LinuxCoin A lightweight Debian based OS with everything ready to go.

[SolarSilver]

Oh oh .... and correct me if I'm wrong but xscreensaver has no place in this image. Everytime I notice my hash rate is down it is because I forgot to kill xscreensaver.

Can we set the screensaver to just 'blank screen' by default?

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[nixxle]

If I don't click the " agree "  and " accept " dialogs at startup, I cannot start phoenix without this warning:

Code:

File "./phoenix.py", line 123, in <module>VECTORS BFI_INT WORKSIZE=128 AGGRESSION=
    miner.start(options)
  File "/opt/miners/phoenix/Miner.py", line 75, in start
    self.kernel = self.options.makeKernel(KernelInterface(self))
  File "./phoenix.py", line 112, in makeKernel
    self.kernel = kernelModule.MiningKernel(requester)
  File "kernels/poclbm/__init__.py", line 132, in __init__
    platforms = cl.get_platforms()

So, how do I "agree"  and "accept" these dialogs through ssh?

[kjj]

Code:

cd /opt/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.4-lnx64/
tar xzvf icd-registration.tgz -C /

Or just use persistence so you only have to click it once.

[nixxle]

Code:

cd /opt/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.4-lnx64/
tar xzvf icd-registration.tgz -C /

Or just use persistence so you only have to click it once.

I was affraid it would come down to that. No commandline option or anything?

[kjj]

I'm pretty sure the commands I listed will do what you need.

[sebdude420]

how do i lower the clock of my memory speed while in linux coin? amdoverdrive allows me to change it, BUT on the Info page it shows as 920 1050 being stock, and it being 1000/1050 after overclocking. how do i get the memory to go down?

this is an msi r6870.

will thro a coupl o bitcents at the person that goes out of their way to try and help me out.

thankz.

[nixxle]

I'm pretty sure the commands I listed will do what you need.

I apologize, on my small android screen i overread your code part as a quote of my post. thanks! I'm sure your method will do the trick.

[gigabytecoin]

What version of phoenix miner is running on 0.2a

I keep noticing the odd video card spit out problems according to phoenix miner... it takes between 1 and 30 minutes for the cards to come back online.

Anybody care to share the code for updating phoenix miner on linuxcoin with persistence?

[gnukix]

Just FYI, added a mirror on a host of mine at http://dl0.7td.org/pub/mirror/linuxcoin/linuxcoin-v0.2a.iso -- I also updated the page for linuxcoin in the wiki at https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/LinuxCoin

Drive on!

[organofcorti]

how do i lower the clock of my memory speed while in linux coin? amdoverdrive allows me to change it, BUT on the Info page it shows as 920 1050 being stock, and it being 1000/1050 after overclocking. how do i get the memory to go down?

this is an msi r6870.

will thro a coupl o bitcents at the person that goes out of their way to try and help me out.

thankz.

Sometimes the info page doesn't show the right data. Often a reboot of AMDOverdriveCtrl fixes it. From my own experience, what's shown on the overdrive tab is correct, on the Info tab not always correct.

On a related matter, using poclbm on a 6990 trying to underclock mem too far seems to increase heat rather than decrease it. I find lowest heat output at around 75 to 150 MHz less than the core clock. At, say, mem clock = half the core clock(eg 920/460) I get the same heat out for max mem clock. So if my 6990's are not abnormal and poclbm is not doing something wierd, *and* if the 6870 works in a similar fashion, I'd say don't downlock mem too far, it won't help your temps. And since temp ~ joules, it also means your electricity consumption isn't being improved either.

I have no idea why this might be the case.

[sebdude420]

+1 to you!

I found that in the info tab on the catalyst driver page has the correct info posted if you open it on after overclocking in overdrive. overdrive will keep the values incorrect but will make the changes. i found this out myself earlier today but thanks for replying to my post. i appreciate it. ill tip ya either way if ya want though. thanks again.

sebuh

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Sometimes the info page doesn't show the right data. Often a reboot of AMDOverdriveCtrl fixes it. From my own experience, what's shown on the overdrive tab is correct, on the Info tab not always correct.

