OFFICIAL CGMINER mining software thread for linux/win/osx/mips/arm/r-pi 4.11.1

[HellDiverUK]

Others are going to pick up the pieces and continue development here: https://forum.litecoin.net/index.php/topic,6994.0.html

Seems that the cgminer README doesn't updated with this information.

cgminer doesn't have a word processor built in, nor does it play videos.  Should those be mentioned in the README too? 

[kuzetsa]

I don't know if it's me or not.
Unzipped latest version of cgminer, and tried running cgminer.exe with --scrypt and it comes up with unrecognized parameter ?

Went back to 3.7.2 and all is fine. Can't seem to mine LTC with 3.8 c:

I think you missed this a few pages back... https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28402.msg3538435#msg3538435

We discuss it further here:
https://forum.litecoin.net/index.php/topic,6925.0.html

Others are going to pick up the pieces and continue development here: https://forum.litecoin.net/index.php/topic,6994.0.html

Please note, the documented change was in the documentation, but it was in the file named "NEWS" along with all the other news about various changes made to cgminer:

Code:

Version 3.8.0 - 10th November 2013

- api update version to 2.0 and remove GPU form API-README
-Remove now unused scrypt files.
- api.c remove all GPU/gpu references and correct code as required
- Rudimentary removal of GPU OpenCL and Scrypt features from api.c
- Reorder configure alphabetically for devices to compile and fail if no support
is selected to be compiled in.
- BaB update/format some comments
- BlackArrowBitfury early GPIO V1 driver
- Fine tune the reading of results in bitfury driver to not lose any across work
restarts or corrupt due to store results not parsed during restart.
- Send a zero length packet at the end of every usb transfer on windows in case
libusb internally has batched them into one maxpacket sized.
- Framework for ntime rolling, keep looking for OP_USB_INIT replies when other
packets received
- Configure source for a new BaB driver
- sha2 allow external access to some macros and the K array
- Fixed a math issue when reporting fan speed on the status line.
- Use the main hashlist to store work done in the bitfury driver and remove work
from the list by time, thereby fixing the duplicates at startup. Count hardware
errors for when no match occurs.
- Add a get and queue helper work function.
- Remove GPU mining code.
- Use libusb's own zero length packet support unless we have to emulate it on
windows since only libusb knows for sure if it's needed.
- Unlock the avalon qlock while sending tasks to not hold the lock for an
extended period.
- Sleep in avalon send task on return to the function to allow other code to
work during the sleep period.
- Send zero length packets when terminating a usb write aligned to
maxpacketsize.
- Do the driver flush in avalon code lockless since it can lead to deadlocks.
- Reset the work_restart bool after the scanwork loop in case the driver flushes
work synchronously.
- Only check for the stratum clean message if we have had a valid message.
- Get rid of the stage thread since all work can be asynchronously added now via
hash_push anyway.
- Remove the now incorrect faq entry regarding scrypt difficulty.
- Check for fatal read errors and break out of the read loop in avalon.
- Send errors are basically fatal in avalon driver so break out of the send
tasks loop.
- Make the avalon driver return -1 for hash count when usb fails, allowing the
main loop code to send it the shutdown flag.
- Break out of the hash work loops when a failure is detected instead of
dropping into mt disable.
- Use usbutils' own ftdi parser for avalon and the ftdir's own latency for
managing timeouts since we can wait on reads with completely asynchronous
reads+writes.
- Use usbutils' own cps function for slowing rate of usb writes on avalon.
- Fix build for no libcurl
- Check length before submitting sync transfers

[ewibit]

Are you attempting to mine something not bitcoin, and are you on the latest version?

Code:

./cgminer  -V
./cgminer: /usr/local/lib/libcurl.so.4: no version information available (required by ./cgminer)
cgminer 3.8.2

with rotate to other alt coins (PPC, ZET)

edit:
now I have uncommended
testnet=0
perhaps this is necessary in bitcoin.conf
 

[-ck]

Are you attempting to mine something not bitcoin, and are you on the latest version?

Code:

./cgminer  -V
./cgminer: /usr/local/lib/libcurl.so.4: no version information available (required by ./cgminer)
cgminer 3.8.2

with rotate to other alt coins (PPC, ZET)

As predicted, and that's unsupported.

