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

[crypt0.zone]

Just wanted to say thank you. We're using your software for a while now. Keep up the good work! 

Can you fork WTM switcher for your website database ? Do you provide JSON file function on your website ?

Yeah, we plan to do this but not in the nearest future. If you want to speed this process up, please share our calculator, spread the word

[Stubo]

Hey guys, long time no see/post. Forgive me for asking a question which, like a lot of them, has probably been asked over and over here. As always, this thread is particularly difficult to search and I have not been following much since the release of 19-2.0. Anyway, I have been reading some about the mounting excitement over the upcoming fork of Monero V7 POW. So I decided to look into mining it with nvOC.

What I am seeing 0miner is that the "xmr-stak" miner is used and the configuration is, well, quite unusual. If this topic has been discussed recently, could someone please post a link to it? If not, it looks like xmr-stak needs to be updated when they opt to release the new version that supports it -> https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak/releases

In reading the Issues section, I see this "I'll repeat to everyone asking for an early release: If anyone wants this now to test, pull master, merge the PR, build and test. If you would rather have an official xmr-stak release, you have to wait as the team need to test themselves."

So what is the official Community Release stance/status on this? 

[CryptAtomeTrader44]

Hey guys, long time no see/post. Forgive me for asking a question which, like a lot of them, has probably been asked over and over here. As always, this thread is particularly difficult to search and I have not been following much since the release of 19-2.0. Anyway, I have been reading some about the mounting excitement over the upcoming fork of Monero V7 POW. So I decided to look into mining it with nvOC.

What I am seeing 0miner is that the "xmr-stak" miner is used and the configuration is, well, quite unusual. If this topic has been discussed recently, could someone please post a link to it? If not, it looks like xmr-stak needs to be updated when they opt to release the new version that supports it -> https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak/releases

In reading the Issues section, I see this "I'll repeat to everyone asking for an early release: If anyone wants this now to test, pull master, merge the PR, build and test. If you would rather have an official xmr-stak release, you have to wait as the team need to test themselves."

So what is the official Community Release stance/status on this? 

I post a coment like yours 2 days ago :
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1854250.msg32943684#msg32943684

I follow their miner since 1 year, and i'm sure this is the best cryptonight miner. So, i think your asks are rightful.

I also noticed that the activity on this forum has greatly diminished since the return of Fullzero. I do not really know why or what's going on behind this apparent drop in activity, but I hope the reasons are good and that we will soon be thinking about why with a new release.
I think I'm a little too optimistic and nothing is happening in reality.

I think that falling prices in the cryptos market are causing a change in the time spent trading to avoid too many losses.

[Stubo]

I post a comment like yours 2 days ago :
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1854250.msg32943684#msg32943684

Thank you sir. That was very recent and I should have caught it.

So in your post, are saying that the December version (-> https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak/releases) does an auto configuration instead of the "unusual" config steps that are done with each execution in the current 0miner? If so, I am assuming that you compiled it up and discovered this. I am trying to figure out where to start and it sounds like you are ahead of me. If it does the auto configuration, then we need to adjust the code in 0miner to support it (presumably by removing the configuration code is there).

BTW, the fork has been pushed out to 4/6 (https://github.com/monero-project/monero).

[pandorum]

Hi

I am using main BioStar H81S2, how can I boot nvOC from USB Stick. I tried to using it, but it not show from boot menu.

[leenoox]

Hi

I am using main BioStar H81S2, how can I boot nvOC from USB Stick. I tried to using it, but it not show from boot menu.

Disable UEFI, enable CSM or Legacy boot devices. Try different USB ports. If you still having trouble join the Discord chat, it's easier to troubleshoot through live chat (I think the link is in the third post on page 1 of this thread)

[ababadababa]

hello, and thank you. i am all up and running.


how to add new coin? i mean coin which is not listed in 1bash?