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[ptshamrock]

When will the final version be out?


i really will buy it ..i did not donate yet..because honestly ..I had 2 linux pros working @ it remote..but they both said linuxcoin (0.2a) is a pain in the ass alone setting up persistance was really really weird..

we just had 3 days of continuing problems ..now it seems to work..but we still cannot get the phoenix running with it --

can it be that i got an extreme buggy version? also when using the mouse and i go off teh screen it rebbots?? thats happening often .(

maybe the developer can SSH on my machines to check it??

i really get crazy but i think it`s a great projekt and I will buy the 1.0 version! any hints when it will come??

ohh btw ..i had to install on the computers ! i am running around 17ghash! just to show that i have a bit more administrative work than on one machine ^^

Cheers!

[organofcorti]

i appreciate it. ill tip ya either way if ya want though. thanks again.

Heh, mate a

+1 to you!

will do me nicely thank you.

So, notice any temp improvements at lower mem clocks?

[GimEEE]

When will the final version be out?
i really will buy it ..i did not donate yet..because honestly ..I had 2 linux pros working @ it remote..but they both said linuxcoin (0.2a) is a pain in the ass alone setting up persistance was really really weird..
we just had 3 days of continuing problems ..now it seems to work..but we still cannot get the phoenix running with it --
can it be that i got an extreme buggy version? also when using the mouse and i go off teh screen it rebbots?? thats happening often .(
maybe the developer can SSH on my machines to check it??
i really get crazy but i think it`s a great projekt and I will buy the 1.0 version! any hints when it will come??
ohh btw ..i had to install on the computers ! i am running around 17ghash! just to show that i have a bit more administrative work than on one machine ^^

Cheers!

I'd suggest after people spend 5 or 8 hours trying to get Linux Coin to work, go over to the Ubuntu page and follow the directions for mining on that, only takes about an hour or so to format a HDD and get a fresh copy of ubuntu mining.
The usb drive thing is novel, but far from "final product".
This post has a final end-userable product http://forum.bitcoin.org/?topic=7514.0
Also Eligius offers a no signup easy to access mining pool with coin generated directly to the miners.

[organofcorti]

When will the final version be out?
i really will buy it ..i did not donate yet..because honestly ..I had 2 linux pros working @ it remote..but they both said linuxcoin (0.2a) is a pain in the ass alone setting up persistance was really really weird..
we just had 3 days of continuing problems ..now it seems to work..but we still cannot get the phoenix running with it --
can it be that i got an extreme buggy version? also when using the mouse and i go off teh screen it rebbots?? thats happening often .(
maybe the developer can SSH on my machines to check it??
i really get crazy but i think it`s a great projekt and I will buy the 1.0 version! any hints when it will come??
ohh btw ..i had to install on the computers ! i am running around 17ghash! just to show that i have a bit more administrative work than on one machine ^^

Cheers!

I'd suggest after people spend 5 or 8 hours trying to get Linux Coin to work, go over to the Ubuntu page and follow the directions for mining on that, only takes about an hour or so to format a HDD and get a fresh copy of ubuntu mining.
The usb drive thing is novel, but far from "final product".
This post has a final end-userable product http://forum.bitcoin.org/?topic=7514.0
Also Eligius offers a no signup easy to access mining pool with coin generated directly to the miners.

1. 5 or 6 hours? Maybe one hour, and even then only because I'm shit at reading directions.
2. This is a distro in development. Ubuntu has been available for a looong time. Of course LinuxCoin is not a 'final product'.
3. Eligius? WTF has Luke Jr's pool got to do with anything?

[markietalkie]

Um, what is the root password? Right after creating persistence it says "Authentication is required to mount the device." - and obviously it isn't "live" nor "alpine".

