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

[os2sam]

So is started it up with a .bat file

cgminer -o stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -u Fatal_Leg4cy.worker1 -p x

and it loaded and satarted but all that keeps coming up is "Stratum from pool 0 detected new block" nothing else.
So is it working?

Dunno.  What's your mining hardware?

I am just running it off of my computer, do you need a certain hardware for this? I am a noob at this so sorry

Yes, you need ASIC mining hardware.  CPU and GPU mining is no longer supported with CGMiner and is really a waste of money to mine Bitcoin like that now.

There is an alt coin forum where you can learn about other coin chains that can still be mined with CPU and/or GPU.

Edit:  If you want to research Bitcoin ASIC's you can start here

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison

[abshnasko]

API Documentation Bug:

Code:

check|cmd     COMMAND        Exists=Y/N, <- 'cmd' exists in this version
                              Access=Y/N| <- you have access to use 'cmd'

The reply for the "check" command is actually "CHECK", not "COMMAND".

[-ck]

Will look into your bug reports with Kano, the API maintainer, thanks.

[-ck]

just double checking but for the hashfast habanero devices, how do i tell cgminer to just use the clocks programmed ondevice? --hfa-hash-clock 1

anything else i need

Not sure in the case of the habanero since I only ever worked on actual hashfast gear. Probably, give it no clock command at all.

[abshnasko]

BUG: the "devs" command returns invalid JSON if no shares have been accepted yet:

Code:

            
    "Difficulty Accepted": -nan,
    "Difficulty Rejected": -nan,

It'd be *really* nice to be able to file these in Github so they can be related to the code, and we can track when they are fixed.

[MrTeal]

just double checking but for the hashfast habanero devices, how do i tell cgminer to just use the clocks programmed ondevice? --hfa-hash-clock 1

anything else i need

Yeah, 1 should use the values programmed into the device itself.

[-ck]

BUG: the "devs" command returns invalid JSON if no shares have been accepted yet:

Code:

            
    "Difficulty Accepted": -nan,
    "Difficulty Rejected": -nan,

I don't get that when I try:

Code:

"Difficulty Accepted":0.00000000,"Difficulty Rejected":0.00000000

Perhaps you're trying to read them as integers? (They're doubles).

[-ck]

New release: Version 4.7.0, 14th October 2014


Human readable changelog:

- ipv6 support for the API
- Block erupter tube and prisma support
- Support for the avalon nano usb stick
- Support for the --suggest-diff stratum option, currently only supported by ckpools
- Add pool number to addpool response from API
- Make responses to restart and quit from the API valid json
- Change spondoolies sp30 hashrate to valid share based meter
- Add support for a minimum difficulty for slow controllers to not spiral out of control, this will initially make the devices look slow at the pool until vardiff bumps them up properly past the mindiff.
- Change the default queue back to 1 since increasingly devices are on slow controllers and will inevitably increase their queue size to max
- Avalon2 tweaks, show max temperature on command line


Full changelog:

- Implement generic inet_pton for windows
- Fix warnings
- Fix bulk of remaining style in blockerupter.c
- Tidy style in blockerupter.h
- Tidy bulk of style in blockerupter.c
- Fix missing minimum diff setting for blockerupter
- Fix unused variable warnings
- remove unnecessary sleep; fix potenital div by 0 errs; use min_diff in driver
definition
- Fix coding style
- Make the sp30 hashrate meter based on valid share generation
- Change default max queue back to 1 in line with speed of most current asic
controllers
- Change diff limits to values suitable for sp30
- Add pool number to response from addpool to the API
- Make the restart and quit API commands valid json responses
- Fix number of nos
- Add option to set clock ('--bet-clk X' actual clock is (X+1)*10 )
- compatible with X24 board
- Fix error when using v6 without mask in api-allow
- Support ipv6 multicast
- Set min_diff to 1
- Allow arbitrary clamping of lower device diffs for slow controllers by driver
- Don't set default fan to max on hashratio
- The 2nd read never gets anything on ava2 so remove it entirely and just return
an error if we are out of sync
- Implement support for mining.suggest_difficulty
- Fix client ip address output
- Free addrinfo garbage
- Remove the brackets when using v6 pool address
- Add ipv6 support for api listen
- Avalon Nano: Add support Avalon Nano usb miner
- fix bug in setdiff
- limit minimum diff to 64
- Add BlockErupter Driver
- Avalon2: display currect max temperature on statline
- Remove unused variable

[Buchi-88]

Hello,

Support the Cgminer in the stock version also the Technobit:

240 GHs HEX8A1 Coincraft A1 miner?

sudo ./autogen.sh --enable-hexminera --enable-hexminerc --enable-hexminerb --enable-hexmineru --enable-hexminer8

or only with the HEX patch?

THX

[ManeBjorn]

Do we use the zadig drivers for the Avalon Nanos or is there a different driver?
These things are buggy that is for sure.

- Support for the avalon nano usb stick

[kano]

Do we use the zadig drivers for the Avalon Nanos or is there a different driver?
These things are buggy that is for sure.

- Support for the avalon nano usb stick

All cgminer USB on windows uses zadig - same driver config for everything.

[tjwebb]

Crazy unicode character showing up in cgminer "stats()" response: https://github.com/hashware/node-cgminer-api/issues/10#issuecomment-59324280

Maybe its a Antminer thing, but cgminer shouldn't let invalid JSON be returned.

[tjwebb]

Perhaps you're trying to read them as integers? (They're doubles).

0.0000 is not valid JSON at all, for anything. It should just read 0.0.

My workaround is here, so you can see: https://github.com/hashware/node-cgminer-api/blob/master/lib/client.js#L105. I have to manually replace "nan" with 0, otherwise JSON.parse() fails.

[spiceminer15]

anyone have any idea with w_allow low level detected  errors specifically with btcgarden am-v1

[spiceminer15]

anything special I need to do to compile cgminer to work with btcgarden asics?

[-ck]

anything special I need to do to compile cgminer to work with btcgarden asics?

We don't have any specific code for that hardware so I'm guessing only an unofficial cgminer fork supports them so you'll have to seek help from whoever maintains that fork.

[spiceminer15]

damn. thanks for the info

[nwoolls]

4.7 fails to compile on Mac OS X:

Code:

api.c:4708:56: error: use of undeclared identifier 'IPV6_ADD_MEMBERSHIP'
                        if (SOCKETFAIL(setsockopt(mcast_sock, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_ADD_MEMBERSHIP,
                                                                            ^
./util.h:13:26: note: expanded from macro 'SOCKETFAIL'
        #define SOCKETFAIL(a) ((a) < 0)
                                ^
1 error generated.

[Buchi-88]

Hello,

Support the Cgminer in the stock version also the Technobit:

240 GHs HEX8A1 Coincraft A1 miner?

sudo ./autogen.sh --enable-hexminera --enable-hexminerc --enable-hexminerb --enable-hexmineru --enable-hexminer8

or only with the HEX patch?

THX

The "stock" Cgminer don't support the Technobit HEX miner? THX

[sdjernes]

Anyone have a guide to cross compiling CGminer?

Here is my environment:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64-bit on XenServer w/ 8GB RAM and 8-cores.

I have installed all the multi arch tools for CubieTruck  (ArmL7) and can build the kernel and other tools.

Where I am having problems:

1. Configure says I don't have curses library or libudev installed.

2. When I try to compile, I get errors about curl functions.