[ANN] sgminer v5 - optimized X11/X13/NeoScrypt/Lyra2RE/etc. kernel-switch miner

[sp_]

Doesn't work in rigs with mixed nvidia and amd cards (the amd cards are not listed). If Manually start sgminer with the parameter --gpu-platform 1 it works.

[ldw-com]

I have a testing computer with only 1 GPU, same issue, just tested it.
The other one has 4 gpu's and has the same issue.

Both have Windows 10 Pro, 64Bit

The one with 4 gpu's has Catalyst 15.7 and the other one has Crimson 15.11

These issues must be related to bundled amdocl dll's. We bundled amdocl dll's in this release to make it more driver-proof, but it seems that there are some conflicts.

Please try to delete files

Code:

amd_opencl32.dll
amdocl.dll

from the folders

Code:

..\bin\sgminer-5-1-0-optimized
..\bin\sgminer-5-1-1-optimized
..\bin\sgminer-5-2-1-general

under your NiceHash Miner basic folder. And then try running the application again and please report back.

Yup that does the trick! thank you!

[sp_]

The latest bins seems to work best with the 15.7.1 driver. I got a 2MHASH increase in the quark algo by just upgrading the driver.

I get 14.4MHASH with -X 256 and -g 1 on the amd r9 280x 1100/1500 catalyst 15.7.1

[lbr]

..bundled amdocl dll's..

Sadly bungling OCL does not always work. In the worst case(that I've seen) OCL falies to init at all on certain driver versions.
Tho, I've not tried copying not only OCL libraries but something else also.

[nicehash]

Tho, I've not tried copying not only OCL libraries but something else also.

What else did you try to copy? Which files exactly?

[serg_25]

Hi nicehash, seems like you were asked already several times, but maybe there is some news.
Do you have a plan release your miner for linux platform?
Thanks.

[z0n0]

I've been out of mining X11 for a while now - can you guys tell me how much BTC/$ (converted from some X11 coin) per day you earn with one R9280X?!

Also - this miner works on every pool or just nicehash?

Thanks.

[sp_]

I've been out of mining X11 for a while now - can you guys tell me how much BTC/$ (converted from some X11 coin) per day you earn with one R9280X?!
Also - this miner works on every pool or just nicehash?
Thanks.

1 280x does 11mhash(.011 ghash)

0.011*0.141 = 0.00154btc /day

$0.7 per card per day

[sp_]

Also - this miner works on every pool or just nicehash?

This miner works on every pool. The nicehash interface is just made to mine the most profitable algo at all times.

[KloNEM]

to mine in linux. is there a basic how to available ?

Additional question -- is it possible to mine with sgminer on OSS drivers (radeon.ko), not the proprietary (fglrx) one ?

I tried to compile sgminer on Fedora 22, but there were some errors with x11 & co. algos. Maybe it's related to Mesa ? In Fedora 22 is Mesa 10.3.X, I didn't tried yet with Fedora 23 (where is Mesa 11.0.6).

On F22, Mesa 10.X and OSS AMD drivers, I'm able to run bfgminer - but just for sha256 coins/mining, bfgminer probably doesn't support X11 algo ...


Thanks!

fedora 22 ( lets use x64 for example here ) is very specific on running fglrx drivers ...

this is due to the specific version of gnome ( more to the point - gdm ) that it runs ...

you need the catalyst drivers to have any useful mining whatsoever - oss nouveau just doesnt cut it ... and in order to do this - you need to install catalyst 15.7 - patch it - make sure you install it on kernel 4.0.4 / 4.0.6 on f22x64 - and need to run it on kde ...

how do i know? ... i have it - been through it - and still running it ...

f23x64 just simply does not work without you needing a science degree to get it running with the new drivers ... and the new catalyst drivers ( crimson ) are simply useless ... they pretty much kill your video card by overheating them and destroying the gpu ...

there are many editorials that workaround the issue - but if you run into any problems ... ill help if i can ...

#crysx

No nouveau, it's for nVidia, isn't? I talked about OSS radeon.ko. Of course I understand that the power/efficiency will be lower by OSS than by closed (fglrx/Crimson) drivers, but I try it not for profit, just for interest (with mining and X11 coins).

