BAMT version 0.5 - Easy USB based mining Linux with farm wide management tools

[Mortus]

I hope somebody can help with my (prob) silly question.

I have 1 rig configured with 3 x 5770 hashing away happy, I added another rig with 1 x 6870 but configured ok but wont do any hashing at all?

Pleeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaseeeeeeeee help me n00bie issue

Without knowing your configuration specifics, I would say that if the GPU is seen by BAMT it's going to be something in your config files, like your pool connect string. You might start there.

I tried coping a working pool file but it still didn't work

Maybe pastebin your config file for review?

Ok here is the config from my first rig

http://pastebin.com/HQEYWcZz


and the second

http://pastebin.com/8rNCrdHb

When ever I bring one of the rigs online the other goes offline??


I would also love to be able to monitor them from just one page but can't figure that out.


thanks


P.S. I have just tried a fresh bamt.conf from examples and edited my settings into it and I get the same result......

P.P.S I have just tried it on another network and they both run fine, so it appears to be a network related issue?

[BitMinerN8]

I would also love to be able to monitor them from just one page but can't figure that out.

Hints for getting mgpumon running:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=76436.msg856246#msg856246

[nightengale]

Anyone have any ideas?

Running an MSI Z77A-GD65 and a Radeon 6950 with a powered x1 to x16 riser cable. BAMT will boot with no PCIe attached, however when I attach the above card via riser cable, I get the "startpar: services(s) returned failure: gdm ... failed!" error. The "failed!" in red is a nice touch...   : )    I've tried plugging into different x1 and x16 ports, and error persists. Again, no problems without the video card attached...

Am really trying to avoid installing Winders -- does anyone know what I might be doing wrong here?

[abracadabra]

Anyone have any ideas?

Running an MSI Z77A-GD65 and a Radeon 6950 with a powered x1 to x16 riser cable. BAMT will boot with no PCIe attached, however when I attach the above card via riser cable, I get the "startpar: services(s) returned failure: gdm ... failed!" error. The "failed!" in red is a nice touch...   : )    I've tried plugging into different x1 and x16 ports, and error persists. Again, no problems without the video card attached...

Am really trying to avoid installing Winders -- does anyone know what I might be doing wrong here?

why use a riser?  Connect card to mobo direct.  What happens? Take the riser cable out of the equation.

[Mortus]

Has anybody else had issues with two BAMT rigs on the same network?

If I put two BAMT rigs (different hardware different IP's leased) only one of them will mine, If I place the other on a different subnet they both work fine?

thanks

-Tom

[abracadabra]

Has anybody else had issues with two BAMT rigs on the same network?

If I put two BAMT rigs (different hardware different IP's leased) only one of them will mine, If I place the other on a different subnet they both work fine?

thanks

-Tom

hook up a monitor and see what's up with the network address?

[Tekkna]

Is this project dead, the website bamter.com is down for me, did they move?

[BitMinerN8]

Is this project dead, the website bamter.com is down for me, did they move?

"Mostly dead" so it seems from a development standpoint. Other then reading the readme/examples, cruising this forum, and tinkering yourself, it's pretty much all there is. Posting questions here will most likely be answered by the 3 or 4 of us who still try to support it when time permits.

@mc_lovin is still hosing the various images on his site. (Links in post below) And some forum action.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=65915.msg2056439#msg2056439

With GPU mining days being numbered, I don't see it being resurrected anytime soon. Running ASICs is trivial from either Win/Linux + cgminer/bfgminer so there really isn't a need for a dedicated build like this project provided. It is what it is... Oh well, good times. 

[Tekkna]

Altcoins are going to be around for a while, you still have a niche there

The upside with this was that I would not have to deal with stripping down a linux box.

Also, I am familiar with Linux, is the anything I need to do to stop the GPU from idling, or does not idle automatically?

[abracadabra]

....is the anything I need to do to stop the GPU from idling, or does not idle automatically

Come again?

[Tekkna]

I was told if you did not have something plugged into the GPU's VGA port the OS would idle it, so people put things like dummy plugs in the ports?

