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

[ihtfp]

Fix for the infamous GUIMiner interface not showing up...

I had the same problem that others have had with the interface not showing up (it appears in the task bar, but the window never materializes).  The usual fix (using keyboard shortcuts to move the window) did not work.  The window was not hidden or otherwise out of sight.  It simply was not there.  I figured out that the culprit is the AMD APP SDK v2.8 installation.

I have verified this on two completely separate systems (both Windows 7 x64 - but no other SW or HW similarities).  I can fix the issue by uninstalling SDK v2.8 and installing v2.7.  I can reproduce the problem by uninstalling v2.7 and re-installing v2.8.

I am guessing the program hangs before the window is created when it polls the 2.8 OpenCL SDK drivers for devices, etc... (Just a guess).

I don't know if this will help anyone else, but I wanted to share in case is does.

I have Win7 x64 box as well.  I uninstalled SDK v2.8 and installed v2.7, but didn't have any success.  The windows is not hidden.  The icon is in the system tray, but if you hover on it with the mouse it quickly disappears.  You also can't alt-tab to the application.  Any other ideas?  I'm running GUIminer as administrator. 

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[techman05]

Fix for the infamous GUIMiner interface not showing up...

I had the same problem that others have had with the interface not showing up (it appears in the task bar, but the window never materializes).  The usual fix (using keyboard shortcuts to move the window) did not work.  The window was not hidden or otherwise out of sight.  It simply was not there.  I figured out that the culprit is the AMD APP SDK v2.8 installation.

I have verified this on two completely separate systems (both Windows 7 x64 - but no other SW or HW similarities).  I can fix the issue by uninstalling SDK v2.8 and installing v2.7.  I can reproduce the problem by uninstalling v2.7 and re-installing v2.8.

I am guessing the program hangs before the window is created when it polls the 2.8 OpenCL SDK drivers for devices, etc... (Just a guess).

I don't know if this will help anyone else, but I wanted to share in case is does.

I have Win7 x64 box as well.  I uninstalled SDK v2.8 and installed v2.7, but didn't have any success.  The windows is not hidden.  The icon is in the system tray, but if you hover on it with the mouse it quickly disappears.  You also can't alt-tab to the application.  Any other ideas?  I'm running GUIminer as administrator. 

I would have thought to look for the config file and delete it. I think when I save to the poclbm.ini file it saves where I have it on my screen. You will probably have to refill in your miners if you completely delete.

Mines got if you want to try since mines on a first screen (I couldn't find a nice page to where center of a monitor is but I assume 0,0 then width and height for top left)
 "window_position": [
        243,
        283,
        457,
        308
    ]

Hope this helps

[btchaver]

i tried this and i get a message saying no open cl devices were found i am running an asus ASUS EAH5750 is there something else i have to be running to be able to use the guminer program.  i am running vista and just one video card just to test it out and im getting this message.  Please tell me what i should do. download something else or what am i doing wrong. 

[visdude]

I'm not sure if this has been asked on here before but are we going to see a version of GUIMiner that would support ASIC devices to eventually be released sometime soon?

[Nonlin]

Guys I keep getting this. What could be wrong?

2013-05-13 12:06:15: Listener for "Default" started
2013-05-13 12:06:15: Listener for "Default": 13/05/2013 12:06:15, started OpenCL miner on platform 0, device 0 (Cypress)
2013-05-13 12:06:15: Listener for "Default": blankedout 13/05/2013 12:06:15, checking for stratum...
2013-05-13 12:06:16: Listener for "Default": blankedout 13/05/2013 12:06:16, diverted to stratum on blankedout
2013-05-13 12:06:18: Listener for "Default": blankedout2 13/05/2013 12:06:18, Verification failed, check hardware! (0:0:Cypress, 22a94fa9)
2013-05-13 12:06:22: Listener for "Default": blankedout 13/05/2013 12:06:22, Verification failed, check hardware! (0:0:Cypress, 6b43483d)
2013-05-13 12:06:23: Listener for "Default": blankedout 13/05/2013 12:06:23, Verification failed, check hardware! (0:0:Cypress, 8472f303)

[lemonys]

Guys I keep getting this. What could be wrong?