On F23 (with latest updates of gcc, kernel, mesa, etc.) I'm able to compile newest sgminer (downloaded from git) without any troubles. But when I try to start something like this :

Code:

export DISPLAY=:0
export GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT=100
export GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1

./sgminer --algorithm darkcoin --queue 0 --scan-time 5 --no-submit-stale 
-o stratum+tcp://xyz -u ABCD.1 -p x -g 1 --intensity 7 -w 256 --thread-concurrency 4096 --shaders 256

I got this error :

Code:

./aes_helper.cl:188:12: error: OpenCL does not support the 'static' storage class specifier
./aes_helper.cl:255:12: error: OpenCL does not support the 'static' storage class specifier
./aes_helper.cl:322:12: error: OpenCL does not support the 'static' storage class specifier
....
input.cl:215:18: error: invalid reinterpretation: sizes of 'uchar8' (vector of 8 'uchar' values) and
 'sph_u64' (aka 'unsigned long long') must match
input.cl:91:27: note: expanded from macro 'SWAP8'
/usr/include/clc/as_type.h:42:22: note: expanded from macro 'as_uchar8'
/usr/include/clc/as_type.h:8:38: note: expanded from macro 'as_ulong'
input.cl:216:18: error: invalid reinterpretation: sizes of 'uchar8' (vector of 8 'uchar' values) and
 'sph_u64' (aka 'unsigned long long') must match
input.cl:91:27: note: expanded from macro 'SWAP8'
/usr/include/clc/as_type.h:42:22: note: expanded from macro 'as_uchar8'
....

It looks it's "just" about few types/classes, with that's OpenCL not so much familiar. But I'm just guessing ... Do you mean is it possible to make some fix for this (in some of the new version of sgminer, or just some patch for current version) ... ?

Thanks in advance, Crys!

[CoinBoerse.com]

Great information, thanks!

[z0n0]

I've been out of mining X11 for a while now - can you guys tell me how much BTC/$ (converted from some X11 coin) per day you earn with one R9280X?!
Also - this miner works on every pool or just nicehash?
Thanks.

1 280x does 11mhash(.011 ghash)

0.011*0.141 = 0.00154btc /day

$0.7 per card per day

Thank you sir.
Mining ETH still more profitable...

[meisner]

how to disable the frequency control?

Miner resets the default frequency, it is very sad

[sp_]

Thank you sir.
Mining ETH still more profitable...

ETH is currently $1.24 per r9 280x per day.

The Network hashrate is: 613.9 GHASH/S

This is equal to 21 893  R9 280x cards.

$27 147,14 Worth of etherum is generated for the miners every day.

And nicehash is not a part of the clondyke.

[Kaller]

Thank you sir.
Mining ETH still more profitable...

ETH is currently $1.24 per r9 280x per day.

The Network hashrate is: 613.9 GHASH/S

This is equal to 21 893  R9 280x cards.

$27 147,14 Worth of etherum is generated for the miners every day.

And nicehash is not a part of the clondyke.

The power consumption is 200W for the 280x, or 4.8 kWh, with the electricity price of 0.2, that is $0.96. So it is profitable.

[Flodemaga]

Thank you sir.
Mining ETH still more profitable...

ETH is currently $1.24 per r9 280x per day.

The Network hashrate is: 613.9 GHASH/S

This is equal to 21 893  R9 280x cards.

$27 147,14 Worth of etherum is generated for the miners every day.

And nicehash is not a part of the clondyke.

The power consumption is 200W for the 280x, or 4.8 kWh, with the electricity price of 0.2, that is $0.96. So it is profitable.

If you include the power consumption of the computer system, the profit is just marginal. You need cheap electricity to make profit.

[sp_]

Or use the gpu-rigs as spaceheaters to warm your house in the winter for free.

Every winter , the mining revenue seems to drop because of this.

[sp_]

The power consumption is 200W for the 280x, or 4.8 kWh, with the electricity price of 0.2, that is $0.96. So it is profitable.

In my country the cost of power is $0.05-0.1 and the outside temp is 10 degrees Celsius in the summer. (natural cooling)

[z0n0]

The power consumption is 200W for the 280x, or 4.8 kWh, with the electricity price of 0.2, that is $0.96. So it is profitable.

In my country the cost of power is $0.05-0.1 and the outside temp is 10 degrees Celsius in the summer. (natural cooling)

Where u from?

[sp_]

Norway.

(northern Europe)