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

[os2sam]

Hello,

I'm running cgminer 2.0.8 on Windows 7 64 bit with 4 ATI 6990 cards.

cgminer is started with "cgminer.exe --intensity 9 --gpu-powertune 20 --gpu-engine 900 --gpu-memclock 800 --auto-fan --auto-gpu -v 2 -w 128 -o xxx -u xxx -p xxx"

However, can it be that "--auto-fan" is not working?

When I monitor my cards with GPU-Z, the fan speed is always 30%, it doesn't change at all...  Previously under GUI Miner, it changed automatically...

Also, when I go into GPU Management, I only get:

Code:

Last initialised: [2011-11-15 22:58:40]
Intensity: 9
Thread 3: 176.3 Mh/s Enabled ALIVE
Thread 11: 190.4 Mh/s Enabled ALIVE

GPU 4: 376.0 / 373.9 Mh/s | A:68  R:0  HW:0  U:4.76/m  I:9
Last initialised: [2011-11-15 22:58:41]
Intensity: 9
Thread 4: 191.1 Mh/s Enabled ALIVE
Thread 12: 184.7 Mh/s Enabled ALIVE

GPU 5: 376.0 / 373.5 Mh/s | A:84  R:0  HW:0  U:5.88/m  I:9
Last initialised: [2011-11-15 22:58:42]
Intensity: 9
Thread 5: 186.8 Mh/s Enabled ALIVE
Thread 13: 189.3 Mh/s Enabled ALIVE

GPU 6: 377.0 / 374.4 Mh/s | A:68  R:0  HW:0  U:4.76/m  I:9
Last initialised: [2011-11-15 22:58:43]
Intensity: 9
Thread 6: 198.7 Mh/s Enabled ALIVE
Thread 14: 177.8 Mh/s Enabled ALIVE

GPU 7: 405.9 / 402.2 Mh/s | A:95  R:0  HW:0  U:6.66/m  I:9
Last initialised: [2011-11-15 22:58:44]
Intensity: 9
Thread 7: 201.6 Mh/s Enabled ALIVE
Thread 15: 204.4 Mh/s Enabled ALIVE

[E]nable [D]isable [I]ntensity [R]estart GPU
Or press any other key to continue

So I lose the output of the first 4 GPUs. Is there a way to scroll up?

Also, why do I not see the fan speed, rpm, etc?

I created a .bat file and then a shortcut to point to that .bat file.  On the shortcut properties you can change the layout properties to increase the height and maybe see more of your GPU's in that screen

Also it looks like you don't have ADL support.  What version of Catalyst are you using?  I'm using 11.6 an have the additional line that shows the GPU Temp, Fan speeds, GPU Clock, Mem Clock, voltage and GPU utilization.

When I had an older version of the Catalyst driver set installed I didn't get that line either.  And CG Miner wouldn't manipulate the clocks and fans.
Sam

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[kano]

Yeah I just about to say the same thing (in different words )
If you were running on Linux that output would be what you'd get without "export DISPLAY=:0"
Which happens coz it can't access ADL
But since windows doesn't require anything special to access ADL - thus ADL must be missing.
So yes the fan will never change (which is BAD)

You should see the status lines at the top like:
GPU 0: 72.5C 3359RPM | 351.5/353.4Mh/s | A:44 R:2 HW:0 U:0.38/m I:9
The important part being the red text you are missing since ADL isn't working.

[tnkflx]

What's the ADL and how do I install it under Windows 7 64bit?

[os2sam]

What's the ADL and how do I install it under Windows 7 64bit?

By installing a recent enough version of the Catalyst drivers that has that support.  That's why I asked what version you had.

I know that Catalyst 11.6 has that support because that is what I'm using.  And I'm using 11.6 because it doesn't have the 100% CPU utilization bug.

So what version are you using?
Sam

Edit: ADL is the ATI display library used for monitoring and setting GPU parameters.

[worldinacoin]

I have a problem running cgminer in Linuxcoin.  I used what I run on Windows

cgminer -o pool.bitclockers.com:8332 -u xxx -p yyy -o http://pit.deepbit.net:8332 -u zzz -p zzz -I 9 --auto-fan --auto-gpu --gpu-engine 850-950 --gpu-memclock 300

But it does not recognize all the commands for eg autofan etc

Can anyone advise?

[DeathAndTaxes]

I have a problem running cgminer in Linuxcoin.  I used what I run on Windows

cgminer -o pool.bitclockers.com:8332 -u xxx -p yyy -o http://pit.deepbit.net:8332 -u zzz -p zzz -I 9 --auto-fan --auto-gpu --gpu-engine 850-950 --gpu-memclock 300

But it does not recognize all the commands for eg autofan etc

Can anyone advise?

Likely means it isn't detecting your video cards and thus is getting confused on why you are using GPU commands for CPU mining.

Try cgminer -n how many videocards does cgminer report?

[SleeperUnit]

Hello,

I'm running cgminer 2.0.8 on Windows 7 64 bit with 4 ATI 6990 cards.

So I lose the output of the first 4 GPUs. Is there a way to scroll up?

Also, why do I not see the fan speed, rpm, etc?

Even if you don't use a batch file you can right-click the window's title bar and edit the properties of the window and make it taller.   

As for the last 4 GPUs not showing fan speeds. 6990s have twice as many GPUs as fans and I'm fairly certain that the ATI driver usually list all the primary GPUs before the secondary GPUs? If that's the case, those last 4 GPUs you see don't actually have fans. Now if you fix the window so it shows all the GPUs and none of them have any fan speeds, it's probably an ADL problem like other already mentioned. Just figured I would offer another possible explanation before you spend too much time troubleshooting a non-problem.