[drgr33n]

When will the final version be out?
i really will buy it ..i did not donate yet..because honestly ..I had 2 linux pros working @ it remote..but they both said linuxcoin (0.2a) is a pain in the ass alone setting up persistance was really really weird..
we just had 3 days of continuing problems ..now it seems to work..but we still cannot get the phoenix running with it --
can it be that i got an extreme buggy version? also when using the mouse and i go off teh screen it rebbots?? thats happening often .(
maybe the developer can SSH on my machines to check it??
i really get crazy but i think it`s a great projekt and I will buy the 1.0 version! any hints when it will come??
ohh btw ..i had to install on the computers ! i am running around 17ghash! just to show that i have a bit more administrative work than on one machine ^^

Cheers!

I'd suggest after people spend 5 or 8 hours trying to get Linux Coin to work, go over to the Ubuntu page and follow the directions for mining on that, only takes about an hour or so to format a HDD and get a fresh copy of ubuntu mining.
The usb drive thing is novel, but far from "final product".
This post has a final end-userable product http://forum.bitcoin.org/?topic=7514.0
Also Eligius offers a no signup easy to access mining pool with coin generated directly to the miners.

Linux pro's ? LinuxCoin is debian live with a few extras If they was linux pros they wouldn't find linuxcoin a pain at all It has bugs but its not unusable. maybe you should have a word with your linux pro friends

Sorry just had to say that

[Folax]

I've used V0.1 and now 0.2a, in the first version this works:
cd /opt/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.4-lnx64/
tar xzvf icd-registration.tgz -C /
I installed Linuxcoin on the same USB stick in the same way.

In v0.2a I get the license agreement at start. I press Exit and then it asks me if I agree, I click Yes.
The I go to the miners/phoenix and run phoenix with my flags and get the OpenCL error.

I again do:

cd /opt/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.4-lnx64/
tar xzvf icd-registration.tgz -C /

I see amdocl64.icd and amdocl32.icd are extracted but then nothing happens, and I still can't run phoenix.

Linux is not my area of expertise, obviously, I don't need to reboot, just need the agreement to work :-(

Any help? People advice me to switch to Windows7 and I refuse.

[evlew]

LinuxCoin and Radeon 6870's.....

looks like it's working well for the last 3 cards, but i'm having problems with the first one.

I've tried phoenix and poclbm

right out of the box and stock the 3 cards are doing 260mhps with BFI_INT VECTORS WORKSIZE=256 AGGRESSION=12
If i set the first card to those flags it cranks the cpu to 100%.  This ends up reducing the performance of the other workers.
So I set the aggression down to 8 on the first card but now I can only get 150MHPS!!  What gives?
Currently I have to run the first card at 150mphs while the other 3 are running 260 completely stock.

I've tried all different flags, both kernels and the only way these cards do anything decent is with aggression=12
how can I run my primary card at aggression=12 without lagging the cpu?
I would love some advice on the issue, it may even be worth a tip, who knows.....

I will be sending a donation for the efforts put into linuxcoin, anyway.  Truely a great build.  Needs a little fine tuning/documentation but can get anyone who HAS A CLUE up and running in minutes.

Other than that this is my 2nd linuxcoin rig.  first one is 4x 5830's.  Worked flawlessy in minutes (maybe an hour)
whoever says getting linuxcoin to run is hard, obviously is not even familiar enough with windows, so probably should dodge linux altogether.....
that is coming from an avid windows users and a linux novice.  what parts are you guys having so much trouble with.  An easy windows tool to delete the partition and make a small first partition is EASEUS Partition Manager.  It is completely free for home use.  GPARTED is also another great program, just boot from the disc and make your two partitions.

[jerfelix]

I'm anxious to give LinuxCoin a try.  Here's what I am seeing:


I boot the ISO from CD, and get a splash screen that says LinucCoin (not LinuxCoin).  OK minor typo, no biggie, but just thought I'd point it out to show that I am trying!

Then it stays on the splash screen, telling me to press enter or tab.  After about 15 keystrokes, which seem to do nothing, then every keystroke beeps.  I'm stuck on the splash screen.

Any quick tips?  Or do I need to (gasp) read the documentation?

Edit:  I think the issue is the CPU (since this kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, and I was trying to boot on an old machine just for experimentation.  Time to try it on a "real" CPU.)