[ mining os ] nvoc

[bel123]

why in linux there are 2 version - for rx and for nvidia... is it not possible to make unified version which works for both cards?

[killeriq]

Did you run the update script with sudo too ?
If yes please run this (thnx to wi$em@n suggestion)

Code:

sudo chown -R m1 /home/m1

Im bit confused what to run now...

So i should run this as SUDO

Code:

./nvOC report

then this

Code:

sudo chown -R m1 /home/m1

Question about update under SUDO is this one?:

Code:

cd ~/Downloads
wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/s3rkv2o3bynqnpm/nvOC-19-2-update
bash ~/Downloads/nvOC-19-2-update

I didnt run the update under SUDO...wasnt in instructions https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1854250.msg26128098#msg26128098

FYI: its a bit messy to search thought 300+ pages what to do an how, would be great to update 1st page.

Thanks

[thaelin]

why in linux there are 2 version - for rx and for nvidia... is it not possible to make unified version which works for both cards?

Then you would have drivers for both types of cards in the same machine. More overhead in my opinion. I did try the 580 and was not impressed as to what I got in return. They are power hungry and you have so many things to do to them to get the most.

 The Nvidia side is just basic plug and play. With 2.0 its even better.  But  then each to his/her own there. Since I work 2 jobs, time is gold to me and have damn little of it right now.

[thaelin]

   Just do the update as user M1. Not as root. If you do root, then root owns the changes and user M1 cant run them.   I did that and am doing just great with it.  I do need to d/l the newest update and re-run it to get all the new addys from Pampi. My log file is finally in the making and will be running that to see what coins are good for the long haul.  Will share that when I get enough data logged to make a good plot from.  Python language wound up being a bit of a challenge for me.  Somewhere in those pgms, it limits the file size and I still have not found out how to un-limit it. 

[papampi]

why in linux there are 2 version - for rx and for nvidia... is it not possible to make unified version which works for both cards?

Then you would have drivers for both types of cards in the same machine. More overhead in my opinion. I did try the 580 and was not impressed as to what I got in return. They are power hungry and you have so many things to do to them to get the most.

 The Nvidia side is just basic plug and play. With 2.0 its even better.  But  then each to his/her own there. Since I work 2 jobs, time is gold to me and have damn little of it right now.

As thaelin said they have 2 different drivers so watchdog and tempcontrol should use different scripts to check GPU utilization. temp control, overclock, voltage ,... 
Also they have different miners too

So mixing all these in a rig will make the os much bigger and big time overhead in core system.

[CryptAtomeTrader44]

why in linux there are 2 version - for rx and for nvidia... is it not possible to make unified version which works for both cards?

I think if you propose a structure in directorys and a script that permit to réunite all the miners and drivers version for AMD and Nvidia, you'll make somme happy guys in mining world.

In m1, you could make two directorys, AMD directory and Nvidia directory.

For weight's image, i suggest you too look for a tiny Linux distro like Lubuntu for example.

Install all you need for AMD and try to rewrite scripts for temp cotrol and watchdog with appropriates commands.


The most important could be the script who permit the choice a the first boot but possible after

[leenoox]

Did you run the update script with sudo too ?
If yes please run this (thnx to wi$em@n suggestion)

Code:

sudo chown -R m1 /home/m1

Im bit confused what to run now...

So i should run this as SUDO

Code:

./nvOC report

then this

Code:

sudo chown -R m1 /home/m1

Question about update under SUDO is this one?:

Code:

cd ~/Downloads
wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/s3rkv2o3bynqnpm/nvOC-19-2-update
bash ~/Downloads/nvOC-19-2-update

I didnt run the update under SUDO...wasnt in instructions https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1854250.msg26128098#msg26128098

FYI: its a bit messy to search thought 300+ pages what to do an how, would be great to update 1st page.

Thanks

1. Run the update script as normal user m1 (Do NOT use sudo)

2. Run this:  sudo chown -R m1 /home/m1

3. Edit your 1bash with your settings, addresses, OC... (do NOT use sudo for this)

4. Run the miner (you can reboot to start the miner)

5. If after reboot your miner doesnt work, execute this as normal user m1 (do NOT use sudo):   ./nvOC report

6. Post the report here (copy everything between the code marks)

[leenoox]

SSD-USB resize and add swap - Guide - nvOC-v0019-2.0 Community Release.