[chr0me]

Getting hex2bin scan fail.

What happened to cgminer-nogpu.exe in 3.8?

[aigeezer]

Getting hex2bin scan fail.

What happened to cgminer-nogpu.exe in 3.8?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28402.msg3538435#msg3538435

[chr0me]

Getting hex2bin scan fail.

What happened to cgminer-nogpu.exe in 3.8?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28402.msg3538435#msg3538435

Cheers.

I'm having trouble getting cgminer to differentiate between the Bitburner Furys and XXs. Regardless of using --bitburner-fury-options it uses the --avalon-options for all devices.

[CeeCee]

tried my first time to compile cgminer on my mac with osx 10.9.

this is my configuration:

Code:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
cgminer 3.8.2
------------------------------------------------------------------------


Configuration Options Summary:

  libcurl(GBT+getwork).: Enabled: -L/opt/local/lib -lcurl 
  curses.TUI...........: FOUND: -lncurses

  Avalon.ASICs.........: Enabled
  BlackArrow.ASICs.....: Enabled
  BFL.ASICs............: Enabled
  BitForce.FPGAs.......: Enabled
  BitFury.ASICs........: Enabled
  Hashfast.ASICs.......: Disabled
  Icarus.ASICs/FPGAs...: Enabled
  Klondike.ASICs.......: Enabled
  KnC.ASICs............: Disabled
  ModMiner.FPGAs.......: Enabled

Compilation............: make (or gmake)
  CPPFLAGS.............: 
  CFLAGS...............: -g -O2
  LDFLAGS..............:  -framework CoreFoundation -framework IOKit 
  LDADD................: -ldl -L/opt/local/lib -lcurl  compat/jansson-2.5/src/.libs/libjansson.a -lpthread    -lm compat/libusb-1.0/libusb/.libs/libusb-1.0.a -lobjc 

Installation...........: make install (as root if needed, with 'su' or 'sudo')
  prefix...............: /usr/local

and i got these warnings:

Code:

  CC     cgminer-api.o
api.c:1136:6: warning: format specifies type 'long' but the argument has type '__darwin_suseconds_t' (aka 'int') [-Wformat]
                                        ((struct timeval *)(root->data))->tv_usec);
                                        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/secure/_stdio.h:47:56: note: expanded from macro 'sprintf'
  __builtin___sprintf_chk (str, 0, __darwin_obsz(str), __VA_ARGS__)
                                                       ^
1 warning generated.

Code:

  CC     cgminer-driver-bflsc.o
driver-bflsc.c:836:29: warning: implicit conversion from 'double' to 'unsigned int' changes value from 71.58 to 71 [-Wliteral-conversion]
        sc_info->default_ms_work = BAS_WORK_TIME;
                                 ~ ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
./driver-bflsc.h:313:23: note: expanded from macro 'BAS_WORK_TIME'
#define BAS_WORK_TIME 71.58
                      ^~~~~
driver-bflsc.c:846:30: warning: implicit conversion from 'double' to 'unsigned int' changes value from 71.58 to 71 [-Wliteral-conversion]
                sc_info->default_ms_work = BAM_WORK_TIME;
                                         ~ ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
./driver-bflsc.h:312:23: note: expanded from macro 'BAM_WORK_TIME'
#define BAM_WORK_TIME 71.58
                      ^~~~~
driver-bflsc.c:853:31: warning: implicit conversion from 'double' to 'unsigned int' changes value from 954.4400000000001 to 954 [-Wliteral-conversion]
                        sc_info->default_ms_work = BAJ_WORK_TIME;
                                                 ~ ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
./driver-bflsc.h:317:23: note: expanded from macro 'BAJ_WORK_TIME'
#define BAJ_WORK_TIME 954.44
                      ^~~~~~
driver-bflsc.c:859:31: warning: implicit conversion from 'double' to 'unsigned int' changes value from 143.17 to 143 [-Wliteral-conversion]
                        sc_info->default_ms_work = BAL_WORK_TIME;
                                                 ~ ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
./driver-bflsc.h:315:23: note: expanded from macro 'BAL_WORK_TIME'
#define BAL_WORK_TIME 143.17
                      ^~~~~~
4 warnings generated.