[Stubo]

XMR/Monero mining using XMR-STAK

I found the answers I was looking for and better understand the code in 0miner now. I wanted to be able to compile the latest miner just to gain some experience in how to do it for the soon to be released version that supports the fork. What I did to compile up the December version was to follow the last few steps of this:

https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak/blob/master/doc/compile_Linux.md

(dunno if this is what is included in nvOC 19-2.0 or not)

Specifically, I did these steps:

Code:

cd /home/m1/xmr
mkdir tmp
cd tmp
git clone https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak.git
mkdir xmr-stak/build
cd xmr-stak/build
cmake ..
make install

If you just execute the binary (./xmr-stak), it will do a one-time prompt for coin, pool, addr.worker and pass and create the necessary configuration files config.txt, cpu.txt and nvidia.txt. As I mentioned in a previous post, 0miner does a similar configuration, but it is unclear to me if the existing code is correct for v2.2.0 (a.k.a, the December version).

[Stubo]

hello, and thank you. i am all up and running.


how to add new coin? i mean coin which is not listed in 1bash?

See this post:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1854250.msg32700516#msg32700516

[keno1234]

Hi guys,
For some reasons, I have to use Wireless USB Adapter instead of Lan. I have Totolink-N150UA and I want to install its driver.

The driver is in this link: http://www.totolink.net/sub/product/detail.asp?product_num=100035

however, I don't know how to install the driver in Linux, NVOC. Can anyone please teach me?
Thank you very much.

PS. I know linux doesn't need to install the driver to be able to use the wireless usb adapter, but internet connection to mining pool is very bad, so I want to try update the driver.

[hallzero]

Hi guys,

still being fairly new to Linux i encountered the following problem:

Recently i built a rig with a Ryzen 7 1700x and AMD GPU´s and then installed nvOC 19-2.0 Community.

Did not work at all, always got stuck in a login loop and the miner1 password didn´t work, the rig stayed in the login loop.

So obviously i started searching the web and found several threads with exactly the same problem, not for nvOC but Ubuntu 16.04. And there were some solutions which helped others like reassign the read write permissions, renewing .Xauthority and other solutions but none of these worked on my rig, it stayed in the login loop no matter what i did. I used a freshly imaged nvOC 19-2.0 with no changes whatsoever.
I could ctrl+alt+f1 into a tty and login but i could not get nvOC to start and run a miner.

So i figured i just try a different combination and changed the motherboard and now it gets weired. After changing the mobo the same thing happened i was stuck in the login loop so i started to change everything. I tried several motherboard´s, switched memory sticks, used Nvidia GPU´s as well as AMD GPU´s, put nvOC on an USB stick as well as on a harddisk but nothing worked for me in combination with a Ryzen processor. I also tried a Ryzen 3 and a Ryzen 5. Using a windows setup all these combinations worked just fine but not with nvOC.

The second i put a Ryzen processor into any one rig and install nvOC i always get stuck in a login loop.

So is there anybody out there successfully mining with a Ryzen processor and nvOC?
Was anybody stuck in the login loop on nvOC and successfully resolved this matter and how?

Sorry guy´s i am lost here, need some help i can´t use nvOC with a Ryzen processor.

[keno1234]

Hi guys,
For some reasons, I have to use Wireless USB Adapter instead of Lan. I have Totolink-N150UA and I want to install its driver.

The driver is in this link: http://www.totolink.net/sub/product/detail.asp?product_num=100035

however, I don't know how to install the driver in Linux, NVOC. Can anyone please teach me?
Thank you very much.

PS. I know linux doesn't need to install the driver to be able to use the wireless usb adapter, but internet connection to mining pool is very bad, so I want to try update the driver.

Thank you guys,I've found the way.

Code:

sudo -s
cd Download/(driver_folder_name)
sudo make
sudo make install

for anyone who is learning Linux as same as me. 

[papampi]

Hi guys,

still being fairly new to Linux i encountered the following problem:

Recently i built a rig with a Ryzen 7 1700x and AMD GPU´s and then installed nvOC 19-2.0 Community.

Did not work at all, always got stuck in a login loop and the miner1 password didn´t work, the rig stayed in the login loop.

