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

[rgr_rgr]

Is it possible to reduce the size of the image? I have 3 different types of 16GB USBs (a lot of them) and they are all smaller than 15.6GB

There are 1.8GB free space at the end. So I guess you just can put the image to the smaller stick. Image itself only needs 13G.

[rgr_rgr]

1. I can't login, after correct credentials and enter, it is going back to the login screen
2. can't start miner through terminal too

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07:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Tahiti XT [Radeon HD 7970/8970 OEM / R9 280X]
08:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Tahiti XT [Radeon HD 7970/8970 OEM / R9 280X]

This image uses the amdgpu-pro driver. It seems that your card is not supported by it. Check yourself: https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMD-Radeon-GPU-PRO-Linux-Beta-Driver%E2%80%93Release-Notes.aspx

[rgr_rgr]

+1 unable to logon using miner1.  Looks like we're stuck in some Ubuntu logon loop.  I've tired deleting .Xauthority with no luck

To all who have problems to login: Are you sure that your card is suported by amdgpu-pro? Check https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMD-Radeon-GPU-PRO-Linux-Beta-Driver%E2%80%93Release-Notes.aspx for this.

@fullzero: Thanks for this nice image. I just installed it (570/580) and it worked like a charm.

Any updates planned?

[QuintLeo]

As I recall, AMDGPU-PRO drivers don't support anything older than the Polaris (RX-series) cards.

One of my MANY ISSUES with AMD the last couple years has been their FUBAR older-card support on their more recent drivers - especially for stuff like the A10 iGPUs that even under WINDOWS have very iffy support since 15.12 despite still being current production at the time.

 LINUX has been MUCH worse - one of the reasons I've moved AWAY from Team Red since 2015 has been the total GARBAGE that AMDGPU-PRO has turned out to be.

[bumbu100]

As I recall, AMDGPU-PRO drivers don't support anything older than the Polaris (RX-series) cards.

One of my MANY ISSUES with AMD the last couple years has been their FUBAR older-card support on their more recent drivers - especially for stuff like the A10 iGPUs that even under WINDOWS have very iffy support since 15.12 despite still being current production at the time.

 LINUX has been MUCH worse - one of the reasons I've moved AWAY from Team Red since 2015 has been the total GARBAGE that AMDGPU-PRO has turned out to be.

OK, but AMDGPU-PRO drivers can't be replaced with compatible one?

[QuintLeo]

The older fglrx drivers can't be used on Ubuntu past 14.04 due to changes in the kernel that the drivers don't work with - and even 14.04 was a nightmare after Canonical "updated the kernel" to a version that did NOT support them (this can be reverted via apt, but it's a PITA and Canonical caught a LOT of flack for changing the kernal version and BREAKING a lot of stuff without changing the RELEASE version).

[davidwillis]

I have the RX 580.   It is not listed on the driver list for some reason.....

Maybe we need a newer driver?

[davidwillis]

I just had a thought. 

I normally have my monitor plugged into the build in video card on the motherboard.  For this I have tried it plugged into the video card, and into the motherboard.  However I wonder if there are any settings I need specifically in my bios?

On the front page, it just says

If you are using an MSI Z270-A PRO; ensure you enable Above 4G memory option in the bios before connecting the nvOC USB.

But I wonder if the onboard video should be disabled or something...

I will try playing around with it more tomorrow.

[rgr_rgr]

I have the RX 580.   It is not listed on the driver list for some reason.....

Maybe we need a newer driver?

I am using the image together with a RX 580. It works.

[rgr_rgr]

I normally have my monitor plugged into the build in video card on the motherboard.

I was not able to get it to work with my internal video card. I disabled it and connected only the first amd card.

Sometimes it takes around a minute with different black screens after xorg starts up.

Has anyone already tried to update the drivers on the image to current one?

[davidwillis]

So after disabling my internal video card, and plugging into the first gpu, I just get a bunch of lines on the screen.  I let it sit like this for about 10 minutes and nothing changed...

[rgr_rgr]

I just get a bunch of lines on the screen.

lines of words/characters or lines of points?

Are you able to ssh into?

[davidwillis]

Just colors, no words or anything readable.  I didn't try to ssh into it, I guess I could try to get the ip from my router and try to ssh in.

[fk1]

I spend roughly 2 days now trying to get 8x rx580 running with rxoc. I have another rig with 8x 1060 and nvoc running. Hardware i use:

Asus prime z270a
Hp dps1200 with breakout board
160w pico psu
8gb ddr4 ram hynix
Celeron 3900

When i use 1-2 cards in the main 16x pcie slots they boot fine. But a 3rd sometimes doesnt come up (using the 3rd  big pcie slot) and on 4th card sometimes screen freezes up on boot or i get strange pcie error output in terminal (using the 1x speed slot on the top / nearest to cpu)

Bios settings i did the same as the other rig i am using sith same asus board. On this video you can see wich settings: https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=%23&ved=0ahUKEwi6oY6Er9XYAhVOZVAKHadWCukQwqsBCB8wAA&usg=AOvVaw0VTJzWxrN8ZFOD4xbU2nov

Double checked the settings. I switched mainboard, psu, riser, usb cables, cards, hdd. I tried every card on its own as single card setup,  they all boot up fine.

With one power cable 6pin pcie i power riser 6pin pcie and psu 8pin pcie by y-cable. I get power for the ssd from the pico psu wich gets power from an own pcie port of the dps1200.