Code:

  CC     cgminer-driver-icarus.o
driver-icarus.c:1163:21: warning: format specifies type 'long' but the argument has type '__darwin_suseconds_t' (aka 'int') [-Wformat]
                                elapsed.tv_sec, elapsed.tv_usec);
                                                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./logging.h:39:42: note: expanded from macro 'applog'
                        snprintf(tmp42, sizeof(tmp42), fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
                                                              ^
/usr/include/secure/_stdio.h:57:62: note: expanded from macro 'snprintf'
  __builtin___snprintf_chk (str, len, 0, __darwin_obsz(str), __VA_ARGS__)
                                                             ^
driver-icarus.c:1199:20: warning: format specifies type 'long' but the argument has type '__darwin_suseconds_t' (aka 'int') [-Wformat]
                        elapsed.tv_sec, elapsed.tv_usec);
                                        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./logging.h:39:42: note: expanded from macro 'applog'
                        snprintf(tmp42, sizeof(tmp42), fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
                                                              ^
/usr/include/secure/_stdio.h:57:62: note: expanded from macro 'snprintf'
  __builtin___snprintf_chk (str, len, 0, __darwin_obsz(str), __VA_ARGS__)
                                                             ^
2 warnings generated.

am i doing something wrong? should i just ignore them?
cgminer is working, just tested with a block erupter.

[jedimstr]

tried my first time to compile cgminer on my mac with osx 10.9.

this is my configuration:

Code:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
cgminer 3.8.2
------------------------------------------------------------------------


Configuration Options Summary:

  libcurl(GBT+getwork).: Enabled: -L/opt/local/lib -lcurl 
  curses.TUI...........: FOUND: -lncurses

  Avalon.ASICs.........: Enabled
  BlackArrow.ASICs.....: Enabled
  BFL.ASICs............: Enabled
  BitForce.FPGAs.......: Enabled
  BitFury.ASICs........: Enabled
  Hashfast.ASICs.......: Disabled
  Icarus.ASICs/FPGAs...: Enabled
  Klondike.ASICs.......: Enabled
  KnC.ASICs............: Disabled
  ModMiner.FPGAs.......: Enabled

Compilation............: make (or gmake)
  CPPFLAGS.............: 
  CFLAGS...............: -g -O2
  LDFLAGS..............:  -framework CoreFoundation -framework IOKit 
  LDADD................: -ldl -L/opt/local/lib -lcurl  compat/jansson-2.5/src/.libs/libjansson.a -lpthread    -lm compat/libusb-1.0/libusb/.libs/libusb-1.0.a -lobjc 

Installation...........: make install (as root if needed, with 'su' or 'sudo')
  prefix...............: /usr/local

and i got these warnings:

Code:

  CC     cgminer-api.o
api.c:1136:6: warning: format specifies type 'long' but the argument has type '__darwin_suseconds_t' (aka 'int') [-Wformat]
                                        ((struct timeval *)(root->data))->tv_usec);
                                        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/secure/_stdio.h:47:56: note: expanded from macro 'sprintf'
  __builtin___sprintf_chk (str, 0, __darwin_obsz(str), __VA_ARGS__)
                                                       ^
1 warning generated.

Code:

  CC     cgminer-driver-bflsc.o
driver-bflsc.c:836:29: warning: implicit conversion from 'double' to 'unsigned int' changes value from 71.58 to 71 [-Wliteral-conversion]
        sc_info->default_ms_work = BAS_WORK_TIME;
                                 ~ ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
./driver-bflsc.h:313:23: note: expanded from macro 'BAS_WORK_TIME'
#define BAS_WORK_TIME 71.58
                      ^~~~~
driver-bflsc.c:846:30: warning: implicit conversion from 'double' to 'unsigned int' changes value from 71.58 to 71 [-Wliteral-conversion]
                sc_info->default_ms_work = BAM_WORK_TIME;
                                         ~ ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
./driver-bflsc.h:312:23: note: expanded from macro 'BAM_WORK_TIME'
#define BAM_WORK_TIME 71.58
                      ^~~~~
driver-bflsc.c:853:31: warning: implicit conversion from 'double' to 'unsigned int' changes value from 954.4400000000001 to 954 [-Wliteral-conversion]
                        sc_info->default_ms_work = BAJ_WORK_TIME;
                                                 ~ ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
./driver-bflsc.h:317:23: note: expanded from macro 'BAJ_WORK_TIME'
#define BAJ_WORK_TIME 954.44
                      ^~~~~~
driver-bflsc.c:859:31: warning: implicit conversion from 'double' to 'unsigned int' changes value from 143.17 to 143 [-Wliteral-conversion]
                        sc_info->default_ms_work = BAL_WORK_TIME;
                                                 ~ ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
./driver-bflsc.h:315:23: note: expanded from macro 'BAL_WORK_TIME'
#define BAL_WORK_TIME 143.17
                      ^~~~~~
4 warnings generated.

