bitcoind for ARM / Cubieboard / Raspberry Pi

[gigatux]

I compiled it myself on the new cubieboard3 and is running now (I'm using BDB5.1 as I don't know how to do it with 4.8. I'm not using the wallet, anyway)

That's really the point of my .debs - compiling DB 4.8 is a bit of a pain but I wanted binary compatibility. It does work rather well though, doesn't it.

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[jl2012]

I compiled it myself on the new cubieboard3 and is running now (I'm using BDB5.1 as I don't know how to do it with 4.8. I'm not using the wallet, anyway)

That's really the point of my .debs - compiling DB 4.8 is a bit of a pain but I wanted binary compatibility. It does work rather well though, doesn't it.

Yes, running for 10 hours and now at block 216931

[alexykot]

I was just trying to install these .debs on Ubuntu 12.04 at Beaglebone Black, but it doesn't work. Basically ubuntu repos for ARM have libboost version only 1.48 available, while these debs require 1.49. It probably can be compiled from sources, but that's not as simple as just installing some ready packages and also will probably take much time on a weak ARM CPU.

Trying Debian Wheezy on the same hardware.

[gigatux]

I was just trying to install these .debs on Ubuntu 12.04 at Beaglebone Black, but it doesn't work. Basically ubuntu repos for ARM have libboost version only 1.48 available, while these debs require 1.49. It probably can be compiled from sources, but that's not as simple as just installing some ready packages and also will probably take much time on a weak ARM CPU.

I might be able to decrease the requirements in the Debian control file, but I would need somebody to confirm whether 1.48 and 1.49 would be compatible and whether there are likely to be any linking issues.

Trying Debian Wheezy on the same hardware.

That should work as it's what the debs were designed for. You still could well struggle with only 512 MB RAM though (at least for downloading the blockchain).

[alexykot]

Unfortunately it doesn't work at all on my Debian. I'm not sure what's wrong or if I made a mistake somewhere, but here is what I did:
1) I've installed a fresh Debian wheezy and installed all these debs (apart from bitcoin-qt as I need no GUI).
2) I've copied over whole blockchain from a windows machine with updtodate BitcoinQt 0.8.5
3) I started bitcoind with my custom config:

Code:

paytxfee=0.0001
rpcuser=root
rpcpassword=password
rpcallowip=192.168.1.73
daemon=1
debug=1
checkblocks=20
checklevel=0

Bitcoind starts, but it:
a) always asking for database reindex and doesn't pick the index I've copied;
b) if I start it with -reindex flag - it hangs in processes with max CPU, but it doesn't respond over JSON-RPC, and even after a long time waiting shows no signs of life, so I have to just kill it.

However, I found something interesting elsewhere. Debian Unstable repo has bitcoind package available for armhf/armel architectures, and it's last 0.8.5 version. So I installed it and it works nearly fine. Unfortunately it still doesn't like my index copy, but when I run it with -reindex - it start fine, responds over JSON-RPC and indexing goes on, I see it by the quickly increasing blocks count. Full reindex will take I think 24-48h, but I hope it will work fine afterwards.

[K1773R]

Unfortunately it doesn't work at all on my Debian. I'm not sure what's wrong or if I made a mistake somewhere, but here is what I did:
1) I've installed a fresh Debian wheezy and installed all these debs (apart from bitcoin-qt as I need no GUI).
2) I've copied over whole blockchain from a windows machine with updtodate BitcoinQt 0.8.5
3) I started bitcoind with my custom config:

Code:

paytxfee=0.0001
rpcuser=root
rpcpassword=password
rpcallowip=192.168.1.73
daemon=1
debug=1
checkblocks=20
checklevel=0

Bitcoind starts, but it:
a) always asking for database reindex and doesn't pick the index I've copied;
b) if I start it with -reindex flag - it hangs in processes with max CPU, but it doesn't respond over JSON-RPC, and even after a long time waiting shows no signs of life, so I have to just kill it.

However, I found something interesting elsewhere. Debian Unstable repo has bitcoind package available for armhf/armel architectures, and it's last 0.8.5 version. So I installed it and it works nearly fine. Unfortunately it still doesn't like my index copy, but when I run it with -reindex - it start fine, responds over JSON-RPC and indexing goes on, I see it by the quickly increasing blocks count. Full reindex will take I think 24-48h, but I hope it will work fine afterwards.

you cant mix different arch's of leveldb databases!

[alexykot]

Full reindex took a little more than 48h (I think about 96h), but now it's done and bitcoind works fine on my BeagleBone Black right now.
I will try to copy over this blockchain to RPi and see if it will work there. I had same problem with it before I bought BBB, but since RPi has twice slower CPU, indexing in there would take ages. Yet, maybe with readymade index it will work now.

IO is still a concern, I'm not sure how lond SD card would live with bitcoind running constantly on it. But I will find out, eventually.

[gigatux]

I will try to copy over this blockchain to RPi and see if it will work there. I had same problem with it before I bought BBB, but since RPi has twice slower CPU, indexing in there would take ages. Yet, maybe with readymade index it will work now.

According to a friend of mine, a full reindex on the Pi took 4-5 days.

[gigatux]

Has anyone managed to get my debs working on a Cubieboard 2? I'm having trouble and I'm assuming it's something to do with bitcoind using two threads as it's a dual core machine. debug.log reports pthread errors like:

Code:

bitcoind: pthread_mutex_lock.c:62: __pthread_mutex_lock: Assertion `mutex->__data.__owner == 0' failed.

[Martijnvdc]

Reindex on rpi only took a day or two IIRC...
Also, i wouldn't recommend writing on an SD card; just use a simple old external harddrive. (with seperate power supply, ofcourse)

[crazy_rabbit]

Has anyone tried running Bitcoind AND a LAMP server on their cubieboard/pi/beaglebone?