[OS] rxOC easy-to-use Linux AMD Mining v_stopgap

[fullzero]

Seems like there is new drivers for Nix.

Hoping for new version to come out so I can move on from Windows to RxOC. Those vegas are waiting :-P

https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDGPU-Pro-Beta-Mining-Driver-for-Linux-Release-Notes.aspx

I can cleanup and upload the stopgap version I am using now sometime soon if you want / but it is very beta.

[fullzero]

@shade123 - rxOC only has video drivers for AMD cards. @FullZero has a separate build/project called nvOC with NVIDIA drivers.

nvOC is actually much better developed:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1854250.0

I read about it but I only have one rig and I have an AMD R9 380X and GTX 1070...
I wanted to download factoryOC which is another OS/build that works for both AMD and Nvidia but I only have 32 GB of space and the main problem is his the factoryOC download links are not working idk why...

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1996684

You can try running nvOC and then adding AMD driver for your 380x... but the automated setting of power and OC is effective on NVidia, but not on AMD right now.

(Under Linux. Under Windows, AMD tweaking works better. It's a function of the drivers available, so no good solution for Linux, right now. I think that's part of why rxOC gets less attention - until drivers make tweaking more possible, there's not as much demand for rxOC.)

I get alot more nvOC related requests and I try to implement the most requested features first. 

The next version will use the beta blockchain driver which supports almost all amd series ( I have tested with 390s and 290s, fury, and rx ).  I don't have a vega so I can't test if it supports them.

[MentalNomad]

Happy to hear it!

Hooray!

[Zakyn]

Seems like there is new drivers for Nix.

Hoping for new version to come out so I can move on from Windows to RxOC. Those vegas are waiting :-P

https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDGPU-Pro-Beta-Mining-Driver-for-Linux-Release-Notes.aspx

I can cleanup and upload the stopgap version I am using now sometime soon if you want / but it is very beta.

Well, I will be very happy for anything though I might not be the best beta tester as my rigs are running 5-8 vegas each.

[shade123]

You can try running nvOC and then adding AMD driver for your 380x... but the automated setting of power and OC is effective on NVidia, but not on AMD right now.

(Under Linux. Under Windows, AMD tweaking works better. It's a function of the drivers available, so no good solution for Linux, right now. I think that's part of why rxOC gets less attention - until drivers make tweaking more possible, there's not as much demand for rxOC.)

Thing is I don't know how to add AMD drivers, I tried to follow a video but the terminal in nvOC is Nvidia miner :/ Any ideas?

[MentalNomad]

You can try running nvOC and then adding AMD driver for your 380x... but the automated setting of power and OC is effective on NVidia, but not on AMD right now.

(Under Linux. Under Windows, AMD tweaking works better. It's a function of the drivers available, so no good solution for Linux, right now. I think that's part of why rxOC gets less attention - until drivers make tweaking more possible, there's not as much demand for rxOC.)

Thing is I don't know how to add AMD drivers, I tried to follow a video but the terminal in nvOC is Nvidia miner :/ Any ideas?

Not my area of skill, but I hope someone can answer you... I'm literally in the process of rebuilding my 6xAMD rig into Windows 10 right now, and will come back to rxOC in the future when it's ready. (All the rest of my rigs are NVidia and are on nvOC.)

[woodl1]

You can try running nvOC and then adding AMD driver for your 380x... but the automated setting of power and OC is effective on NVidia, but not on AMD right now.

(Under Linux. Under Windows, AMD tweaking works better. It's a function of the drivers available, so no good solution for Linux, right now. I think that's part of why rxOC gets less attention - until drivers make tweaking more possible, there's not as much demand for rxOC.)

Thing is I don't know how to add AMD drivers, I tried to follow a video but the terminal in nvOC is Nvidia miner :/ Any ideas?

To open the terminal window after nvOC boots you should press F12.

Try installing drivers for your 380x using this manual http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDGPU-PRO-Install.aspx

[fullzero]

I will upload the stopgap rxOC build sometime this week with the new driver: it will be good for trying the new driver; but not many other changes: very beta. 

[dhd6]

Hello and thanks for this post.
I've build my rig with Asus Prime Z270-a mobo, 8GB RAM, Intel Celeron G3930 2.9GHz 2MB LGA 1151, 1200 PSU and 6 Radeon Saphire RX580 4 GB GPUs
In Windows 10 / 64bit it works only with 5 GPU, and the performance for two of them is lower - 4 are giving 30 MHs , 1 is giving 28MHs and 1 - 20MHs.
I've tried the mixing of 17.5.1 and 16.11.3 (as described in the post), but there was no effect. The computer boots, all 6 GPUs are recognized in Device manager, but once i start the miner  (Claymore etherium v 10) i get blue screen and the PC crashes.
I've tried also to set it up on Ubuntu with the image provided here (rxOC_v0012). The miner starts with all 6 GPU with performance around 26 MHs for each one. In few minutes, one of the GPU is dropping on 0MHs and miner freezes with message (just rough recall) ... GPU 5 hangs in OpenCL, miner has to be restarted .... When itry to close the miner, entire system freezes and only option is power shut off ...
I'll appreciate any advice on this.
Thank you All

[MentalNomad]

