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

[evlew]

Did you guys try this:

I just tried this and got >3% improvement in mining speed.
You can go to phatk's kernel.cl file (don't worry, it just sits there in the open, no need to recompile anything), find this line
  #define Ma(x, y, z) amd_bytealign((y), (x | z), (z & x))
and change it to this line
  #define Ma(x, y, z) amd_bytealign( (z^x), (y), (x) )
Once you've done it, restart the miner.

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I edited my file and it seems to really increase the hashrate, maybe something to look into Gr33n?

where is this kernel.cl file?

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[CydeWeys]

Did you guys try this:

I just tried this and got >3% improvement in mining speed.
You can go to phatk's kernel.cl file (don't worry, it just sits there in the open, no need to recompile anything), find this line
  #define Ma(x, y, z) amd_bytealign((y), (x | z), (z & x))
and change it to this line
  #define Ma(x, y, z) amd_bytealign( (z^x), (y), (x) )
Once you've done it, restart the miner.

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I edited my file and it seems to really increase the hashrate, maybe something to look into Gr33n?

where is this kernel.cl file?

Run this to find it:

find / -name kernel.cl

[Jonathan Ryan Owens]

Could you edit the title of the thread when you update the version, it's easier to tell than to load the first comment and scroll through it. Also, if you're worried about restarting the system, you could try getting ESXi up and building an image for that and then connecting to the VM server and restart that. It's a bit more work, but it's not too hard.

I'm re-purposing a box this evening for testing this exact thing. ESXi Host, Two days time I'll be running two 4x pciE -> 8 1x pciE external 6950s, and if everything goes right this evening, I'll be assigning instances to GPUs from vSphere.

Have you accomplished this already? Anything in particular to be aware of?

[drgr33n]

Hey guys

Just a quick update everything has been tested and the figures are looking sweet 0.02% faster than the old version. Will be cleaning up and distributing tomorrow

[evlew]

thanks so much.

I couldnt find it because the file didn't show up even though that command returned that it was in the typical miner/phoenix/kernel/phatk folder it should have been.

so i went ahead and downloaded the newest version of phoenix which is something i had been needing to do anyway.  (i'm still running 0.2a)

just updating to the newest version seemed to bump up a few megahash, but then editing that file bumped it up a decent amount.

before the update and mod i was running about 305 mhps now i'm running 315.  

is there a way to stop the ati agreement from running at start?  also the welcome message?

[spiccioli]

What would be the best/easiest way to issue a hard reboot if the kernel appears to be having I/O errors or other issue?

evlew,

if you can still access it from ssh, a

Code:

sudo coldreboot

does a full reboot as if you switched it off and then on.

spiccioli

[drgr33n]

Been getting a lot of messages regarding several issues with 0.2a. Please wait for 0.2b because any issues in the last version will be working in this one.

Overnight testing on a 5870 went excellent !! No drop outs temp sitting at 70C with clocks at 990/300. 11.6 is working properly now and its looking very good !! in about 7 hours I got around 3700 shares and only 4 stale !! And that's running from a 3G dongle !!

Just got to tidy up the menu and look at a couple of little graphical issues and will be ready to upload !

[organofcorti]

Still on 0.2a for the moment - but I don't think this will be 0.2a specific.

Having trouble dual card (6990 plus 6970). If I boot up with either I'm ok. If I boot up with both I get  the usual boot up messages, the splash screen, and then the screen goes blank with no cli. Do I need to change a setting in Xorg? If I do how do I get back to the cli?   

Any ideas?

[drgr33n]

Still on 0.2a for the moment - but I don't think this will be 0.2a specific.

Having trouble dual card (6990 plus 6970). If I boot up with either I'm ok. If I boot up with both I get  the usual boot up messages, the splash screen, and then the screen goes blank with no cli. Do I need to change a setting in Xorg? If I do how do I get back to the cli?   

Any ideas?

Boot up and hit

ctrl + F1

type

sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
aticonfig --initial -f --adapter=all
/etc/init.d/gdm restart

And hopefully you should see you desktop

[CydeWeys]

Overnight testing on a 5870 went excellent !! No drop outs temp sitting at 70C with clocks at 990/300. 11.6 is working properly now and its looking very good !! in about 7 hours I got around 3700 shares and only 4 stale !! And that's running from a 3G dongle !!

Nice, what mining program?

[drgr33n]

Overnight testing on a 5870 went excellent !! No drop outs temp sitting at 70C with clocks at 990/300. 11.6 is working properly now and its looking very good !! in about 7 hours I got around 3700 shares and only 4 stale !! And that's running from a 3G dongle !!

Nice, what mining program?