2013-05-13 12:06:15: Listener for "Default" started
2013-05-13 12:06:15: Listener for "Default": 13/05/2013 12:06:15, started OpenCL miner on platform 0, device 0 (Cypress)
2013-05-13 12:06:15: Listener for "Default": blankedout 13/05/2013 12:06:15, checking for stratum...
2013-05-13 12:06:16: Listener for "Default": blankedout 13/05/2013 12:06:16, diverted to stratum on blankedout
2013-05-13 12:06:18: Listener for "Default": blankedout2 13/05/2013 12:06:18, Verification failed, check hardware! (0:0:Cypress, 22a94fa9)
2013-05-13 12:06:22: Listener for "Default": blankedout 13/05/2013 12:06:22, Verification failed, check hardware! (0:0:Cypress, 6b43483d)
2013-05-13 12:06:23: Listener for "Default": blankedout 13/05/2013 12:06:23, Verification failed, check hardware! (0:0:Cypress, 8472f303)

This is usually because of the latest drivers in a rig with older cards...  What cards do you have and what SDK and Catalyst Drivers are you using?

[Nonlin]

HD5870 is my card as it says Cypress.

Latest Drivers.

Why would their be a conflict?

[lemonys]

A lot of cards have come out since the 5xxx series (6xxx, 7xxx, etc...).  Newer drivers are geared to make sure the latest cards that are out work correctly, sometimes at the expense of the older cards.  The best (mining) drivers for the 5xxx series is usually the catalyst 12.4 and SDK 2.5 versions.

[Nonlin]

Bummer.. Lose modern driver optimizations. Maybe the next lowest will work.

[Mhash pipe]

I love guiminer and have been using it for a good while. I want to know though, is there any difference in hashrate or temps between guiminer and cgminer assuming the card settings are the same?

[serg771]

 Hello!
This client works fine, but two times per day i receive the error:   
no response to getwork, using as stratum
Failed to subscribe
IO errors - 1, tolerance 2

after that my client stops doing anything.  is it possible to setup when client will reconnect after  any error on server?
by the way, other clients continue to work (cpuminer etc).
  Thank you.

[HellDiverUK]

Just upgraded to Windows 8 on my mining rig.  I've now got a HD5870, a HD6970 and a HD7850 all mining happily together with minimal effort.  Windows 7 was a nightmare for me with this hotch-potch of hardware.

[GoldBit89]

i keep getting this upon starting to mine.Could anyone please help.

WARNING: ADL missing (no AMD platform?), temperature control is disabled
2013-05-27 09:34:55: Listener for "test": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 27/05/2013 09:34:55, checking for stratum...
2013-05-27 09:34:55: Listener for "test": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 27/05/2013 09:34:55, started OpenCL miner on platform 0, device 0 (GeForce 9600 GT)
2013-05-27 09:34:55: Listener for "test": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 27/05/2013 09:34:55, no response to getwork, using as stratum
2013-05-27 09:34:56: Listener for "test": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 27/05/2013 09:34:56,  No JSON object could be decoded
2013-05-27 09:35:05: Listener for "test": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 27/05/2013 09:35:05, Failed to subscribe
2013-05-27 09:35:07: Listener for "test": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 27/05/2013 09:35:07, IO errors - 1, tolerance 2

windows 7 64 bit (open case with a huge fan blowing into case)
ge force 9600 gt driver version 320.18
bitcoinclient .8.1
slashes pool


thanks.

[ScriptProdigy]

i keep getting this upon starting to mine.Could anyone please help.

WARNING: ADL missing (no AMD platform?), temperature control is disabled
2013-05-27 09:34:55: Listener for "test": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 27/05/2013 09:34:55, checking for stratum...
2013-05-27 09:34:55: Listener for "test": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 27/05/2013 09:34:55, started OpenCL miner on platform 0, device 0 (GeForce 9600 GT)
2013-05-27 09:34:55: Listener for "test": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 27/05/2013 09:34:55, no response to getwork, using as stratum
2013-05-27 09:34:56: Listener for "test": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 27/05/2013 09:34:56,  No JSON object could be decoded
2013-05-27 09:35:05: Listener for "test": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 27/05/2013 09:35:05, Failed to subscribe
2013-05-27 09:35:07: Listener for "test": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 27/05/2013 09:35:07, IO errors - 1, tolerance 2

windows 7 64 bit (open case with a huge fan blowing into case)
ge force 9600 gt driver version 320.18
bitcoinclient .8.1
slashes pool


thanks.

Also getting this error myself..

2013-06-02 16:31:02: Listener for "Default" started
2013-06-02 16:31:04: Listener for "Default": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 02/06/2013 16:31:04, checking for stratum...
2013-06-02 16:31:04: Listener for "Default": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 02/06/2013 16:31:04, started OpenCL miner on platform 0, device 0 (Juniper)
2013-06-02 16:31:04: Listener for "Default": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 02/06/2013 16:31:04, no response to getwork, using as stratum
2013-06-02 16:31:04: Listener for "Default": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 02/06/2013 16:31:04,  No JSON object could be decoded
2013-06-02 16:31:14: Listener for "Default": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 02/06/2013 16:31:14, Failed to subscribe
2013-06-02 16:31:16: Listener for "Default": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 02/06/2013 16:31:16, IO errors - 1, tolerance 2

[HellDiverUK]

Use stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333

[ypsylon]

I have question regarding Eligius pool via GUIMiner.