Code:

  CC     cgminer-driver-icarus.o
driver-icarus.c:1163:21: warning: format specifies type 'long' but the argument has type '__darwin_suseconds_t' (aka 'int') [-Wformat]
                                elapsed.tv_sec, elapsed.tv_usec);
                                                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./logging.h:39:42: note: expanded from macro 'applog'
                        snprintf(tmp42, sizeof(tmp42), fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
                                                              ^
/usr/include/secure/_stdio.h:57:62: note: expanded from macro 'snprintf'
  __builtin___snprintf_chk (str, len, 0, __darwin_obsz(str), __VA_ARGS__)
                                                             ^
driver-icarus.c:1199:20: warning: format specifies type 'long' but the argument has type '__darwin_suseconds_t' (aka 'int') [-Wformat]
                        elapsed.tv_sec, elapsed.tv_usec);
                                        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./logging.h:39:42: note: expanded from macro 'applog'
                        snprintf(tmp42, sizeof(tmp42), fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
                                                              ^
/usr/include/secure/_stdio.h:57:62: note: expanded from macro 'snprintf'
  __builtin___snprintf_chk (str, len, 0, __darwin_obsz(str), __VA_ARGS__)
                                                             ^
2 warnings generated.

am i doing something wrong? should i just ignore them?
cgminer is working, just tested with a block erupter.

You may have an easier time compiling it if you use Homebrew.

Then you just have to tap nwolls' formula:

brew tap nwoolls/xgminer
brew install cgminer

[HellDiverUK]

You may have an easier time compiling it if you use Homebrew.

+1

Homebrew makes this stuff noob-proof.

[3ds]

I'm having trouble getting cgminer to differentiate between the Bitburner Furys and XXs. Regardless of using --bitburner-fury-options it uses the --avalon-options for all devices.

Interesting: I have trouble with BitBurner Fury and cgminer, too. My single Board mines always with ~30GH/s It seems no matter what I set with --bitburner-fury-options or --avalon-options

See: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=322129.msg3638926#msg3638926

[CeeCee]

You may have an easier time compiling it if you use Homebrew.

+1

Homebrew makes this stuff noob-proof.

but the way i tried to compile was easy too. just './configure' and then 'make'. all needed libs where already installed with macports/fink. just want to ask about the warnings. but thanks for your advice i will give this a try.

[CustomDesigned]

Hmm, the changes to 3.8.2 seem to concern avalon, and I have Icarus.  So it likely won't help me, but I'll give it a try on next restart.

I have 4 USB ASIC Miners, which cgminer detects at Icarus.  It runs for 2-4 hours before half the units are disabled with a message like the following:

 [2013-11-18 17:49:20] AMU 4 SendWork usb write err:(-7) LIBUSB_ERROR_TIMEOUT
 [2013-11-18 17:49:20] AMU4: Comms error (werr=-7 amt=22)
 [2013-11-18 17:49:20] AMU 4 failure, disabling!

For a while, the failed units are discovered again via hotplug:

 [2013-11-18 17:49:23] Hotplug: Icarus added AMU 5

But hotplug eventually fails to rediscover failed units.  However, restarting cgminer does rediscover them.

Restarted with cgminer this morning with 3.8.2 + patches from git master.  It has been 6 hours, and 8 ASICs have gone zombie, and then been rediscovered without issue.  So, this looks like a keeper on Fedora 19!

With this approach, the AMU number will keep rising.  How high can it go before restarting is advisable?  Does each disabled AMU use memory?  Or is it just a matter of overflowing 2^31 ?  Restarting weekly is probably a sane policy. 

[kano]

...
am i doing something wrong? should i just ignore them?
cgminer is working, just tested with a block erupter.

