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

[sharky112065]

Are there any windows 7 miners that can help me with the following problem?

I have APP SDK 2.5.732.1, AMD driver 11.12 installed.

One Nvidia GPU as my primary video card (not mining), One ATI Radeon HD 5870 (mining) with cgminer 2.3.1-2.

If I disconnect the dummy plug from the 5870 or disconnect it via AMD Vision Engine Control Center or via Windows (as in not extend the desktop to it), Cgminer cannot read/control GPU Clock, GPU Memory Speed, or GPU Fan.

If I leave the dummy plug on and extend the desktop to that GPU, occasionally I get display driver stopped responding and Cgminer craps out (keeps running but cannot hash).

Anyway to make it work either without the dummy plug or with out the desktop being extended to the 5870?

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[cuz0882]

Is it possible to turn it on for a specific gpu?
I've been running one with autogpu because it has a non reference fan. The rest I just use fan auto

This parameter is global and enables ADL-related routines in cgminer, it is not enabled on a by-card basis as you'd surely know had you RTFM'd first.
Normally, since auto-gpu is a prerequisite for card speed throttling in case of fan failure⁽¹⁾ you want it enabled anyway.

Notes:
(1) or the house catching fire - "Whew! Suddenly getting hot in here, better drop those clocks"    (I really couldn't abstain from making a bad joke, sorry)

I read the manual. It's not very clear on the subject. I want to get as much of the settings in the config as possible. I don't want the other cards to down clock. If the fans stop the pc will crash in a few seconds anyway.

[Vbs]

I'll be taking an extended break from coding on cgminer shortly since most things are stable at the moment for my sanity.

A well deserved break!

I'll keep tinkering with the phatk kernel when I have some free time. Meanwhile my best result for V2 (ignoring infinitesimally rare x==y==0), is:

Code:

#elif defined VECTORS2
	uint result = !W[117].x ? W[3].x:0u;
	result = !W[117].y ? W[3].y:result;
	if (result)
		output[FOUND] = output[NFLAG & result] = result;

(1357 ALUs, 67.65 min, 67.85 max, 67.75 avg)

[DeathAndTaxes]

Is it possible to turn it on for a specific gpu?
I've been running one with autogpu because it has a non reference fan. The rest I just use fan auto

This parameter is global and enables ADL-related routines in cgminer, it is not enabled on a by-card basis as you'd surely know had you RTFM'd first.
Normally, since auto-gpu is a prerequisite for card speed throttling in case of fan failure⁽¹⁾ you want it enabled anyway.

Notes:
(1) or the house catching fire - "Whew! Suddenly getting hot in here, better drop those clocks"    (I really couldn't abstain from making a bad joke, sorry)

I read the manual. It's not very clear on the subject. I want to get as much of the settings in the config as possible. I don't want the other cards to down clock. If the fans stop the pc will crash in a few seconds anyway.

Code:

"auto-gpu": true
"auto-fan" : true
gpu-engine : "600-800","800-800",800-800", etc
gpu-fan: "100-100", "60-85","60-85", etc

That should work.  It is saying turn auto gpu and auto fan ON.  range the first gpu but keep all others at 800.  keep first fan at 100 and range the others.

I recommend always using auto-gpu even if you want the clock static.  Having auto-gpu enabled allows cgminer to shutdown gpu if it overheats or put the fan into emergency (100% mode).

[DeathAndTaxes]

Code:

So I am trying to get 4x5970 working under Linux.

Aticonfig shows 8 GPUs but cgminer bombs out.
[code]
* 0. 17:00.0 ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series
  1. 16:00.0 ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series
  2. 13:00.0 ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series
  3. 12:00.0 ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series
  4. 0b:00.0 ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series
  5. 0a:00.0 ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series
  6. 07:00.0 ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series
  7. 06:00.0 ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series

* - Default adapter

cgminer -n

Code:

X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  140 (ATIFGLEXTENSION)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  67 ()
  Value in failed request:  0x17
  Serial number of failed request:  21
  Current serial number in output stream:  21

cgminer -D -T (w/ config file) has same error.

Unplugging PCIe power cables for one 5970 (6 active GPUs) works.[/code]

[-ck]

Yes I've audited the code a million times and can't find the bug. For some reason some dual GPU cards the auto-fan control isn't doing anything and it's sitting at 85% at all times.

