GUI mining - updated Dec 3 with 7970 bugfix, also supports Stratum!

[trazom]

I can't get the guiminer client to open.  I'll double click it and the icon will appear in my system tray for a few seconds and then disappear.  I'm running win 7 x86 with an i7.  I downloaded the latest drivers, etc and still..nothing.  Any tips?

[RaTTuS]

I'm using this and when I've got some cash I'll doante
a couple of questions / suggestions

if I have 2 or more pools configured is it best to stick with one or can I run 2 pools at once ?

or could it be altered so it if one pool stops responding it auto switches to the next one in line, then does a check for your main pool each hour [or so] and switches back ?

[russelljohnson]

I'm using this and when I've got some cash I'll doante
a couple of questions / suggestions

if I have 2 or more pools configured is it best to stick with one or can I run 2 pools at once ?

or could it be altered so it if one pool stops responding it auto switches to the next one in line, then does a check for your main pool each hour [or so] and switches back ?

Q: Can I connect to more than one pool with the same GPU? For example have a main pool, and a backup pool in case the main one goes down?
A: Yes, you can use the -f flag for this. A value of -f60 or higher in the backup pool's miner will cause it to yield most of the GPU power to miners with a lower f value (default is 30).

I usually have all my miners mine at one pool. This way, you can analyze your daily/weekly stats. It's harder to know how much you make from jumping around or simultaneously mine at several pools.

[RaTTuS]

yeah but with the recent problems, it's best to have a backup plan 

[thatguy42]

Hello

I got my bitcoin wallet to work. Would like to mine using my gpu. 4 days now still haven't managed to get any program to work properly.
Is there anyway that GUI program will ever be back online. The Github site has been down for 4 days I doubt it's coming back up any time soon.
Does anybody have a copy of the file? Could you post it somewhere.
I'm presently using a quad core intel with a nvidia 9500GT.

[RaTTuS]

 
guiminer and deepbit seem to be working fine for me now,
what sort of problems are you getting

[SchizophrenicX]

I don't really understand the -f flag. Could someone explain in plain to me?

[compro01]

I don't really understand the -f flag. Could someone explain in plain to me?

it's basically the miner's priority setting.  the lower you set it, the higher the priority.  setting it to highest priority (-f 1) will generally eek out a little bit more hashing (5-10%), at the cost of slowing everything else to a crawl, whereas setting it lower will slow hashing a bit, but maintain responsiveness.

i run mine at -f 240 and it results in no performance hit in gaming.

[dirtydan672]

My guiminer says it has stopped. Nothing happens when i click the "Start Mining" button. Any advice?

[Cozzie]

My GUIMiner's unable to be started and below is the log.

Code:

ERROR:root:Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "guiminer.py", line 1995, in run
  File "guiminer.py", line 1429, in __init__
  File "guiminer.py", line 1660, in parse_config
  File "json\__init__.pyo", line 267, in load
  File "json\__init__.pyo", line 307, in loads
  File "json\decoder.pyo", line 319, in decode
  File "json\decoder.pyo", line 338, in raw_decode
ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "guiminer.py", line 2005, in <module>
  File "guiminer.py", line 1995, in run
  File "guiminer.py", line 1429, in __init__
  File "guiminer.py", line 1660, in parse_config
  File "json\__init__.pyo", line 267, in load
  File "json\__init__.pyo", line 307, in loads
  File "json\decoder.pyo", line 319, in decode
  File "json\decoder.pyo", line 338, in raw_decode
ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded

Any ideas?

[skenter]

hi guys,

i have some problems with the GUIMiner.

Hardware:
Gainward HD4870 Golden Sample 1024MB GDDR5
Caralyst 10.11 + ATI Stream SDK 2.4

after 10-20 minutes i started GUIMiner i get those kind of msg:

Code:

2011-06-03 03:32:18: Listener for "Default": 03/06/2011 03:32:18, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC
2011-06-03 03:38:25: Listener for "Default": 03/06/2011 03:38:25, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC
2011-06-03 03:38:31: Listener for "Default": 03/06/2011 03:38:31, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC
2011-06-03 03:45:49: Listener for "Default": 03/06/2011 03:45:49, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC

Code:

2011-06-03 03:47:28: Listener for "Default": Verification failed, check hardware!

after this i didnt get any shares of bitcoins....it is not everytime the same time i get this errors... sometimes after 5min sometimes after 1 hour...
my question is. is it a problem that to many peaple use this pool and the server is overflowed .. or is it the programm or a fail setup ?

GUIMiner setttings:
Server: Slushs pool
Device:ATI RV770(HD4870)
flags: -w64

[maxcorrads]

Code:

2011-06-03 03:47:28: Listener for "Default": Verification failed, check hardware!

GUIMiner setttings:
Server: Slushs pool
Device:ATI RV770(HD4870)
flags: -w64

Try flags: -v -w64

[skenter]

Code:

2011-06-03 03:47:28: Listener for "Default": Verification failed, check hardware!