Hello and thanks for this post.
I've build my rig with Asus Prime Z270-a mobo, 8GB RAM, Intel Celeron G3930 2.9GHz 2MB LGA 1151, 1200 PSU and 6 Radeon Saphire RX580 4 GB GPUs
In Windows 10 / 64bit it works only with 5 GPU, and the performance for two of them is lower - 4 are giving 30 MHs , 1 is giving 28MHs and 1 - 20MHs.
I've tried the mixing of 17.5.1 and 16.11.3 (as described in the post), but there was no effect. The computer boots, all 6 GPUs are recognized in Device manager, but once i start the miner  (Claymore etherium v 10) i get blue screen and the PC crashes.
I've tried also to set it up on Ubuntu with the image provided here (rxOC_v0012). The miner starts with all 6 GPU with performance around 26 MHs for each one. In few minutes, one of the GPU is dropping on 0MHs and miner freezes with message (just rough recall) ... GPU 5 hangs in OpenCL, miner has to be restarted .... When itry to close the miner, entire system freezes and only option is power shut off ...
I'll appreciate any advice on this.
Thank you All

Did you make the BIOS settings changes indicated for your Mobo in the opening post?

[dhd6]

Hello and thanks for this post.
I've build my rig with Asus Prime Z270-a mobo, 8GB RAM, Intel Celeron G3930 2.9GHz 2MB LGA 1151, 1200 PSU and 6 Radeon Saphire RX580 4 GB GPUs
In Windows 10 / 64bit it works only with 5 GPU, and the performance for two of them is lower - 4 are giving 30 MHs , 1 is giving 28MHs and 1 - 20MHs.
I've tried the mixing of 17.5.1 and 16.11.3 (as described in the post), but there was no effect. The computer boots, all 6 GPUs are recognized in Device manager, but once i start the miner  (Claymore etherium v 10) i get blue screen and the PC crashes.
I've tried also to set it up on Ubuntu with the image provided here (rxOC_v0012). The miner starts with all 6 GPU with performance around 26 MHs for each one. In few minutes, one of the GPU is dropping on 0MHs and miner freezes with message (just rough recall) ... GPU 5 hangs in OpenCL, miner has to be restarted .... When itry to close the miner, entire system freezes and only option is power shut off ...
I'll appreciate any advice on this.
Thank you All

Did you make the BIOS settings changes indicated for your Mobo in the opening post?

Yep. Before that the mobo was not recognizing all 6 GPUs. I'll try today to install the amdgpu-pro-17.40-483984.tar.xz driver, i'll write if this fix the problem
I was thinking if this is possible to be hardware issue, as no one had problem with working 6 GPUs in Linux ....
Thanks.

[MentalNomad]

Did you make the BIOS settings changes indicated for your Mobo in the opening post?

Yep. Before that the mobo was not recognizing all 6 GPUs. I'll try today to install the amdgpu-pro-17.40-483984.tar.xz driver, i'll write if this fix the problem
I was thinking if this is possible to be hardware issue, as no one had problem with working 6 GPUs in Linux ....
Thanks.

If that doesn't work, consider getting the exact error and popping into the nvOC thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1854250.0). That thread is more active and there are several knowledgeable people who help each other out, but they'll need detail.

This thread will be more active, I'm sure, after fullzero gets out the next update and rxOC becomes more useful for AMD miners.

[MentalNomad]

anyone know if rxOC works with 12 of the same card?

Yes; absolutely. The drivers and many of the miners installed on rxOC are known to work with 12+ cards under Linux, provided you have a compatible motherboard.

I can't say that with certainty for EVERY miner included in this distro; there are many, and I haven't used them all.

Both rxOC and nvOC include miners which are well-known to drive more than 12 cards under Linux, given the appropriate motherboards.

Generally speaking, rxOC and nvOC are the same thing, except for the graphics drivers (rx is built for AMD drivers, and nv is built for NVidia drivers)... but the differences in graphics drivers, and therefore differences in how to address setting fans, power limits, and OC settings, drive a ton of changes in the bash files that control the systems. That's why two different versions are needed.

[fullzero]

I have tested my stopgap version of rxOC on a lot of rigs now; with most GPU models it offers significant improvements when mining Ethash coins.  I will clean it up a little; its still very beta, but works well for ETH, ZEC, ETC.  I will try to upload it tomorrow before the end of the day. 

[MentalNomad]

I have tested my stopgap version of rxOC on a lot of rigs now; with most GPU models it offers significant improvements when mining Ethash coins.  I will clean it up a little; its still very beta, but works well for ETH, ZEC, ETC.  I will try to upload it tomorrow before the end of the day.  

Hooray! THANKS!

Perfect for me, that's all I mine with the AMD rig.

[MentalNomad]

The stopgap version upload that fullzero linked in the OP is now available as a torrent which you can pick up here:

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=91595588898462634074

The SHA256 hash (for the zip) is: e011b2bb4d948cbce2b9c907e39e6d1a1f3aa3166d6e9dcb6c8c013333f145f5

The SHA256 hash (for the image) is: 4e89fe4508858e6bb55a793a690098348a285fda3362a61724bd46e1f3a7feed

See OP for Change Log and instructions.

Thanks, fullzero!

[cryptocurrencyfreak]

Seeded on my France, Tokyo and US servers.

[Zakyn]

woot... much thanks!!!

[Behcet]

good news, I will test immediately

[Behcet]

Hello there. good work.
I use ssh.
But I could not find how to restart it remotely.

how can I do this if the system crashes?

I use different cards.
I have to make them different.
Each card reacts differently.
Is there a way to do it separately?