I think I figured it out:

ga->lasttemp seems to always contain the value for the temperature of the first GPU on the twin GPU card.  "temp" always contains the temperature of the GPU that is highest between the two.  Therefore, if the 2nd GPU on the card is hotter (and it almost always is on 5970s), it's never going to adjust.  ga->lasttemp needs to be modified to contain the value of the highest temp GPU between the two so that they're comparing "apples to apples".

The only reason my one rig is working and the other two aren't is because the 2nd GPU happens to stay a little cooler than the first.  The other two have hotter 2nd GPUs (as they should, since the hot air from the first GPU blows across it).

I'd make the change myself, but you really don't want to see my coding "skills".  I'm a good reverse-engineer, but I'm a shit coder (as far as keeping things clean goes).

If you're using linux + git, try the current git tree please to see if it fixes it.

[sharky112065]

For the people that are having trouble compiling Cgminer on Windows from source, I have put together compile instructions. This is version 1.0 and will probably change over time.

http://pastebin.com/3pzivj32

Tested on both Windows 7 and Windows XP.

[Proofer]

If you're using linux + git, try the current git tree please to see if it fixes it.

Fixes it for me.  Thanks for delaying your extended break from coding!

[cuz0882]

Is it possible to turn it on for a specific gpu?
I've been running one with autogpu because it has a non reference fan. The rest I just use fan auto

This parameter is global and enables ADL-related routines in cgminer, it is not enabled on a by-card basis as you'd surely know had you RTFM'd first.
Normally, since auto-gpu is a prerequisite for card speed throttling in case of fan failure⁽¹⁾ you want it enabled anyway.

Notes:
(1) or the house catching fire - "Whew! Suddenly getting hot in here, better drop those clocks"    (I really couldn't abstain from making a bad joke, sorry)

I read the manual. It's not very clear on the subject. I want to get as much of the settings in the config as possible. I don't want the other cards to down clock. If the fans stop the pc will crash in a few seconds anyway.

Code:

"auto-gpu": true
"auto-fan" : true
gpu-engine : "600-800","800-800",800-800", etc
gpu-fan: "100-100", "60-85","60-85", etc

That should work.  It is saying turn auto gpu and auto fan ON.  range the first gpu but keep all others at 800.  keep first fan at 100 and range the others.

I recommend always using auto-gpu even if you want the clock static.  Having auto-gpu enabled allows cgminer to shutdown gpu if it overheats or put the fan into emergency (100% mode).

I tried this but the engine clock on the first gpu get stuck at 850. That's the stock speed for the card, the other clocks get changed correctly. If I change it from within cg miner it works.

"auto-gpu": true,
"auto-fan" : true,
"gpu-engine" : "600-850,800-800,800-800,800-800,800-800",
"gpu-fan" : "100-100,0-85,0-85,0-85,0-85",
"gpu-memclock" : "150,150,150,150,150",
"temp-target" : "80,70,70,75,75",

[-ck]

I tried this but the engine clock on the first gpu get stuck at 850. That's the stock speed for the card, the other clocks get changed correctly. If I change it from within cg miner it works.

"auto-gpu": true,
"auto-fan" : true,
"gpu-engine" : "600-850,800-800,800-800,800-800,800-800",
"gpu-fan" : "100-100,0-85,0-85,0-85,0-85",
"gpu-memclock" : "150,150,150,150,150",
"temp-target" : "80,70,70,75,75",

You're telling it the upper limit for gpu engine is 850 or 800 depending on the card, so yeah it's listening to you.

[sveetsnelda]

If you're using linux + git, try the current git tree please to see if it fixes it.

Worked like a champ.  Thanks very much!  Sent a couple coins your way.

[cuz0882]

I tried this but the engine clock on the first gpu get stuck at 850. That's the stock speed for the card, the other clocks get changed correctly. If I change it from within cg miner it works.

"auto-gpu": true,
"auto-fan" : true,
"gpu-engine" : "600-850,800-800,800-800,800-800,800-800",
"gpu-fan" : "100-100,0-85,0-85,0-85,0-85",
"gpu-memclock" : "150,150,150,150,150",
"temp-target" : "80,70,70,75,75",

You're telling it the upper limit for gpu engine is 850 or 800 depending on the card, so yeah it's listening to you.

gpu 0 should drop clock speed below 850 if the temp reaches over 80. How would you have written it?