GUIMiner setttings:
Server: Slushs pool
Device:ATI RV770(HD4870)
flags: -w64

Try flags: -v -w64

didnt work with -v flag too.... i have tryed deepbit server pool with this reults:

Code:

2011-06-03 12:04:01: Listener for "Default": 03/06/2011 12:04:01, long poll: new block 00001f3172f8f82a
2011-06-03 12:04:41: Listener for "Default": 03/06/2011 12:04:41, long poll: new block 000021bf03e127ea
2011-06-03 12:11:53: Listener for "Default": 03/06/2011 12:11:53, Wrong data: checkWork: this nonce already completed
2011-06-03 12:11:54: Listener for "Default": 03/06/2011 12:11:54, Wrong data: checkWork: this nonce already completed
2011-06-03 12:11:56: Listener for "Default": 03/06/2011 12:11:56, Wrong data: checkWork: this nonce already completed
2011-06-03 12:12:00: Listener for "Default": Verification failed, check hardware!
2011-06-03 12:13:25: Listener for "Default" shutting down

[thatguy42]

guiminer and deepbit seem to be working fine for me now,
what sort of problems are you getting

When I am on page    http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=3878.0

I click on [  guiminer-20110521.exe (self-extracting archive) ]
I get a 500 internal server error page.
if I try save link as, it saves as a html 500 error page, even if I try to save as all files.
Same thing on all the 4 computers i have here.

I thought the , https//githuib site was down. I get a 500 server error if I try to navigate to the github site.
Must be something else if you can get the site and the download.

[klayus]

how come mining with guiminer on a 5870 gives me 350MH/s and mining with phoenix gives me 400??? same settings for both as far as i can set anything.
thank you in advance

[Ueland]

A "little" bug report.

I got a rig with Radeon HD 6850 and AMD penomen II X4 955 CPU. The GPU works great with 195Mhash/s, but the CPU is stuck on "starting.."

Trying to run it manually, then i get:

Exception in thread Thread-2:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "threading.pyo", line 525, in __bootstrap_inner
  File "threading.pyo", line 477, in run
  File "BitcoinMiner.pyo", line 274, in miningThread
  File "BitcoinMiner.pyo", line 372, in loadKernel
  File "pyopencl\__init__.pyo", line 138, in program_build
RuntimeError: clBuildProgram failed: build program failure

Build on <pyopencl.Device 'AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor
          ' at 0x3b556a0>:

Internal error: Link failed.
Make sure the system setup is correct.

[trueimage]

I just got my new cards: 2x HD 6950 2GB flashed to 6970. Got them up and running at stock (800/1250) @ 300-350 Mhash/s

any tips for flags?

Running catalyst 11.5b or whatever newest on guru3d is.

[hiVe]

I just got my new cards: 2x HD 6950 2GB flashed to 6970. Got them up and running at stock (800/1250) @ 300-350 Mhash/s

any tips for flags?

Running catalyst 11.5b or whatever newest on guru3d is.

try with and without vectorization which is -v
and the rest -w64 -f1

one of my machines does better with vectors and the other without them...almost the same hardware and same software packages

[skenter]

Code:

2011-06-03 03:47:28: Listener for "Default": Verification failed, check hardware!

GUIMiner setttings:
Server: Slushs pool
Device:ATI RV770(HD4870)
flags: -w64

Try flags: -v -w64

didnt work with -v flag too.... i have tryed deepbit server pool with this reults:

Code:

2011-06-03 12:04:01: Listener for "Default": 03/06/2011 12:04:01, long poll: new block 00001f3172f8f82a
2011-06-03 12:04:41: Listener for "Default": 03/06/2011 12:04:41, long poll: new block 000021bf03e127ea
2011-06-03 12:11:53: Listener for "Default": 03/06/2011 12:11:53, Wrong data: checkWork: this nonce already completed
2011-06-03 12:11:54: Listener for "Default": 03/06/2011 12:11:54, Wrong data: checkWork: this nonce already completed
2011-06-03 12:11:56: Listener for "Default": 03/06/2011 12:11:56, Wrong data: checkWork: this nonce already completed
2011-06-03 12:12:00: Listener for "Default": Verification failed, check hardware!
2011-06-03 12:13:25: Listener for "Default" shutting down

after some problems i have found a setup that works for my hardware... Catalyst 11.5 + SDK 2.4 works fine! after 10minutes mining @ slushs pool i have no error msg and 19 shares @ 78MHashe/s (HD4870 Golden Sample GDDR5 1024MB). ok i lost 6Mhashes because with the 10.11 driver i have 84 / 84 MHashes but with many errors.

flags i used now: -v -w64 -f1

[synthman]

Can't mine at slush's pool. Gives me error during login and username must be in format <username><worker>. What must i do?