This is also 'somewhat' wrong:

 BlackArrow.ASICs.....: Enabled

They only work on linux with an RPi.

It will just create an empty driver that does nothing and causes no problems on non-linux systems - so will be no problem on non-linux - but it's also pointless including it.

Aside: on linux it will actually attempt the GPIO/SPI initialisation of the board which might be problematic depending on what hardware you have.

[Thndr]

Hey I know 3.8.0+ doesn't support GPU, but I have a question that may have been answered before:

Catalyst 13.9+ seems to crash CGminer 2.10.5+ with it's OpenCL driver.

I've noticed since Catalyst 13.4+ that it doesn't have an option to install/update specifically the Amd APP SDK Runtime driver, but it automatically installs the newest version when you install the display driver.


Is there a solution to get it working with the latest GPU CGminer, or do I have to keep using 2.10.4? Or do you recommend me switching to a different miner? If so, what do you suggest?

[chr0me]

Why doesn't --bitburner-fury-options work?

[CumpsD]

I just hooked up 2 BFL Jala's and am getting this:

[2013-11-20 14:44:17] Started cgminer 3.6.3
 [2013-11-20 14:44:17] Loaded configuration file /home/btc/cgminer.conf
 [2013-11-20 14:44:17] USB scan devices: checking for BFL devices
 [2013-11-20 14:44:17] RES: thread starting
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] BFL looking for and found BFL 0403:6014
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] USB lock BitForce 1-5
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] RES: BitForce (1:5) lock=1
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] USB res lock BitForce 1-5
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] RES: BitForce (1:5) lock ok=1
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] USB init, iManufacturer mismatch - BFL device 1:5
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] USB free BFL
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] USB unlock BitForce 1-5
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] BFL looking for and found BFL 0403:6014
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] RES: BitForce (1:5) lock=0
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] USB res unlock BitForce 1-5
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] USB lock BitForce 1-4
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] RES: BitForce (1:4) lock=1
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] USB res lock BitForce 1-4
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] RES: BitForce (1:4) lock ok=1
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] USB init, iManufacturer mismatch - BFL device 1:4
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] USB free BFL
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] USB unlock BitForce 1-4
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] BFL looking for BFL 0403:6014 but found 0424:ec00 instead
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] RES: BitForce (1:4) lock=0
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] BFL looking for BFL 0403:6014 but found 0424:9512 instead
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] USB res unlock BitForce 1-4
 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] BFL looking for BFL 0403:6014 but found 1d6b:0002 instead

 [2013-11-20 14:44:18] USB init, iManufacturer mismatch - BFL device 1:4

What am I doing wrong to get this?

----
Nevermind, probably forgot to compile it in

[aigeezer]

Just got some weirdness in the "undead" test (Win7 64).

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28402.msg3611753#msg3611753

Edit update: my undead run has now gone over 96 hours without a crash. Latest quirks include finding AMUs 17 18 19 21 26 30-33 running and 0-3 flagged as zombies. Unplugging the hub reset them to 0-11, all zombies and one missing for some reason. Replugging the hub set them as 34-46 (all accounted for). A while later I saw an LED on and one AMU flagged as a zombie in the display. Before I could intervene, it repaired itself. The "zombie" label went off and the unit started hashing again - I didn't notice what number it was assigned to, distracted because I had never seen that display change happen before - perhaps it's not unusual. Presently the AMUs are allocated 34-40 and 43-48. I didn't see 41 or 42 get reallocated, but presumably they are now 47 and 48.

Edit update: 120 hours in to the undead run. One more zombie, reported as AMU0 (but see above list of numbers allocated). It restarted fine when swapped. Allocations are now 34 35 36 38 40 43 44 48-53, so several have been successfully reallocated without intervention in the last 24 hours.

[bitcoinanon]

OK so I have compiled cgminer onto my laptop running Ubuntu. But when i run cgminer and it runs the config file it follows with an error saying that no devices were found. I have three klondike 16's hooked up to a usb hub. I followed directions but i did not install ADL_SDK. I did not think I needed it since i am not gpu mining. Do i need something else? OR do i Need ADL_SDK?

[HellDiverUK]

Catalyst 13.9+ seems to crash CGminer 2.10.5+ with it's OpenCL driver.

Use the 12.8 drivers.  They were the only ones that ever worked properly for me.