[-ck]

I tried this but the engine clock on the first gpu get stuck at 850. That's the stock speed for the card, the other clocks get changed correctly. If I change it from within cg miner it works.

"auto-gpu": true,
"auto-fan" : true,
"gpu-engine" : "600-850,800-800,800-800,800-800,800-800",
"gpu-fan" : "100-100,0-85,0-85,0-85,0-85",
"gpu-memclock" : "150,150,150,150,150",
"temp-target" : "80,70,70,75,75",

You're telling it the upper limit for gpu engine is 850 or 800 depending on the card, so yeah it's listening to you.

gpu 0 should drop clock speed below 850 if the temp reaches over 80. How would you have written it?

Your settings are fine for that. The threshold where clockspeed goes down is 3 degrees over the setting (see temp hysteresis) to prevent the clockspeed being changed too easily when it takes a few seconds for the fans to catch up.

[-ck]

If you're using linux + git, try the current git tree please to see if it fixes it.

Worked like a champ.  Thanks very much!  Sent a couple coins your way.

Thanks for testing. I'm considering wrapping up the few minor changes since 2.3.1 and releasing 2.3.2 before I take my break. Likely the only people who would notice a difference are those with twin GPUs going from 2.3.1-2 to 2.3.2. I'm not making any changes that might break something at this moment in time.

What do people think? Should I bother?

[Diapolo]

If you're using linux + git, try the current git tree please to see if it fixes it.

Worked like a champ.  Thanks very much!  Sent a couple coins your way.

Thanks for testing. I'm considering wrapping up the few minor changes since 2.3.1 and releasing 2.3.2 before I take my break. Likely the only people who would notice a difference are those with twin GPUs going from 2.3.1-2 to 2.3.2. I'm not making any changes that might break something at this moment in time.

What do people think? Should I bother?

A fix that work is a fix no one cries for during your break . I hope you accept my last pull-request befor the break, anything wrong with it?

Dia

[spiccioli]

Hi,

I don't know if this is the correct forum where ask my question, but since it is cgminer related I start from here

I've got a five 5870 rig I've just set up, it runs xubuntu 11.10 with catalyst 11.8 (the one that installs using xubuntu proprietary drivers applet) and I've installed AMD SDK 2.4.

If I don't use GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1  CPU usage goes to 90%, If I use it, on the other hand, cgminer uses from 20 to 35% of CPU and CPU is a sempron 2.8 Ghz

Dud catalyst driver. Use 11.6 or 11.11+ on linux.

Sorry ckolivas,

but there is something else, I've just reinstalled everything using kano recipe, now I have xubuntu 11.04 64bit, catalyst 11.6 and AMD SDK 2.4

Code:

fglrxinfo
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
OpenGL version string: 4.1.10834 Compatibility Profile Context



display: :0.0  screen: 1
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
OpenGL version string: 4.1.10834 Compatibility Profile Context



display: :0.0  screen: 2
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
OpenGL version string: 4.1.10834 Compatibility Profile Context



display: :0.0  screen: 3
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
OpenGL version string: 4.1.10834 Compatibility Profile Context



display: :0.0  screen: 4
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
OpenGL version string: 4.1.10834 Compatibility Profile Context

Code:

cgminer/cgminer -ndevs
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] CL Platform 0 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] CL Platform 0 name: AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] CL Platform 0 version: OpenCL 1.1 AMD-APP-SDK-v2.4 (595.10)
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] Platform 0 devices: 5
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] GPU 0 ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series hardware monitoring enabled
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] Setting GPU 0 engine clock to 830
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] Setting GPU 0 memory clock to 160
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] Setting GPU 0 voltage to 1.050
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] GPU 1 ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series hardware monitoring enabled
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] Setting GPU 1 engine clock to 830
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] Setting GPU 1 memory clock to 160
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] Setting GPU 1 voltage to 1.050
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] GPU 2 ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series hardware monitoring enabled
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] Setting GPU 2 engine clock to 830
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] Setting GPU 2 memory clock to 160
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] Setting GPU 2 voltage to 1.050
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] GPU 3 ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series hardware monitoring enabled
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] Setting GPU 3 engine clock to 830
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] Setting GPU 3 memory clock to 160
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] Setting GPU 3 voltage to 1.050
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] GPU 4 ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series hardware monitoring enabled
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] Setting GPU 4 engine clock to 830
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] Setting GPU 4 memory clock to 160
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] Setting GPU 4 voltage to 1.050
[2012-02-26 14:25:56] 5 GPU devices max detected

without GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1 either cgminer 2.1.2 or 2.3.1-2 use around 90% of CPU, with sync objects they're around 30-40% with 2.3.1-2 using around 5% more than 2.1.2