So obviously i started searching the web and found several threads with exactly the same problem, not for nvOC but Ubuntu 16.04. And there were some solutions which helped others like reassign the read write permissions, renewing .Xauthority and other solutions but none of these worked on my rig, it stayed in the login loop no matter what i did. I used a freshly imaged nvOC 19-2.0 with no changes whatsoever.
I could ctrl+alt+f1 into a tty and login but i could not get nvOC to start and run a miner.

So i figured i just try a different combination and changed the motherboard and now it gets weired. After changing the mobo the same thing happened i was stuck in the login loop so i started to change everything. I tried several motherboard´s, switched memory sticks, used Nvidia GPU´s as well as AMD GPU´s, put nvOC on an USB stick as well as on a harddisk but nothing worked for me in combination with a Ryzen processor. I also tried a Ryzen 3 and a Ryzen 5. Using a windows setup all these combinations worked just fine but not with nvOC.

The second i put a Ryzen processor into any one rig and install nvOC i always get stuck in a login loop.

So is there anybody out there successfully mining with a Ryzen processor and nvOC?
Was anybody stuck in the login loop on nvOC and successfully resolved this matter and how?

Sorry guy´s i am lost here, need some help i can´t use nvOC with a Ryzen processor.

You are using AMD GPU on nvOC?
You should use rxOC for AMD and cant use mix of Nvidia and AMD on nvOC and rxOC

[Stubo]

You are using AMD GPU on nvOC?
You should use rxOC for AMD and cant use mix of Nvidia and AMD on nvOC and rxOC

I believe he is talking about CPU not GPU here. I have no experience with anything other than Intel.

[hallzero]

Hi guys,

still being fairly new to Linux i encountered the following problem:

Recently i built a rig with a Ryzen 7 1700x and AMD GPU´s and then installed nvOC 19-2.0 Community.

Did not work at all, always got stuck in a login loop and the miner1 password didn´t work, the rig stayed in the login loop.

So obviously i started searching the web and found several threads with exactly the same problem, not for nvOC but Ubuntu 16.04. And there were some solutions which helped others like reassign the read write permissions, renewing .Xauthority and other solutions but none of these worked on my rig, it stayed in the login loop no matter what i did. I used a freshly imaged nvOC 19-2.0 with no changes whatsoever.
I could ctrl+alt+f1 into a tty and login but i could not get nvOC to start and run a miner.

So i figured i just try a different combination and changed the motherboard and now it gets weired. After changing the mobo the same thing happened i was stuck in the login loop so i started to change everything. I tried several motherboard´s, switched memory sticks, used Nvidia GPU´s as well as AMD GPU´s, put nvOC on an USB stick as well as on a harddisk but nothing worked for me in combination with a Ryzen processor. I also tried a Ryzen 3 and a Ryzen 5. Using a windows setup all these combinations worked just fine but not with nvOC.

The second i put a Ryzen processor into any one rig and install nvOC i always get stuck in a login loop.

So is there anybody out there successfully mining with a Ryzen processor and nvOC?
Was anybody stuck in the login loop on nvOC and successfully resolved this matter and how?

Sorry guy´s i am lost here, need some help i can´t use nvOC with a Ryzen processor.

You are using AMD GPU on nvOC?
You should use rxOC for AMD and cant use mix of Nvidia and AMD on nvOC and rxOC

Let me clear it up. No, i was not mixing AMD and Nvidia gpu´s in one rig, instead i built several rigs either using all AMD or all Nvidia.
In fact, after figuring out that it has something to do with the Ryzen cpu i built a rig with a Ryzen 7 1700x and a single AMD gpu then installed nvOC 19-2.0 and got stuck in the login loop. I rebuilt the rig, this time using a single nvidia card alongside the Ryzen 7 1700x and again was stuck in the login loop. To further explain, the Ryzen 7 doesn´t have a builtin gpu, so in order to get anything on the screen you have to use at least a single external gpu.

