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

[kjj]

Do you have a spare monitor you could use just long enough to get the network working?  Oh, get persistence set up first, and then see if you can borrow a monitor to set up networking.

[sjohn]

All 3 of the monitors I have here give the same errors. I'm really stuck right now. I think at work I have access to an old CRT maybe that would work better? I'll see what I can do about bringing it home just for a night.

[kjj]

Try this:

modeline "1280x768" 69.000 1280 1280 1300 1424 768 769 775 812 -hsync -vsync

[sjohn]

No dice via hdmi, no input at all being shown on the tv, doesn't even seem to POST. I have to stay dvi-vga which limits me at 1024x768. Way too much trouble than what it's worth it seems!

[drgr33n]

No dice via hdmi, no input at all being shown on the tv, doesn't even seem to POST. I have to stay dvi-vga which limits me at 1024x768. Way too much trouble than what it's worth it seems!

Sounds to me like its not just a resolution issue. Does it work fine using windows ?

[sjohn]

yup working now fine with windows 7 installed to a hdd gotta make me a dummy plug tho to not have to swap the monitor to each card to get it to mine.

[drgr33n]

yup working now fine with windows 7 installed to a hdd gotta make me a dummy plug tho to not have to swap the monitor to each card to get it to mine.

Can youpost a full list of your hardware so i can look into this further ?

[sjohn]

ASRock 770 based motherboard
2 Sapphire 5830s
1 Gig DDR2 800Mhz Ram
Athlon X2 6000+ 3.1Ghz
MSI P60G wireless adapter.

[epg]

drgr33n, first off, thank you for your work.

I have quick question- is it normal for LinuxCoin/Debian Linux to log a user off by simply moving the mouse into the corner of the screen? Specifically, moving to the top-right/bottom-right corners are what causes me to completely log off. I've done this way too many times on accident and had to restart my miners. Is there an option somewhere to disable this?

[kjj]

That's not normal.  Mine doesn't do that, for example.  Are you sure X isn't crashing when you hit the boundary?

[epg]

kjj: Thanks for the response. How do I check for this/fix this issue? Do you recommend I try changing the resolution for example? I'm running it at 1280x768, with no additional modifications to any settings besides disabling the screen-saver.

[GimEEE]

There's going to be a HDD installer included on the final version. The reason why I decided not to post instructions on how to install to a local HDD is because of LinuxCoin being in testing. If you really want to you could try formatting you HDD as ext4 then ...

Code:

mkdir /mnt/hdd
mount /dev/sdXX /mnt/hdd
cp --preserve -R /{bin,boot,dev,etc,home,lib,lib32,opt,root,run,sbin,selinux,srv,usr,var} /mnt/hdd
mkdir /mnt/hdd/{media,proc,sys,tmp}
mount -o bind /dev /mnt/hdd/dev
mount -t proc /proc /mnt/hdd/proc
chroot /mnt/hdd
apt-get install grub2
grub-install /dev/sdX
exit

A bit of a hacky way but I have had 100% success rate using this over the years in various situations.

chroot /mnt/hdd gives error

Code:

root@linuxcoin:/mnt/hdd# chroot /mnt/hdd
chroot: failed to run command `/bin/bash': No such file or directory

does it require not having a persistent file setup?

Does /mnt/hdd/bin exist ? No persistence is not necessary.

I wanted to try again with non-persistent mode running, and it didn't work again, same error as above
Yes, /mnt/hdd/bin/bash exists
Did it work for everyone else?
UPDATE -
I think it gave an error here too 'mount -t proc /proc /mnt/hdd/proc'

[kjj]

kjj: Thanks for the response. How do I check for this/fix this issue? Do you recommend I try changing the resolution for example? I'm running it at 1280x768, with no additional modifications to any settings besides disabling the screen-saver.

Yeah, I'd try changing the resolution.  Maybe look for some logs.  I don't use X much, so I'm not sure where to go from here.

[bitlock]

I had the video error after I booted my persistance linuxcoin on one system then took it to try on another - didn't feel like troubleshooting so just reinstalled linuxcoin on the usb stick - voila - it worked!

[organofcorti]

I had the same (no X) problem after i installed a second card. I have a 6990 but borrowed a 6870 to try. I read somewhere that the different cards should work although I'd take a performance hit. On windows I got reduced hashrates on crossfire or switching video outs, but on LinuxCoin no X. Card in - X stops. Card out - X works. (regardless of which card I was taking in and out). I tried a fresh non persistent install, no go.