Open Gparted, root password is miner1, Locate your drive, there are 2 partitions, a 9Mb fat, a 16Gb ext4 and a free unused space at the end.

Right click on the unused space, create new partition, "Partition Type : Swap" make the size you want (1Gb up to Ram size) grab and move it to the end of drive. Apply.

Right clcik on the primary 16gb partition, resize/move, resize it to the desired size (better to give it all). Apply.

Right click on the swap partition and get the info, copy the UUID.

open /etc/fstab with this command

Code:

gksudo gedit /etc/fstab

You will see a line which refers to a swap partition during installation ...

Some thing similar to this :

Code:

#swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=cdba7b01-5ae6-4104-9a6e-f723b8bd87ac none            swap    sw              0       0

Change the UUID with the one you copied from newly made swap partition.

Save and close gedit.

Activate swap:

Code:

sudo swapon --all

It will read your fstab and enable the swap partition.

Check it with free command in  terminal

Code:

#free

             total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
             
Mem:        8171388     3020388     2637404      142044     2513596     4647472

Swap:       8123388           0     8123388

Check partition size with

Code:

df -h

reboot

If you have 4 GB of RAM or more, there is no need to create swap partition, I haven't seen nvOC to use more than 2-3 GB of RAM. Especially if you are using USB flash drive to run nvOC I don't recommend creating swap as it will reduce the lifespan of your USB flash drive.

What is swap partition?
swap partition is used as virtual memory. In case system runs out of physical RAM it will start using this partition as additional RAM. It will be slower than the actual RAM but it will prevent system freezes or hang-ups due to lack of physical RAM. Due to finite number of write operation on the memory cells, it is not recommended to use swap partition on USB flash drives unless you use very small amount of RAM (2 GB or less) and you want to risk the life of the USB flash drive to extend the amount of "RAM" (virtual) available to the system.

[poisonxa]

why in linux there are 2 version - for rx and for nvidia... is it not possible to make unified version which works for both cards?

I think if you propose a structure in directorys and a script that permit to réunite all the miners and drivers version for AMD and Nvidia, you'll make somme happy guys in mining world.

In m1, you could make two directorys, AMD directory and Nvidia directory.

For weight's image, i suggest you too look for a tiny Linux distro like Lubuntu for example.

Install all you need for AMD and try to rewrite scripts for temp cotrol and watchdog with appropriates commands.


The most important could be the script who permit the choice a the first boot but possible after

im currently working on a fork system like this where in 1bash you can select what type of cards you will be using and based on that it selects the miners and settings accordingly.

[thaelin]

   Hi Poision:
   This is simply my experiences with using AMD cards and reading just how much you have to do with them to get the most out. I blew about $800 on two rx580's to find that unless I reflash the roms they perform dismal. Add to that the power draw and I really see no gains there. Yes you can definitely get higher hash rates with them but at what costs?
   I am one to look to the KISS formula and makes my life run much smoother for sure.  I am retiring my two cards to video use only and replacing them with 1070's as can. That board will handle 6 cards and is supported by NVOC so why fight with all the drivers that don't work right.  On that note, I have had some issues with the latest Nvidia drivers too. But with 2.0 upgrade, that vanished and I have  6 soon to be 7 miners up and rocking. One with the old 1050's as well.

[chem1990]

" But with 2.0 upgrade, that vanished and I have  6 soon to be 7 miners up and rocking."

you mine 6 coins on 1 rig?

[YossarianZ]

Is there a benchmark function? Trying to test effectiveness/stability of different overclocks but not sure how. Also, after about 12 hours of mining the profit estimates are off by about 75%.

[dbolivar]

Guys, I stumbled upon this little freeware app to flash image files to USB sticks:

http://winflashtool.sysprogs.com/

What I liked is the ability to resize ext2 partitions during the flashing itself, meaning you can easily make it fill the entire disk space. I tested with nvOC and a 32 GB USB stick, and it correctly resized the root partition to fill the usually unused 16 GB disk space (meaning you can use it now).

