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

[onis_uk]

latest download : mcaffee deletes ufasoft\bitcoin-miner.exe : claims trojan Generic.tfr!d

just goes to show what a wank prog mcaffee is lol

[Graet]

Thanks for guiminer I have used it for most of my mining life
Could I ask that http://ozco.in be added to to your drop down pool list please

will drop a donation in the box on the way out
Thanks again

[the_joey_o]

I have 2 quick questions:

1) Is there a way to setup GUIMiner so that it starts mining right away when the program launches?

2) Is there a way to get an automated notification when a new version of GUIMiner rolls out?

[OCedHrt]

latest download : mcaffee deletes ufasoft\bitcoin-miner.exe : claims trojan Generic.tfr!d

Can confirm this. Same thing here.

[goozman96]

1) Is there a way to setup GUIMiner so that it starts mining right away when the program launches?

That option is already present. Click on the Summary tab (if you don't have a summary tab, click View, and click show summary), then check "Autostart" for the miner you use.

[the_joey_o]

1) Is there a way to setup GUIMiner so that it starts mining right away when the program launches?

That option is already present. Click on the Summary tab (if you don't have a summary tab, click View, and click show summary), then check "Autostart" for the miner you use.

I did not have the summary page. Thanks!

[goozman96]

1) Is there a way to setup GUIMiner so that it starts mining right away when the program launches?

That option is already present. Click on the Summary tab (if you don't have a summary tab, click View, and click show summary), then check "Autostart" for the miner you use.

I did not have the summary page. Thanks!

Glad to help!

[Bitcoin_Silver_Supply]

I once mined my GPU in OpenCL without any CPU resources being used. Since downloading Catalyst 11.6B I can't mine in OpenCL or Phoenix without 50+% of both of my cores in constant use. Is anyone aware of what may have changed and any means of mining without eating CPU resources? I know about the "affinity" method but my CPU already runs very hot so using 100% of one core is still bad.

[iopq]

I once mined my GPU in OpenCL without any CPU resources being used. Since downloading Catalyst 11.6B I can't mine in OpenCL or Phoenix without 50+% of both of my cores in constant use. Is anyone aware of what may have changed and any means of mining without eating CPU resources? I know about the "affinity" method but my CPU already runs very hot so using 100% of one core is still bad.

then downgrade back

[terroh8er]

Holy cow. I upgraded to the latest update from 6.14 and my hash rate is 20MH/s+ higher on both of my 5850s. Went from 320MH/s to 343. Thanks!!!!

Also, I too am having high CPU usage, but this happened with the previous release as well. I have each GPU set to use a different core and these two cores are pinned at 100%.

[Bitcoin_Silver_Supply]

Holy cow. I upgraded to the latest update from 6.14 and my hash rate is 20MH/s+ higher on both of my 5850s. Went from 320MH/s to 343. Thanks!!!!

Also, I too am having high CPU usage, but this happened with the previous release as well. I have each GPU set to use a different core and these two cores are pinned at 100%.

Seems quite common unfortunately. Supposedly this is never an issue in Linux

[TiagoTiago]

The latest version is being accused by Comodo Antivirus as being malicious (it says the name of the threat is ApplicUnsaf.Win32.RiskTool.Bitcoinminer.A@228517640 ), WTF?!


edit:hm, now it isn't complaining about it anymore...weird...

[Meatball]

The latest version is being accused by Comodo Antivirus as being malicious (it says the name of the threat is ApplicUnsaf.Win32.RiskTool.Bitcoinminer.A@228517640 ), WTF?!


edit:hm, now it isn't complaining about it anymore...weird...

Do you have it set to autoclean?   Might have whacked that .exe...

[ZeroShift]

I suspect your antivirus is acting like this due to the Bitcoin Miner Trojans lurking around the internet. Which executable was it targeting? poclbm.exe?

[TiagoTiago]

Seems it's upset with the Ufasoft executable

[JBDive]

How to use a backup pool aka fallback support:

Fallback support is in the OpenCL miner only. In the flags, specify the --backup argument with the info of the backup pool. For example if I want to fallback to my account on slush's pool, I would write:

--backup=Kiv.GPU:mypass@api.bitcoin.cz:8332

If you don't know the host name or port, you can see it in the console tab whenever you run a miner.That's all you need for basic support. You can tweak it with these options:

--failback=N   attempt to fail back to the primary pool every n getworks, default 2
--tolerance=N   use fallback pool only after N consecutive connection errors, default 2

Being Dense here I guess as I don't follow how to set this up. I have GUiminer setup for a half dozen pools but due to recent DOS attacks I assume my primary is down a lot more than I like so I would like to backup to Deep. Now I can get there by using -F but the above sounds like a better solution since by setting my backup with a -F 125 I may not be sending many hashes to them but I am sending some, makes sense to me to always send your total available hashes to the primary.

BTW speaking of using -F why is it I am able to gain 3-5Mh in my total hash rate by setting up two miners than with just a single miner. Are there GPU cycles that are not being used and much like Hyperthreading I'm able to access those spare cycles? Or is this just a glitch in the GUIMiner reporting of total hash rate?

[ZeroShift]

Seems it's upset with the Ufasoft executable

So long as you feel that the executable was downloaded from a trusted source, set up an exception.

Antivirus -> Scanner Settings -> Exclusions

Add the executable or the whole folder if you feel they're safe.

[Meatball]

Being Dense here I guess as I don't follow how to set this up. I have GUiminer setup for a half dozen pools but due to recent DOS attacks I assume my primary is down a lot more than I like so I would like to backup to Deep.

I used to do the same thing.  Juggle multiple miners for each card with different -f values and have them running.  Was a pain in arse and spun up a ton of extra processes that just bogged down the machine.  I've been using the new --backup setup has been working like a champ.

Just add that --backup with the correct settings to your extra flags section of your main miner.  So for deepbit just add this onto the list of the current flags you are using:

--backup=YourWorkerName:YourWorkerNamePassword@deepbit.net:8332

Leave the rest of your flags the same and by default, if the miner can't talk to the main pool for 2 consecutive cycles, it'll redirect that miner to the pool you have listed in the --backup flag.  Additionally, it'll attempt to reconnect to the primary pool every 2 getwork cycles.  You can tweak those values with those --failback and --tolerance flags.

You'll see the failover/failback attempts in your Console log.

Of course, if both your primary and secondary pools are down, you're out of luck without doing the old multiple miner -f setup.

[Chimel]

Seems it's upset with the Ufasoft executable

Eventually all antivirus will report and delete Ufasoft bitcoin-miner.exe, I hope it's removed or replaced by another CPU miner in the next version of guiminer, since nobody uses CPUs for mining any more.
I don't know if it's linked, but I haven't been able to get rid of this unwanted 50% CPU usage since the new version and since my antivirus BitDefender has removed this executable. Together with the GPU usage, it has been killing my machine right and left, with shutdowns caused by high temperature and even a couple of blue screens (never had any for the past 5 years.)

So I'm probably looking at mining using phoenix directly or some other GUI miner. I have stopped mining altogether because of the 50% CPU usage on one core thing. I do NOT want guiminer to use my CPU for mining.

[ffwd]

small request,
could you make a "default pool" setting so one can easily switch pools for several configured miners?