That is why i was asking if somebody actually is mining succesfully using nvOC in combination with a Ryzen cpu? I can´t get passed the login loop using any Ryzen cpu and nvOC. And since i don´t know enough about Linux i can´t resolve the login loop by myself.

[tomlev5]

Hello guys.
I was using nvOC_v0019 for a couple of months and then I switched to nvOC v0019-2.0.
I like all the new features of nvOC v0019-2.0 but I have problems with stability.
The nvOC_v0019 lasted around 10 days without freezes but nvOC v0019-2.0 lasts only a day or two and then freezes. I went back to nvOC_v0019 and stability improved.
I use SSH to access the miner.

I have two questions:

1) Can you help me with a command that will copy 1bash from 8MB windows partition to the right place, that it will be used on startup (nvOC_v0019 has a problem that it doesn't copy 1bash on first start with HDD)

2) I suspect that the problem with nvOC v0019-2.0 is in newer drivers. Fullzero also wrote that vBASIC uses an older Nvidia Driver. Can anybody give me some instructions that will uninstall nvidia drivers in nvOC v0019-2.0 and then install older drivers?

I would use the vBASIC, but it really lacks a lot of features ...
Fullzero, can you please tell me which driver version do you use in vBASIC and which version in nvOC_v0019?
Whitch command can I use to get Nvidia driver version?

[CryptAtomeTrader44]

Hi guys,

still being fairly new to Linux i encountered the following problem:

Recently i built a rig with a Ryzen 7 1700x and AMD GPU´s and then installed nvOC 19-2.0 Community.

Did not work at all, always got stuck in a login loop and the miner1 password didn´t work, the rig stayed in the login loop.

So obviously i started searching the web and found several threads with exactly the same problem, not for nvOC but Ubuntu 16.04. And there were some solutions which helped others like reassign the read write permissions, renewing .Xauthority and other solutions but none of these worked on my rig, it stayed in the login loop no matter what i did. I used a freshly imaged nvOC 19-2.0 with no changes whatsoever.
I could ctrl+alt+f1 into a tty and login but i could not get nvOC to start and run a miner.

So i figured i just try a different combination and changed the motherboard and now it gets weired. After changing the mobo the same thing happened i was stuck in the login loop so i started to change everything. I tried several motherboard´s, switched memory sticks, used Nvidia GPU´s as well as AMD GPU´s, put nvOC on an USB stick as well as on a harddisk but nothing worked for me in combination with a Ryzen processor. I also tried a Ryzen 3 and a Ryzen 5. Using a windows setup all these combinations worked just fine but not with nvOC.

The second i put a Ryzen processor into any one rig and install nvOC i always get stuck in a login loop.

So is there anybody out there successfully mining with a Ryzen processor and nvOC?
Was anybody stuck in the login loop on nvOC and successfully resolved this matter and how?

Sorry guy´s i am lost here, need some help i can´t use nvOC with a Ryzen processor.

You are using AMD GPU on nvOC?
You should use rxOC for AMD and cant use mix of Nvidia and AMD on nvOC and rxOC

Let me clear it up. No, i was not mixing AMD and Nvidia gpu´s in one rig, instead i built several rigs either using all AMD or all Nvidia.
In fact, after figuring out that it has something to do with the Ryzen cpu i built a rig with a Ryzen 7 1700x and a single AMD gpu then installed nvOC 19-2.0 and got stuck in the login loop. I rebuilt the rig, this time using a single nvidia card alongside the Ryzen 7 1700x and again was stuck in the login loop. To further explain, the Ryzen 7 doesn´t have a builtin gpu, so in order to get anything on the screen you have to use at least a single external gpu.

That is why i was asking if somebody actually is mining succesfully using nvOC in combination with a Ryzen cpu? I can´t get passed the login loop using any Ryzen cpu and nvOC. And since i don´t know enough about Linux i can´t resolve the login loop by myself.

I think you have this login loop because you have a problem with your graphic card and Xorg. X server try to start and loading itself with nvidia driver and probably not compiled with AMD Ryzen CPU. So Xorg crashes and return to login screen.