Could be interesting for people who don't want to use GParted (or fdisk/resize2fs) after flashing, and just would like to use the entire disk space for the root partition.

[kk003]

Guys, I stumbled upon this little freeware app to flash image files to USB sticks:

http://winflashtool.sysprogs.com/

What I liked is the ability to resize ext2 partitions during the flashing itself, meaning you can easily make it fill the entire disk space. I tested with nvOC and a 32 GB USB stick, and it correctly resized the root partition to fill the usually unused 16 GB disk space (meaning you can use it now).

Could be interesting for people who don't want to use GParted (or fdisk/resize2fs) after flashing, and just would like to use the entire disk space for the root partition.

Good info. Nvoc's root partition is ext4 but if it worked for you it must work for ext4 too.
Thx.

[damNmad]

" But with 2.0 upgrade, that vanished and I have  6 soon to be 7 miners up and rocking."

you mine 6 coins on 1 rig?

@chem1990 I think @thaelin meant he is going to increase his card size from 6 to 7.

@thaelin I don't know why but I have tried really hard to get the AMD (RX series) cards in UK but no luck at all!! But I'm glad that I haven't got them

BTW seems the 2.0 update is doing really well I think, seems many problems have been wiped out from this release, kudos to the dev team.

Congrats to @leenoox @papampi & @stubo & thanks for all of your hard work.

[PovertyByte]

Would I be able to add any pool and coin I want into the 1bash if the algo is already supported?

[damNmad]

Would I be able to add any pool and coin I want into the 1bash if the algo is already supported?

Yes you can do that using very simple steps.

for eg;

ETH_WORKER="miner"
ETH_ADDRESS="kryptoMiner"
ETH_POOL="europe.ethash-hub.miningpoolhub.com:20535"
ETH_EXTENSION_ARGUMENTS=""

You can go with any pool you want to mine with.

You can also mine other coins which use same algo, above you can put ETC address and ETC pool and you can mine ETC with that.

Its just a template where you can use it how ever you want.

[dbolivar]

Guys, I stumbled upon this little freeware app to flash image files to USB sticks:

http://winflashtool.sysprogs.com/

What I liked is the ability to resize ext2 partitions during the flashing itself, meaning you can easily make it fill the entire disk space. I tested with nvOC and a 32 GB USB stick, and it correctly resized the root partition to fill the usually unused 16 GB disk space (meaning you can use it now).

Could be interesting for people who don't want to use GParted (or fdisk/resize2fs) after flashing, and just would like to use the entire disk space for the root partition.

Good info. Nvov's root partition is ext4 but if it worked for you it must work for ext4 too.
Thx.

Yes it does, ext2/ext3/ext4, even though it advertises only ext2.

[thaelin]

   Well for the record, I meant 6 seperate miners and waiting the cards for the 7th.  I see to have a knak for
saying some thing and it comes across totally wrong. No probs tho. Its the end result that really counts

 edit:   DM, kind of reminds me of trying my ass off to get the p100's here in the states. Every where else
no problems, here no way.  Then all wanted near double the price when they did. So still sporting video cards.

[PovertyByte]

Would I be able to add any pool and coin I want into the 1bash if the algo is already supported?

Yes you can do that using very simple steps.

for eg;

ETH_WORKER="miner"
ETH_ADDRESS="kryptoMiner"
ETH_POOL="europe.ethash-hub.miningpoolhub.com:20535"
ETH_EXTENSION_ARGUMENTS=""

You can go with any pool you want to mine with.

You can also mine other coins which use same algo, above you can put ETC address and ETC pool and you can mine ETC with that.

Its just a template where you can use it how ever you want.

Thanks.

I was trying nvOC earlier but I didn't see the OneBash anywhere even though I was just watching a youtube demonstration, and I don't even see an installation section either.

Needless to say, I am going through a lot of pains trying to get Linux mining working and I've given up on basic Ubuntu