I get constantly  "Listener for "Eligius ATI": gbt.mining.eligius.st:9337 [or getwork.mining.eligius.st:8337 not to mention bugged stratum] 08/06/2013 22:52:55, warning: job finished, 1:0:Tahiti is idle"

Then "Listener for "Eligius ATI": gbt.mining.eligius.st:9337 [ + same as above] 08/06/2013 23:02:57, long poll IO error"

And finally card just stops working with something like:

2013-06-08 23:05:58: Listener for "Eligius ATI": File "httplib.pyo", line 814, in _sengbt.mining.eligius.st:9337 08/06/2013 23:05:58, long poll IO error timed out
2013-06-08 23:06:00: Listener for "Eligius ATI": gbt.mining.eligius.st:9337 08/06/2013 23:06:00, IO errors - 2, tolerance 2
2013-06-08 23:06:03: Listener for "Eligius ATI": gbt.mining.eligius.st:9337 08/06/2013 23:06:03, warning: job finished, 1:0:Tahiti is idle
2013-06-08 23:06:37: Listener for "Eligius ATI": gbt.mining.eligius.st:9337 08/06/2013 23:06:37, warning: job finished, 1:0:Tahiti is idle
2013-06-08 23:06:54: Listener for "Eligius ATI": gbt.mining.eligius.st:9337 08/06/2013 23:06:54, warning: job finished, 1:0:Tahiti is idle
2013-06-08 23:06:57: Listener for "Eligius ATI": gbt.mining.eligius.st:9337 08/06/2013 23:06:57, long poll: new block 000000a06bb848ce
2013-06-08 23:06:59: Listener for "Eligius ATI": gbt.mining.eligius.st:9337 08/06/2013 23:06:59, IO errors - 1, tolerance 2
2013-06-08 23:07:06: Listener for "Eligius ATI": gbt.mining.eligius.st:9337 08/06/2013 23:07:06, warning: job finished, 1:0:Tahiti is idle
2013-06-08 23:07:11: Listener for "Eligius ATI": gbt.mining.eligius.st:9337 08/06/2013 23:07:11, IO errors - 2, tolerance 2

Card just spins up and down, up and down. It is more annoying than constant whine of overworked fans. GUIMiner is only way for my 7950 to work on Eligius on my primary PC. Tried to setup Eligius via CGMiner but it detects only first VGA which is GTX580 (not used for mining) even when I explicitly select 7950. BTW: If I plug GTX580 via CUDA miner on Eligius it works like charm. And if I run CGminer from Command prompt it can also run only GTX580 (Tahiti is not on list of GPUs although it is detected when cgminer is started with -n parameter).

On different PCs where I have only 1 VGA (7950) CGMiner via GUIMiner works (although it always show "connection problems" but mining works OK and I didn't noticed Listener messages.

Any tips?

W7 64b/GTX580 MSI TF3 (primary)/7950 MSI TF3 (miner)

On Slush this setup works nice, but Eligius have certain appeal to me as whole, and (sadly) Slush is often target of DDoS.

[goozman96]

For everyone who is having some sort of problem with the new version, try installing the previous (2-19-12) version here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/wyyi7wtwmsy9yyr/guiminer.zip

I tried the new version and it gave me errors so I went back to the previous version and have had no problems.

[HellDiverUK]

I have question regarding Eligius pool via GUIMiner.

Any tips?

http://eligius.st/~gateway/faq/im-getting-warning-job-finished-miner-idle-messages

I'm having the same issue.  I'm at work, connecting to my mining rig at home with a very dodgy LogMeIn connection, so haven't tried to update poclbm yet.

[horosho]

switching to the older version has no problems so far

[CaptRasta]

Running into the same problem here

I was getting the No JSON object could be decoded message

I went back to a previous version as was suggested here  guiminer (2-19-12)  

also went to stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 also suggested here. Getting a different error message now

2013-06-21 10:58:41: Listener for "Default" started
2013-06-21 10:58:42: Listener for "Default": stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 21/06/2013 10:58:42, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2013-06-21 10:58:43: Listener for "Default": stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 21/06/2013 10:58:43, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 1 2
2013-06-21 10:58:44: Listener for "Default": stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 21/06/2013 10:58:44, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 2 2
2013-06-21 10:58:45: Listener for "Default": stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 21/06/2013 10:58:45, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 3 2
2013-06-21 10:58:45: Listener for "Default": stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 21/06/2013 10:58:45, No more backup pools left. Using primary and starting over.

any other suggestions?