Login in console 1 (CTRL+ALT+F1) and try to compile again this nvidia driver with your CPU.
I'm not able to give you commands but i think you can find them on internet.

Perhaps my suppositions are not true, but i could try this if i had your problem like you discribe.

Hope it helps you.

Leenoox probably helps you better than me on this.

[leenoox]

Hi guys,

still being fairly new to Linux i encountered the following problem:

Recently i built a rig with a Ryzen 7 1700x and AMD GPU´s and then installed nvOC 19-2.0 Community.

Did not work at all, always got stuck in a login loop and the miner1 password didn´t work, the rig stayed in the login loop.

So obviously i started searching the web and found several threads with exactly the same problem, not for nvOC but Ubuntu 16.04. And there were some solutions which helped others like reassign the read write permissions, renewing .Xauthority and other solutions but none of these worked on my rig, it stayed in the login loop no matter what i did. I used a freshly imaged nvOC 19-2.0 with no changes whatsoever.
I could ctrl+alt+f1 into a tty and login but i could not get nvOC to start and run a miner.

So i figured i just try a different combination and changed the motherboard and now it gets weired. After changing the mobo the same thing happened i was stuck in the login loop so i started to change everything. I tried several motherboard´s, switched memory sticks, used Nvidia GPU´s as well as AMD GPU´s, put nvOC on an USB stick as well as on a harddisk but nothing worked for me in combination with a Ryzen processor. I also tried a Ryzen 3 and a Ryzen 5. Using a windows setup all these combinations worked just fine but not with nvOC.

The second i put a Ryzen processor into any one rig and install nvOC i always get stuck in a login loop.

So is there anybody out there successfully mining with a Ryzen processor and nvOC?
Was anybody stuck in the login loop on nvOC and successfully resolved this matter and how?

Sorry guy´s i am lost here, need some help i can´t use nvOC with a Ryzen processor.

You are using AMD GPU on nvOC?
You should use rxOC for AMD and cant use mix of Nvidia and AMD on nvOC and rxOC

Let me clear it up. No, i was not mixing AMD and Nvidia gpu´s in one rig, instead i built several rigs either using all AMD or all Nvidia.
In fact, after figuring out that it has something to do with the Ryzen cpu i built a rig with a Ryzen 7 1700x and a single AMD gpu then installed nvOC 19-2.0 and got stuck in the login loop. I rebuilt the rig, this time using a single nvidia card alongside the Ryzen 7 1700x and again was stuck in the login loop. To further explain, the Ryzen 7 doesn´t have a builtin gpu, so in order to get anything on the screen you have to use at least a single external gpu.

That is why i was asking if somebody actually is mining succesfully using nvOC in combination with a Ryzen cpu? I can´t get passed the login loop using any Ryzen cpu and nvOC. And since i don´t know enough about Linux i can´t resolve the login loop by myself.

Don't bother with Ryzen CPU on the current nvoc which is based on Ubuntu 16.04 which runs on linux kernel 4.4. That kernel doesn't support Ryzen.
You could upgrade kernel on ubuntu 16.04 to 4.10 which gives partial support for Ryzen but not stable operation (you will have to Google how to do it) but you would still get crashes. You would need at least kernel 4.11 for better Ryzen support but Ubuntu doesn't provide that kernel for 16.04. You could compile latest 4.15 kernel yourself but that requires more than few clicks or simple guidance on this forum thread... that is way out of scope...

Your best bet is to wait for the next nvoc release which will be based on the upcoming Ubuntu 18.04 with kernel 4.15 (ETA May 2018) and use Windows with your Ryzen CPU's in the meantime.

BTW, you stated that you were also trying AMD Gpu's on nvoc. That will absolutely not work with nvoc. There are no AMD drivers in nvoc and all scripts are specifically made for nvidia cards. If you want you can try rxoc that is specifically made for AMD cards but haven't been maintained for a while... I am not sure if fullzero will continue maintaining that OS or not.