[abracadabra]

I was told if you did not have something plugged into the GPU's VGA port the OS would idle it, so people put things like dummy plugs in the ports?

none of my BAMT rigs have anything plugged into GPU video ports

[snowcrashed]

I have a problem in my BAMT system where I can get it running stable for long periods of time, but then if I make the slightest change to cgminer.conf and restart the miner the system will no longer function.  That is, cgminer will just hang at "Starting Cgminer..".  Restarting/shutdowning/reverting changes has no effect on this, the only solution I've found is to start a fresh installation.  But then the problem just repeats itself.  Has anyone experienced this?

[abracadabra]

I have a problem in my BAMT system where I can get it running stable for long periods of time, but then if I make the slightest change to cgminer.conf and restart the miner the system will no longer function.  That is, cgminer will just hang at "Starting Cgminer..".  Restarting/shutdowning/reverting changes has no effect on this, the only solution I've found is to start a fresh installation.  But then the problem just repeats itself.  Has anyone experienced this?

what changes to cgminer are we talking about?

also, what version of cgminer?

[snowcrashed]

3.1.0.  Changes like thead-concurrency, gpu-voltage, gpu core/memory speed, powertune.. basically anything.  I'm not even pushing the cards that hard but the pattern is it will run for a bit, then cgminer will crash.  After that I will be unable to start cgminer again no matter what parameters.  And as I said about, the only thing that fixes this is formatting and starting over.  Also the webui stops working with the error " One of the BAMT tools has suffered a fatal error. Can't use an undefined value as a HASH reference at /usr/lib/cgi-bin/status.pl line 88. "

[abracadabra]

3.1.0.  Changes like thead-concurrency, gpu-voltage, gpu core/memory speed, powertune.. basically anything.  I'm not even pushing the cards that hard but the pattern is it will run for a bit, then cgminer will crash.  After that I will be unable to start cgminer again no matter what parameters.  And as I said about, the only thing that fixes this is formatting and starting over.  Also the webui stops working with the error " One of the BAMT tools has suffered a fatal error. Can't use an undefined value as a HASH reference at /usr/lib/cgi-bin/status.pl line 88. "

sounds like you are mining ltc.  sounds like the settings you are using are crashing the cards hard and only a reboot will fix things.

[snowcrashed]

Except as I said a couple times, rebooting doesn't fix it.  CGMiner does not work after reboot, no matter the settings.   The only solution I've found is formatting and doing a new installation.

I am mining LTC but I am not running the cards hard at all.  After I preform a fresh install and put my settings in, the system will run for days at a time with 0 HW errors at less than 70C.  The problem arises if I make the slightest change to the system or if CGminer disconnects from the server for some reason.  Basically anything that causes CGMiner to stop functioning.  CGMiner will then hang at "starting" indefinitely.  And as I've said, rebooting the system does not fix this.

[kano]

FYI 3.1.0 gets upset if pools die.

[abracadabra]

Except as I said a couple times, rebooting doesn't fix it.  CGMiner does not work after reboot, no matter the settings.   The only solution I've found is formatting and doing a new installation.

I am mining LTC but I am not running the cards hard at all.  After I preform a fresh install and put my settings in, the system will run for days at a time with 0 HW errors at less than 70C.  The problem arises if I make the slightest change to the system or if CGminer disconnects from the server for some reason.  Basically anything that causes CGMiner to stop functioning.  CGMiner will then hang at "starting" indefinitely.  And as I've said, rebooting the system does not fix this.

Your settings cause the cards to crash.  A reboot will not "fix" this.  You need to edit the cgminer config back to a known state before rebooting. A "sync" after editing the file wouldn't hurt either.

[snowcrashed]

Okay maybe I'm not making myself clear.  It is not the setting itself that is causing the crash, it is the act of changing ANYTHING no matter how benign.  For example, I can set the GPU engine to a lower speed than what it's currently running on.  If I restart Cgminer, it will not load.  Changing the setting back to the original state does not help.  If I restart the computer with the original setting, CGMiner will not load.

Like I said, I can get the system stable with a fresh installation.  The system will run continuously as long as I don't make any changes to cgminer.  But if I do, CGMiner becomes unusable - it refuses to load and nothing seems to fix this.

FYI 3.1.0 gets upset if pools die.

So upset it will become non-functional permanently?  Maybe 3.1.1 will fix my problems.