[finway]

I think cgminer is the best mining software, thank you!

[worldinacoin]

I can't see the temperature of each GPU in both Windows and Linux cgminer, am I missing anything?

[P4man]

I can't see the temperature of each GPU in both Windows and Linux cgminer, am I missing anything?

Are you using SSH and/or remote desktop? If so, yes you are missing something . For ssh/linux export the display before starting cgminer

Code:

export DISPLAY=:0
./cgminer -with -all -your -options

On windows you will have to use something else as RDP. VNC or teamviewer.

[tnkflx]

Hello,

I'm running cgminer 2.0.8 on Windows 7 64 bit with 4 ATI 6990 cards.

So I lose the output of the first 4 GPUs. Is there a way to scroll up?

Also, why do I not see the fan speed, rpm, etc?

Even if you don't use a batch file you can right-click the window's title bar and edit the properties of the window and make it taller.   

As for the last 4 GPUs not showing fan speeds. 6990s have twice as many GPUs as fans and I'm fairly certain that the ATI driver usually list all the primary GPUs before the secondary GPUs? If that's the case, those last 4 GPUs you see don't actually have fans. Now if you fix the window so it shows all the GPUs and none of them have any fan speeds, it's probably an ADL problem like other already mentioned. Just figured I would offer another possible explanation before you spend too much time troubleshooting a non-problem.

I've done this, it also doesn't show for the other GPUs.

[tnkflx]

What's the ADL and how do I install it under Windows 7 64bit?

By installing a recent enough version of the Catalyst drivers that has that support.  That's why I asked what version you had.

I know that Catalyst 11.6 has that support because that is what I'm using.  And I'm using 11.6 because it doesn't have the 100% CPU utilization bug.

So what version are you using?
Sam

Edit: ADL is the ATI display library used for monitoring and setting GPU parameters.

Catalyst 11.9

[tnkflx]

I can't see the temperature of each GPU in both Windows and Linux cgminer, am I missing anything?

Are you using SSH and/or remote desktop? If so, yes you are missing something . For ssh/linux export the display before starting cgminer

Code:

export DISPLAY=:0
./cgminer -with -all -your -options

On windows you will have to use something else as RDP. VNC or teamviewer.

Ah, I'm using RDP... Might that be the problem?

[The00Dustin]

I can't see the temperature of each GPU in both Windows and Linux cgminer, am I missing anything?

Are you using SSH and/or remote desktop? If so, yes you are missing something . For ssh/linux export the display before starting cgminer

Code:

export DISPLAY=:0
./cgminer -with -all -your -options

On windows you will have to use something else as RDP. VNC or teamviewer.

Ah, I'm using RDP... Might that be the problem?

In my experience, RDP won't work for starting GPU mining.  VNC will and I assume TeamViewer would, but RDP takes the desktop away from the GPU and the program won't have access to the GPU if it wasn't already using it (RDP to see an existiing mining session / OK, RDP to start a mining session or not OK).  However, ck recently posted something implying that dummy plugs aren't even necessary in Windows anymore, and if that is the case, RDP may not prevent cgminer from working.  That said, if you can see GPU mining but not temperature, cgminer is talking to teh GPU, so I don't thik that would matter.

[-ck]

Good news guys. I just tried upgrading to the ATI 11.11 driver on linux and the CPU usage bug is finally fixed, AND it works with newer xorg 1.11 (in case you're on a very recent distribution, like Archlinux).

[ancow]

Good news guys. I just tried upgrading to the ATI 11.11 driver on linux and the CPU usage bug is finally fixed, AND it works with newer xorg 1.11 (in case you're on a very recent distribution, like Archlinux).

Great! (can't wait for it to hit debian testing )
With recent versions I've had a huge performance hit when using KDE's 3D capabilities even when not mining. Has that also been fixed, do you know?

[-ck]

Good news guys. I just tried upgrading to the ATI 11.11 driver on linux and the CPU usage bug is finally fixed, AND it works with newer xorg 1.11 (in case you're on a very recent distribution, like Archlinux).

Great! (can't wait for it to hit debian testing )
With recent versions I've had a huge performance hit when using KDE's 3D capabilities even when not mining. Has that also been fixed, do you know?

Well I'm on KDE and it's much more fluid than it was with catalyst 11.10. So that would be a yes as well.

[P4man]

Beware when using teamviewer/vnc on windows; make sure catalyst isnt running. When I tried it, the GPU would always crash when ending the teamviewer session, the same way it would crash and get horrible corruption if I start cgminer before CCC has loaded.

[ancow]

Good news guys. I just tried upgrading to the ATI 11.11 driver on linux and the CPU usage bug is finally fixed, AND it works with newer xorg 1.11 (in case you're on a very recent distribution, like Archlinux).

Great! (can't wait for it to hit debian testing )
With recent versions I've had a huge performance hit when using KDE's 3D capabilities even when not mining. Has that also been fixed, do you know?

Well I'm on KDE and it's much more fluid than it was with catalyst 11.10. So that would be a yes as well.

Great, thanks, now I really can't wait!

* ancow goes off to celebrate...

[os2sam]

Good news guys. I just tried upgrading to the ATI 11.11 driver on linux and the CPU usage bug is finally fixed, AND it works with newer xorg 1.11 (in case you're on a very recent distribution, like Archlinux).

Has anyone tried this on Windoze yet?
Thanks,
Sam