Anyone successfully running LinuxCoin with two 6990s or 6690 and a 6970? (edit)

Wouldn't have worried me except I can't get cron working with DiabloMiner because I can't figure out how to get it to find java, or which bit of java in which folder it needs in path. Groan. Gave the card back unsused as I clearly didn't have the chops to get it going.

drgr33n: any idea of what i might need to add to cron's PATH to get java running from cron?

sjohn: Maybe if you *can* get cron running on cli? Then you wouldn't need remote access or a gui maybe?

[sjohn]

Well im getting about 560MH/s on my dual 5830 setup using an extra copy of win 7 that I got thru my new university. Would honestly feel better doing linux on it but no luck.

[drgr33n]

I had the same (no X) problem after i installed a second card. I have a 6990 but borrowed a 6870 to try. I read somewhere that the different cards should work although I'd take a performance hit. On windows I got reduced hashrates on crossfire or switching video outs, but on LinuxCoin no X. Card in - X stops. Card out - X works. (regardless of which card I was taking in and out). I tried a fresh non persistent install, no go.

Anyone successfully running LinuxCoin with two 6990s or 6690 and a 6970? (edit)

Wouldn't have worried me except I can't get cron working with DiabloMiner because I can't figure out how to get it to find java, or which bit of java in which folder it needs in path. Groan. Gave the card back unsused as I clearly didn't have the chops to get it going.

drgr33n: any idea of what i might need to add to cron's PATH to get java running from cron?

sjohn: Maybe if you *can* get cron running on cli? Then you wouldn't need remote access or a gui maybe?

Don't run your cards in crossfire and you won't see a performance drop. LinuxCoin was tested using the same setup you have and worked fine ? Maybe something is a miss somewhere else ? If you are having problems I would ask people to list information about their hardware and any other relevant info to the issue. if its problems with X your experiencing can you pastebin the output of

Code:

lspci
lsmod
dmesg
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log

this way I can take a look at exactly whats going on and make sure your hardware is working in the final version of LinuxCoin.

Well im getting about 560MH/s on my dual 5830 setup using an extra copy of win 7 that I got thru my new university. Would honestly feel better doing linux on it but no luck.

Same applies to you sjohn. If you could post the output of the above code and I will take a look. I've been really busy with work related projects the last week or two so haven't had a lot of time to read through everything. My apologies if I've missed anything !!

[organofcorti]

I had the same (no X) problem after i installed a second card. I have a 6990 but borrowed a 6870 to try. I read somewhere that the different cards should work although I'd take a performance hit. On windows I got reduced hashrates on crossfire or switching video outs, but on LinuxCoin no X. Card in - X stops. Card out - X works. (regardless of which card I was taking in and out). I tried a fresh non persistent install, no go.

Anyone successfully running LinuxCoin with two 6990s or 6690 and a 6970? (edit)

Wouldn't have worried me except I can't get cron working with DiabloMiner because I can't figure out how to get it to find java, or which bit of java in which folder it needs in path. Groan. Gave the card back unsused as I clearly didn't have the chops to get it going.

drgr33n: any idea of what i might need to add to cron's PATH to get java running from cron?

sjohn: Maybe if you *can* get cron running on cli? Then you wouldn't need remote access or a gui maybe?

Don't run your cards in crossfire and you won't see a performance drop. LinuxCoin was tested using the same setup you have and worked fine ? Maybe something is a miss somewhere else ? If you are having problems I would ask people to list information about their hardware and any other relevant info to the issue. if its problems with X your experiencing can you pastebin the output of

Code:

lspci
lsmod
dmesg
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log

this way I can take a look at exactly whats going on and make sure your hardware is working in the final version of LinuxCoin.

Well im getting about 560MH/s on my dual 5830 setup using an extra copy of win 7 that I got thru my new university. Would honestly feel better doing linux on it but no luck.

Same applies to you sjohn. If you could post the output of the above code and I will take a look. I've been really busy with work related projects the last week or two so haven't had a lot of time to read through everything. My apologies if I've missed anything !!

Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately I don't have the card anymore - next one I get and next problem I get, I'll know how to report. Cheers for your hard work on the project.

[aBitcoiner]

Is the Linuxcoin-v0.2a i686 compatible?

I dont have a 64bit CPU.

[phathash]

I have this working with 2 x 5770s, however, Ubuntu is very sluggish. There appears to be high CPU usage (Sempron 64).

Either card alone will do 170Mhash.. however, as soon as I fire up both at the same time.. one will do 170 and the other 90-150.

CPU is high.. the mouse is sluggish.

Any ideas?