[leenoox]

Hello guys.
I was using nvOC_v0019 for a couple of months and then I switched to nvOC v0019-2.0.
I like all the new features of nvOC v0019-2.0 but I have problems with stability.
The nvOC_v0019 lasted around 10 days without freezes but nvOC v0019-2.0 lasts only a day or two and then freezes. I went back to nvOC_v0019 and stability improved.
I use SSH to access the miner.

I have two questions:

1) Can you help me with a command that will copy 1bash from 8MB windows partition to the right place, that it will be used on startup (nvOC_v0019 has a problem that it doesn't copy 1bash on first start with HDD)

2) I suspect that the problem with nvOC v0019-2.0 is in newer drivers. Fullzero also wrote that vBASIC uses an older Nvidia Driver. Can anybody give me some instructions that will uninstall nvidia drivers in nvOC v0019-2.0 and then install older drivers?

I would use the vBASIC, but it really lacks a lot of features ...
Fullzero, can you please tell me which driver version do you use in vBASIC and which version in nvOC_v0019?
Whitch command can I use to get Nvidia driver version?

Sorry to hear that you have problems with 19-2.0. It is generally more stable but it is possible that it might perform worse on certain configurations. If you could provide more details we might be able to troubleshoot and help.

1) I don't remember the structure of v0019. I don't even remember if the small FAT partition was mounted correctly. It's quite an old version and won't be easy to guide you without installing v0019 on a rig just to see the structure. Basicly, you would need to copy 1bash from FAT partition to your /home folder then run it through dos2unix to convert it.

2) Although it is quite easy to upgrade to the latest version of the driver, it is not easy to downgrade since PPA repo keeps the latest driver only. If you can find the .deb package of an older driver you can install it manually with dpkg

You can get the driver version with this:

Code:

nvidia-smi -i 0 -q|grep "Driver Version"|cut -f 2 -d ":"|cut -f 2 -d " "

[papampi]

Hello guys.
I was using nvOC_v0019 for a couple of months and then I switched to nvOC v0019-2.0.
I like all the new features of nvOC v0019-2.0 but I have problems with stability.
The nvOC_v0019 lasted around 10 days without freezes but nvOC v0019-2.0 lasts only a day or two and then freezes. I went back to nvOC_v0019 and stability improved.
I use SSH to access the miner.

I have two questions:

1) Can you help me with a command that will copy 1bash from 8MB windows partition to the right place, that it will be used on startup (nvOC_v0019 has a problem that it doesn't copy 1bash on first start with HDD)

2) I suspect that the problem with nvOC v0019-2.0 is in newer drivers. Fullzero also wrote that vBASIC uses an older Nvidia Driver. Can anybody give me some instructions that will uninstall nvidia drivers in nvOC v0019-2.0 and then install older drivers?

I would use the vBASIC, but it really lacks a lot of features ...
Fullzero, can you please tell me which driver version do you use in vBASIC and which version in nvOC_v0019?
Whitch command can I use to get Nvidia driver version?

Sorry to hear that you have problems with 19-2.0. It is generally more stable but it is possible that it might perform worse on certain configurations. If you could provide more details we might be able to troubleshoot and help.

1) I don't remember the structure of v0019. I don't even remember if the small FAT partition was mounted correctly. It's quite an old version and won't be easy to guide you without installing v0019 on a rig just to see the structure. Basicly, you would need to copy 1bash from FAT partition to your /home folder then run it through dos2unix to convert it.

2) Although it is quite easy to upgrade to the latest version of the driver, it is not easy to downgrade since PPA repo keeps the latest driver only. If you can find the .deb package of an older driver you can install it manually with dpkg

You can get the driver version with this:

Code:

nvidia-smi -i 0 -q|grep "Driver Version"|cut -f 2 -d ":"|cut -f 2 -d " "

I think we can mount the small fat partition on v19 SSD installs and copy 1bash with following :

Code:

sudo mkdir -p /media/m1/12D3-A869/
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/m1/12D3-A869
cp '/media/m1/12D3-A869/1bash' '/home/m1/1bash'
dos2unix /home/m1/1bash