart rig with only 1 card direct connect to motherboard no risers,
Same low speed, 18-19 MH/s on eth

[codereddew12]

Same PSU, too? You can tell if they are using identical power with:

Code:

nvidia-smi --query-gpu=temperature.gpu,fan.speed,power.draw,power.limit --format=csv

Hope this helps.

Same PSU too

Are all the BIOS settings the same? Same on the PCI speeds, etc?

Same bios settings


lol ... going crazy ...

Removed all cards and restart rig with only 1 card direct connect to motherboard no risers,
Same low speed, 18-19 MH/s on eth

do you know what memory types are on the other 1060s?

[MentalNomad]

...

Same PSU too

...

Same bios settings


lol ... going crazy ...

It's also possible that it's dumb luck... you happened to put mostly lower-performing cards in one rig, and mostly better-performing cards in the other.

If that's it, and you swap four of five of the cards, you should start to see things equalize....

[Doftorul]

Maybe its me but the speeds to download the OS are incredibly slow. I built a torrent and I am seeding it from my server and personal desktop here: https://www.cryptocurrencyfreak.com/2017/10/30/nvoc-mining-os-torrent/

Feel free to help seed!

I've posted the file over at the group's Discord (https://discord.gg/8YDFEvY) - feel free to grab it there and post it on your site.

I also have the torrent file posted here for anyone who wants to participate:

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=00585421597763893895

That's nvOC_v0019_1.4_zip in a torrent; a couple of us are already seeding. (It may or may not DL faster for you than the Google link.)

Seeding with a gigabit seedbox and a 500 MB 2nd seedbox for the next 7 days.
Enjoy !

[MentalNomad]

Maybe its me but the speeds to download the OS are incredibly slow. I built a torrent and I am seeding it from my server and personal desktop here: https://www.cryptocurrencyfreak.com/2017/10/30/nvoc-mining-os-torrent/

Feel free to help seed!

Is this 1.3 or the name is wrong ?

That torrent really is for the 1.3 image; I think he DL'ed just before fullzero posted 1.4, and then came back to post about the torrent just after fullzero posted.

This one is for the 1.4 image:
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=00585421597763893895

I've added it in comments on cryptocurrencyfreak 's blog; it's awaiting moderation or for him to notice it here.

Seeding with a gigabit seedbox and a 500 MB 2nd seedbox for the next 7 days.
Enjoy !

AWESOME!   Thanks!!

[joshuajones02]

I'm a newb linux user, not sure if this is the best place to ask but I'm having issues with one of my systems running nvOC.. My rig keeps rebooting itself after a few hours of running and when I go to access it to see what happened all my mobo settings have been reset to default and it asks me if I want to run setup or to boot as normal. Anyways, I'm unsure where to go to access linux crash logs or how to read them.

Once I reboot the rig back into Linux everything runs as normal.

[HyPyk]

I'm a newb linux user, not sure if this is the best place to ask but I'm having issues with one of my systems running nvOC.. My rig keeps rebooting itself after a few hours of running and when I go to access it to see what happened all my mobo settings have been reset to default and it asks me if I want to run setup or to boot as normal. Anyways, I'm unsure where to go to access linux crash logs or how to read them.

Once I reboot the rig back into Linux everything runs as normal.

motherboard battery dead?

[CryptAtomeTrader44]

Could you please answer a few questions regarding this OS?

- Does nvOC have a "graphic" online interface like SMOS?
- Is it possible to easy install new miners?
- Is there any "hidden" fee for using it?
- Does it have general "quality of life" features, like: restart with auto connect, auto restart miners, ...?
- Does it update (or auto update toggle) video cards / OS?
- Is it possible to enforce overclocking for GPU as soon as the system restarts (auto)?

Thanks!

I think all theses (your) questions could be a good start for little FAQ on this NVOC help page :
http://nvoc-mining-os.com/download-page/

[joshuajones02]

I'm a newb linux user, not sure if this is the best place to ask but I'm having issues with one of my systems running nvOC.. My rig keeps rebooting itself after a few hours of running and when I go to access it to see what happened all my mobo settings have been reset to default and it asks me if I want to run setup or to boot as normal. Anyways, I'm unsure where to go to access linux crash logs or how to read them.

Once I reboot the rig back into Linux everything runs as normal.

motherboard battery dead?

yeah, i've replaced it recently though but I can replace it again. Not sure why it would reset mid operation when there is constant power being sent to it though?

[MentalNomad]

I'm a newb linux user, not sure if this is the best place to ask but I'm having issues with one of my systems running nvOC.. My rig keeps rebooting itself after a few hours of running and when I go to access it to see what happened all my mobo settings have been reset to default and it asks me if I want to run setup or to boot as normal. Anyways, I'm unsure where to go to access linux crash logs or how to read them.

Once I reboot the rig back into Linux everything runs as normal.

motherboard battery dead?

Good guess... that shouldn't make the machine reboot, but if the system is not stable and reboots itself, a bad battery might mean BIOS settings are lost during reboot.

[VoskCoin]

can i fire h110 btc+ 13 gpu mobo right up with nvoc

Or will I have to make changes in bios / to recognize 12x 1080 TI?