The cards have a bios switch. I tried both modes without success.

I really hope someone has an idea because i am lost.

BR

[fk1]

I spend roughly 2 days now trying to get 8x rx580 running with rxoc. I have another rig with 8x 1060 and nvoc running. Hardware i use:

Asus prime z270a
Hp dps1200 with breakout board
160w pico psu
8gb ddr4 ram hynix
Celeron 3900

When i use 1-2 cards in the main 16x pcie slots they boot fine. But a 3rd sometimes doesnt come up (using the 3rd  big pcie slot) and on 4th card sometimes screen freezes up on boot or i get strange pcie error output in terminal (using the 1x speed slot on the top / nearest to cpu)

Bios settings i did the same as the other rig i am using sith same asus board. On this video you can see wich settings: https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=%23&ved=0ahUKEwi6oY6Er9XYAhVOZVAKHadWCukQwqsBCB8wAA&usg=AOvVaw0VTJzWxrN8ZFOD4xbU2nov

Double checked the settings. I switched mainboard, psu, riser, usb cables, cards, hdd. I tried every card on its own as single card setup,  they all boot up fine.

With one power cable 6pin pcie i power riser 6pin pcie and psu 8pin pcie by y-cable. I get power for the ssd from the pico psu wich gets power from an own pcie port of the dps1200.

The cards have a bios switch. I tried both modes without success.

I really hope someone has an idea because i am lost.

BR

just want to add some information. first, my bios settings:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/376037211717763072/402035746598289410/IMG-20180112-WA0004.jpg

when I insert 4 cards, sometimes the rig hangs. but sometimes on boot i see this:

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7527iajvsJPiRk5y

saying something like "line dropped... pcieport failure... corrected" hard to read because blurry when appears.

[Rig4p]

Stuck on the login screen every time i enter password miner1 simply appears to refresh and sends me back to enter it again anybody have a solution?

If this is the first time you have tried using the rxOC image on a newly built drive then I expect you may have not edited the oneBash file before booting the system.
I had this same issue the first time I used it.
There are some default settings in there for mining address and such that won't allow the system to boot all the way so it needs to be cleaned up.
If you had it running before then I'm sorry I have no helpful ideas.

Since fullzero has stopped the support help for rxOC (and nvOC as well) I don't think any of the other code writers have picked up for AMD.
nvOC is still getting quite a bit of activity and great support on that blog so I've decided to rid myself eventually of my AMD setup unless I find a substitute.
I have mostly Nvidia cards anyway.

[fk1]

I spend roughly 2 days now trying to get 8x rx580 running with rxoc. I have another rig with 8x 1060 and nvoc running. Hardware i use:

Asus prime z270a
Hp dps1200 with breakout board
160w pico psu
8gb ddr4 ram hynix
Celeron 3900

When i use 1-2 cards in the main 16x pcie slots they boot fine. But a 3rd sometimes doesnt come up (using the 3rd  big pcie slot) and on 4th card sometimes screen freezes up on boot or i get strange pcie error output in terminal (using the 1x speed slot on the top / nearest to cpu)

Bios settings i did the same as the other rig i am using sith same asus board. On this video you can see wich settings: https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=%23&ved=0ahUKEwi6oY6Er9XYAhVOZVAKHadWCukQwqsBCB8wAA&usg=AOvVaw0VTJzWxrN8ZFOD4xbU2nov

Double checked the settings. I switched mainboard, psu, riser, usb cables, cards, hdd. I tried every card on its own as single card setup,  they all boot up fine.

With one power cable 6pin pcie i power riser 6pin pcie and psu 8pin pcie by y-cable. I get power for the ssd from the pico psu wich gets power from an own pcie port of the dps1200.

The cards have a bios switch. I tried both modes without success.

I really hope someone has an idea because i am lost.

BR

just want to add some information. first, my bios settings:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/376037211717763072/402035746598289410/IMG-20180112-WA0004.jpg

when I insert 4 cards, sometimes the rig hangs. but sometimes on boot i see this:

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7527iajvsJPiRk5y

saying something like "line dropped... pcieport failure... corrected" hard to read because blurry when appears.

found a solution online https://steemit.com/mining/@maebog/running-12x-gpu-on-the-biostar-tb250-btc-pro-with-simplemining-os

this should be implemented in the next release imho. keyword pcie=noaer (Advanced Error Reporting)

[fk1]

any fix for "low graphics mode"? after acrd 7 i get this error

[fk1]

i have 8 cards running by manually starting with bash 2unix. But how can I powerlimit these cards? what is the nvidia-smi equivalent? I installed amdgpu-pro drivers already

e: ok so it seems that i can see current power consumption per card with "./rocm-smi -P" just in case anyone is as lost as me

[fk1]

ok, I have a couple of problems and I will list them all. Maybe anyone can give me a tip, as soon as I will find a solution I will report here.

1. I am still getting low graphics mode when using more than 6 cards. I can start mining with SSH and bash 2unix but unfortunately mining doesn't autostart anymore after reboot. anyone has a tip on how to fix low graphics mode, or disabling GUI or other way to autostart mining?

2. somehow rigs dont do sudo shutdown or sudo reboot. they loose SSH connection but nothing happens. need to power off.

3. will it be very hard to implement telegram, auto temp, wtm profit switcher from nvoc? I am looking forward very hard to build an image and if working, I am willing to distribute.