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

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Thank you very much! Best miner I tried so far!

Setup on Xubuntu 11.04 was easy. Now I need to figure how to optimise my miner.

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Thank you very much! Best miner I tried so far!

Setup on Xubuntu 11.04 was easy. Now I need to figure how to optimise my miner.

You're most welcome. Feel free to ask away here giving your hardware and software details as there are plenty of people who have can be very helpful on this forum who have likely used that combination.

[01BTC10]

Thank you very much! Best miner I tried so far!

Setup on Xubuntu 11.04 was easy. Now I need to figure how to optimise my miner.

You're most welcome. Feel free to ask away here giving your hardware and software details as there are plenty of people who have can be very helpful on this forum who have likely used that combination.

Could not boot BAMT via USB with my motheboard Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3. I then tried LinuxCoin but CGminer with Xubuntu was the best solution for this particular motherboard.

[TheHarbinger]

Thank you very much! Best miner I tried so far!

Setup on Xubuntu 11.04 was easy. Now I need to figure how to optimise my miner.

You're most welcome. Feel free to ask away here giving your hardware and software details as there are plenty of people who have can be very helpful on this forum who have likely used that combination.

Could not boot BAMT via USB with my motheboard Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3. I then tried LinuxCoin but CGminer with Xubuntu was the best solution for this particular motherboard.

Yeah, Gigabyte boards don't like to boot from USB with BAMT on them.  It's a known problem.

[DeathAndTaxes]

Yeah, Gigabyte boards don't like to boot from USB with BAMT on them.  It's a known problem.

Strangely the behavior of giga boards seems to vary from model to model and even bios version to bios version so you can get "lucky".  That being said it is one reason I steer clear of gigabyte (I liked them pre-Bitcoin).  I mean bootstrapping is one of those core BIOS functions.  If a BIOS can't handle all supported methods of booting it shouldn't be sold.   Period.

[01BTC10]

Yeah, Gigabyte boards don't like to boot from USB with BAMT on them.  It's a known problem.

Strangely the behavior of giga boards seems to vary from model to model and even bios version to bios version so you can get "lucky".  That being said it is one reason I steer clear of gigabyte (I liked them pre-Bitcoin).  I mean bootstrapping is one of those core BIOS functions.  If a BIOS can't handle all supported methods of booting it shouldn't be sold.   Period.

True but I can't really RMA the board since NCIX specify that I can only exchange it for the same model...

[01BTC10]

Ok now everything seem fine. I wonder if I should OC or optimise something else? If I want to switch to P2Pool, I only need to reduce intensivity by 1?

Fan speed= 85%
Intensivity= 9
AutoGPU= enabled
GPU0: 5850
GPU1: 5870




Should I leave my new toy alone now?

[BCMan]

Thank you very much! Best miner I tried so far!

Setup on Xubuntu 11.04 was easy. Now I need to figure how to optimise my miner.

Xubuntu can be installed on usb stick?

 Sorry for off-topic.

[01BTC10]

Thank you very much! Best miner I tried so far!

Setup on Xubuntu 11.04 was easy. Now I need to figure how to optimise my miner.

Xubuntu can be installed on usb stick?

 Sorry for off-topic.

Yes, if you already use Linux just burn it to your USB stick using StartupDiskCreator if you want persistence (needed for mining).

If you are using Windows then burn it to a CD/DVD or with Unetbootin (make it bootable but without persistence) on a USB stick. Boot Xubuntu with this CD/DVD/USB stick, then insert another stick to burn via StartupDiskCreator included with Xubuntu.

[kano]

Thank you very much! Best miner I tried so far!

Setup on Xubuntu 11.04 was easy. Now I need to figure how to optimise my miner.

Xubuntu can be installed on usb stick?

 Sorry for off-topic.

... my sig
(which also happens to be included with cgminer ...)

[01BTC10]

Thank you very much! Best miner I tried so far!

Setup on Xubuntu 11.04 was easy. Now I need to figure how to optimise my miner.

Xubuntu can be installed on usb stick?

 Sorry for off-topic.

... my sig
(which also happens to be included with cgminer ...)

If you want to boot Linux on a USB stick on my GigaByte board it won't work with standard method. The only way I found is to make a Win98 bootable USB stick via HP USB Disk Storage Utility ( http://hp-usb-disk-storage-format-tool.en.softonic.com/ with the DOS files included in some tutorial found with Google). Then you can use Unetbootin or StartupDiskCreator.

But I did follow your tutorial and it was very well written. Thank's!

[BCMan]

 Thanks, guys! Don't want to waste my 1.5 tb hdd for dedicated miner. Only one issue remains is a working undervolting app for 6xxx cards under linux.

[JinTu]

Thanks, guys! Don't want to waste my 1.5 tb hdd for dedicated miner. Only one issue remains is a working undervolting app for 6xxx cards under linux.

If you find anything let me know. I had to resort to reflashing the BIOS for undervolting/underclocking for my 6990s. After mucking about I found some stable values (and greatly reduced power consumption), but would have much preferred a software solution.

[kentrolla]

when i try to enable cpu mining i always get this error "[2012-04-17 12:47:23] 2 9: -C: unrecognized option"     same thing happens when i try the --enable-cpu param.    Any suggestions?

[tnkflx]

when i try to enable cpu mining i always get this error "[2012-04-17 12:47:23] 2 9: -C: unrecognized option"     same thing happens when i try the --enable-cpu param.    Any suggestions?

Read the included README carefully and with great attention...

[kentrolla]

when i try to enable cpu mining i always get this error "[2012-04-17 12:47:23] 2 9: -C: unrecognized option"     same thing happens when i try the --enable-cpu param.    Any suggestions?

Read the included README carefully and with great attention...

I just did.  Can you give me a hint?  a quote maybe? sorry for my noobiness     i just can't figure this out

[bulanula]

when i try to enable cpu mining i always get this error "[2012-04-17 12:47:23] 2 9: -C: unrecognized option"     same thing happens when i try the --enable-cpu param.    Any suggestions?

Read the included README carefully and with great attention...

I just did.  Can you give me a hint?  a quote maybe? sorry for my noobiness     i just can't figure this out

CPU mining is no longer included.

Does this forum have a facepalm icon ?

[kentrolla]

Q: What happened to CPU mining?
A: Being increasingly irrelevant for most users, and a maintenance issue, it is
no longer under active development and will not be supported unless someone
steps up to help maintain it. No binary builds supporting CPU mining will be
released but CPU mining can be built into cgminer when it is compiled.


FOUND IT!

[kentrolla]

Q: What happened to CPU mining?
A: Being increasingly irrelevant for most users, and a maintenance issue, it is
no longer under active development and will not be supported unless someone
steps up to help maintain it. No binary builds supporting CPU mining will be
released but CPU mining can be built into cgminer when it is compiled.


FOUND IT!

anyways. how can i compile cpu mining into cgminer???

[Doff]

These link might help you some with the OC, you will need to get 11.6 Drivers at least to be able to OC on Ubuntu 11.04 with Cgminer. Otherwise you have to do a Bios flash.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9239.0 Shows how to properly add drivers in Ubuntu for Ati.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=10228.0 The might help for over volting if your card supports it.

Cgminer wouldn't over volt mine however the radeonvolt did, got my 5850 stable at 396mash.

Thank you very much! Best miner I tried so far!

Setup on Xubuntu 11.04 was easy. Now I need to figure how to optimise my miner.

Xubuntu can be installed on usb stick?

 Sorry for off-topic.

... my sig
(which also happens to be included with cgminer ...)