Phoenix r105. Running my 5870 @ 447MHs

LinuxCoin 0.2b is now absolutely blowing 0.2a and other distro's out of the water LinuxCoin is allowing me to push my cards even more to the limit !! Most things I've tried I can't get my clocks over 990 stable on windows, ubuntu, debian running lots of different configurations.

LinuxCoin allows me to push it up to 1050/300 no problem and with that setup I'm getting 452MHs !! Only down side is its no longer a live CD but a live DVD totaling in at 911MB !!. Might have to put it on a diet hahaha

[mikeo]

Great work. Let us know when 0.2b is avaialble to download.

[organofcorti]

Still on 0.2a for the moment - but I don't think this will be 0.2a specific.

Having trouble dual card (6990 plus 6970). If I boot up with either I'm ok. If I boot up with both I get  the usual boot up messages, the splash screen, and then the screen goes blank with no cli. Do I need to change a setting in Xorg? If I do how do I get back to the cli?   

Any ideas?

Boot up and hit

ctrl + F1

type

sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
aticonfig --initial -f --adapter=all
/etc/init.d/gdm restart

And hopefully you should see you desktop

I hit ctrl + F1 after the splash screen, nothing. Also tried just before splash, also nothing. Gotta be doing something wrong!

[drgr33n]

Still on 0.2a for the moment - but I don't think this will be 0.2a specific.

Having trouble dual card (6990 plus 6970). If I boot up with either I'm ok. If I boot up with both I get  the usual boot up messages, the splash screen, and then the screen goes blank with no cli. Do I need to change a setting in Xorg? If I do how do I get back to the cli?   

Any ideas?

Boot up and hit

ctrl + F1

type

sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
aticonfig --initial -f --adapter=all
/etc/init.d/gdm restart

And hopefully you should see you desktop

I hit ctrl + F1 after the splash screen, nothing. Also tried just before splash, also nothing. Gotta be doing something wrong!

sorry missed alt its

ctrl + alt + F1

[malavita]

In 0.2b is there a way to automate Remote Desktop startup and entering a password?  It seems that I don't actually click on it after a reboot, I cannot connect to the box via VNC.

Thx!

[CydeWeys]

LinuxCoin allows me to push it up to 1050/300 no problem and with that setup I'm getting 452MHs !! Only down side is its no longer a live CD but a live DVD totaling in at 911MB !!. Might have to put it on a diet hahaha

I wouldn't bother trying to slim it down to make the 700 MB limit if it's going to slow down the release.  People here are running Linuxcoin on USB sticks, not Live CDs.  And regardless, if they really want to use optical media for some reason, they can just burn it to a DVD instead of a CD.

[drgr33n]

In 0.2b is there a way to automate Remote Desktop startup and entering a password?  It seems that I don't actually click on it after a reboot, I cannot connect to the box via VNC.

Thx!

Checkout /usr/share/gconf/schemas/vino-server.schemas

LinuxCoin allows me to push it up to 1050/300 no problem and with that setup I'm getting 452MHs !! Only down side is its no longer a live CD but a live DVD totaling in at 911MB !!. Might have to put it on a diet hahaha

I wouldn't bother trying to slim it down to make the 700 MB limit if it's going to slow down the release.  People here are running Linuxcoin on USB sticks, not Live CDs.  And regardless, if they really want to use optical media for some reason, they can just burn it to a DVD instead of a CD.

Got it down to 771MB And we now have a clipboard and volume manager

PS I'm running 1 x 5870 & 1 x 5830 xfx black via linuxcoin and look at my deepbit MH/s Not 100% accurate but its defo increased by at least 50MHs

[staraptor]

could we maybe get a wiki or something similar?  I know I tried linuxcoin for a minute and wasn't able to get it working and it might be easier if we had a wiki and faq.  (i had the issue where, in the start_mining script, I'd get a brief pop up window and then not much else).  Especially for those of use without a heavy or even light-moderate linux background, a wiki of infos could be very useful

[drgr33n]

could we maybe get a wiki or something similar?  I know I tried linuxcoin for a minute and wasn't able to get it working and it might be easier if we had a wiki and faq.  (i had the issue where, in the start_mining script, I'd get a brief pop up window and then not much else).  Especially for those of use without a heavy or even light-moderate linux background, a wiki of infos could be very useful

Already on it just had no time for that and 0.2a was very buggy so wanted to get a foundation down that worked and a half decent working OS before I make a start on the website etc.

Just testing the PXE stuff then I'll be ready to upload hopefully. I might put a little background together that's nice and easy on the eye.

[brwyatt]

drgr33n, has anyone told you lately how awesome you are for doing this lately? I think I can speak for all of us, thanks for taking time to do this, even through all your troubles recently. While not quite perfect yet, each release you put out is getting closer and closer. I hope everything goes alright for you IRL and hopefully things will work out in the end.

We all appreciate your hard work and dedication on this project! Thanks again!