Code:

 cgminer version 2.3.1 - Started: [2012-02-26 14:11:52]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 (5s):1661.5 (avg):1696.8 Mh/s | Q:215  A:188  R:0  HW:0  E:87%  U:23.48/m
 TQ: 7  ST: 8  SS: 0  DW: 11  NB: 3  LW: 0  GF: 0  RF: 0
 Connected to http://pool.abcpool.co:8332 with LP as user spiccioli.m2
 Block: 0000065f11c15097cce668b2f037fbe7...  Started: [14:16:15]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [P]ool management [G]PU management [S]ettings [D]isplay options [Q]uit
 GPU 0:  73.0C  25%    | 336.6/346.5Mh/s | A:31 R:0 HW:0 U: 3.87/m I: 5
 GPU 1:  73.5C 1270RPM | 331.8/343.1Mh/s | A:34 R:0 HW:0 U: 4.25/m I: 5
 GPU 2:  71.5C 2012RPM | 329.9/341.4Mh/s | A:48 R:0 HW:0 U: 5.99/m I: 5
 GPU 3:  69.0C 1759RPM | 331.1/339.2Mh/s | A:46 R:0 HW:0 U: 5.74/m I: 5
 GPU 4:  75.5C 2214RPM | 327.1/335.2Mh/s | A:30 R:0 HW:0 U: 3.75/m I: 5
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

and top

Code:

top - 14:21:44 up 17 min,  3 users,  load average: 0.05, 0.25, 0.38
Tasks: 145 total,   1 running, 144 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
Cpu(s): 20.5%us, 32.0%sy,  0.0%ni, 47.3%id,  0.3%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.0%si,  0.0%st
Mem:   4055036k total,  1402804k used,  2652232k free,    20796k buffers
Swap:  4187132k total,        0k used,  4187132k free,   290544k cached

  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND             
 2423 user      20   0  570m 225m  52m S 32.2  5.7   3:18.96 cgminer             
 1177 root      20   0  675m 111m  75m S  9.9  2.8   1:12.56 Xorg                
 2636 user      20   0  772m 150m  39m S  6.1  3.8   0:45.95 firefox-bin         
    4 root      20   0     0    0    0 S  1.7  0.0   0:15.12 kworker/0:0         
 2875 root      20   0     0    0    0 S  1.7  0.0   0:05.71 kworker/0:2         
 1491 user      20   0  176m  14m 9472 S  0.3  0.4   0:02.14 xfwm4               
 1740 user      20   0  269m  17m  10m S  0.3  0.4   0:04.81 xfce4-terminal      
 1483 user      20   0 64112 2904 1968 S  0.1  0.1   0:00.96 xscreensaver        
    1 root      20   0 24008 2136 1292 S  0.0  0.1   0:01.15 init                

with sync objects to 0, same cgminer

Code:

top - 14:23:24 up 19 min,  3 users,  load average: 4.33, 1.33, 0.73
Tasks: 145 total,   2 running, 143 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
Cpu(s):  6.3%us, 93.7%sy,  0.0%ni,  0.0%id,  0.0%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.0%si,  0.0%st
Mem:   4055036k total,  1383356k used,  2671680k free,    20900k buffers
Swap:  4187132k total,        0k used,  4187132k free,   290640k cached

  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND             
 3329 user      20   0  558m 213m  39m S 61.2  5.4   0:35.00 cgminer             
 2875 root      20   0     0    0    0 S 12.0  0.0   0:11.21 kworker/0:2         
   56 root      20   0     0    0    0 R 11.1  0.0   0:09.72 kworker/0:1         
 2636 user      20   0  774m 153m  39m S  6.9  3.9   0:53.69 firefox-bin         
 1177 root      20   0  675m 111m  75m S  4.9  2.8   1:19.33 Xorg                
 1491 user      20   0  176m  14m 9472 S  1.7  0.4   0:03.14 xfwm4               
  310 root      20   0     0    0    0 S  0.5  0.0   0:00.68 usb-storage         
 1740 user      20   0  269m  17m  10m S  0.4  0.4   0:05.10 xfce4-terminal     

So either my CPU is too weak to handle 5 GPUs or cpu usage can be lower, but it does not depend on catalyst/amd sdk.

BTW I've tested catalyst 11.12 (11.11 gives problems installing) and 12.1 on xubuntu 11.10 64bit this morning with more or less same levels of CPU usage.

spiccioli

[tenzor]

I would love to see an expanded version of this that goes down to 100 (or lower) memclock using latest version of cgminer, latest drivers, and SDK 2.1.

Here is some tests

[kano]

...
So either my CPU is too weak to handle 5 GPUs or cpu usage can be lower, but it does not depend on catalyst/amd sdk.

BTW I've tested catalyst 11.12 (11.11 gives problems installing) and 12.1 on xubuntu 11.10 64bit this morning with more or less same levels of CPU usage.

spiccioli

While it's running at 60% CPU ...
cat /proc/cpuinfo

[Prayer]

Not sure what's going on, but when I attempt to start cgminer, my display driver immediately crashes, and all I get from cgminer, is this:

Code:

[2012-02-26 09:29:29] LONGPOLL requested work restart, waiting on fresh work
[2012-02-26 09:29:29] Failed to tq_push in queue_request
[2012-02-26 09:29:39] LONGPOLL requested work restart, waiting on fresh work
[2012-02-26 09:29:39] Failed to tq_push in queue_request

A search on "tq_push in queue_request" turned up nothing useful.

When I exit cgminer, I get this:

Code:

[2012-02-26 09:45:59]
Summary of runtime statistics:

[2012-02-26 09:45:59] Started at [2012-02-26 09:12:24]
[2012-02-26 09:45:59] Pool: http://127.0.0.1:9332
[2012-02-26 09:45:59] Runtime: 0 hrs : 0 mins : 0 secs
[2012-02-26 09:45:59] Average hashrate: 672.8 Megahash/s
[2012-02-26 09:45:59] Solved blocks: 0
[2012-02-26 09:45:59] Queued work requests: 2254
[2012-02-26 09:45:59] Share submissions: 0
[2012-02-26 09:45:59] Accepted shares: 0
[2012-02-26 09:45:59] Rejected shares: 0
[2012-02-26 09:45:59] Hardware errors: 0
[2012-02-26 09:45:59] Efficiency (accepted / queued): 0%
[2012-02-26 09:45:59] Utility (accepted shares / min): 0.00/min

[2012-02-26 09:45:59] Discarded work due to new blocks: 204
[2012-02-26 09:45:59] Stale submissions discarded due to new blocks: 0
[2012-02-26 09:45:59] Unable to get work from server occasions: 95
[2012-02-26 09:45:59] Work items generated locally: 24762
[2012-02-26 09:45:59] Submitting work remotely delay occasions: 0
[2012-02-26 09:45:59] New blocks detected on network: 6

The things that concern me, is that the runtime at 0 hours, 0 mins, 0 secs, and the hashrate of 672.8.  If, after 33 minutes, the runtime is 0, how is there /any/ hashrate at all?  How is is 672, when pcolbm reports only 26.  Is cgminer really 25x faster?

Any suggestions on what to look at?

Asus M5A99X MB
AMD FX-4100
8GB RAM
Nvidia 8800GT, driver version 285.62
Windows 7 x64 SP1

I'm still using an old video card because it did what I needed it to do when I upgraded everything else.  I found Bitcoin just a couple weeks later.  I may upgrade to something else, I may not... haven't decided yet.

Thanks,

-Prayer

[jake262144]

A search on "tq_push in queue_request" turned up nothing useful...

How about doing a search of queue_request inside cgminer source code?

Code:

static bool queue_request(struct thr_info *thr, bool needed)
{
(...)
	applog(LOG_DEBUG, "Queueing getwork request to work thread");

	/* send work request to workio thread */
	if (unlikely(!tq_push(thr_info[work_thr_id].q, wc))) {
		applog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to tq_push in queue_request");
		workio_cmd_free(wc);
		return false;
	}
(...)
}

Some nVidia-specific bug? The hash rate is obviously bogus, it looks as if the kernel failed to perform some check and treated garbage as valid shares. Which kernel did you try?