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[spiccioli]

Yes the catalyst is at 11.6 some report it working others say it doesn't. What cards ? And just checking but you did enable overdrive first right ?

drgr33n,

yes,

Code:

DISPLAY=:0 aticonfig od-enable

it is a 5870 in a rig with a 5850, both are sapphire, now I'm running the 5870 at 890,900 (core/mem) but I'd like to put memory down to 300-330 like I do for the 5850.

this is v02.b

Code:

user@linuxcoin:~$ uname -a
Linux linuxcoin 2.6.39-2-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Jun 8 11:01:04 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
user@linuxcoin:~$ which aticonfig
/usr/bin/aticonfig
user@linuxcoin:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/aticonfig
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 302056 May  3 18:25 /usr/bin/aticonfig

v02.a

Code:

user@linuxcoin:~$ uname -a
Linux linuxcoin 2.6.38-2-amd64 #1 SMP Sun May 8 13:51:57 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
user@linuxcoin:~$ which aticonfig
/usr/bin/aticonfig
user@linuxcoin:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/aticonfig 
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 302056 May  3 20:25 /usr/bin/aticonfig

spiccioli.

[drgr33n]

Yes the catalyst is at 11.6 some report it working others say it doesn't. What cards ? And just checking but you did enable overdrive first right ?

drgr33n,

yes,

Code:

DISPLAY=:0 aticonfig od-enable

it is a 5870 in a rig with a 5850, both are sapphire, now I'm running the 5870 at 890,900 (core/mem) but I'd like to put memory down to 300-330 like I do for the 5850.

this is v02.b

Code:

user@linuxcoin:~$ uname -a
Linux linuxcoin 2.6.39-2-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Jun 8 11:01:04 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
user@linuxcoin:~$ which aticonfig
/usr/bin/aticonfig
user@linuxcoin:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/aticonfig
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 302056 May  3 18:25 /usr/bin/aticonfig

v02.a

Code:

user@linuxcoin:~$ uname -a
Linux linuxcoin 2.6.38-2-amd64 #1 SMP Sun May 8 13:51:57 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
user@linuxcoin:~$ which aticonfig
/usr/bin/aticonfig
user@linuxcoin:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/aticonfig 
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 302056 May  3 20:25 /usr/bin/aticonfig

spiccioli.

AAAGGGGHHH Something seriously has gone wrong here dpkg comfirms

un  fglrx-amdcccle <none>         (no description available)
ii  fglrx-atievent 1:11-4-2       external events daemon for the non-free ATI/
ii  fglrx-control  1:11-4-2       control panel for the non-free ATI/AMD Radeo
un  fglrx-control- <none>         (no description available)
un  fglrx-control- <none>         (no description available)
ii  fglrx-driver   1:11-4-2       non-free ATI/AMD RadeonHD display driver
rc  fglrx-glx      1:11-4-2       proprietary libGL for the non-free ATI/AMD R
ii  fglrx-glx-ia32 1:11-4-2       proprietary libGL for the non-free ATI/AMD d
ii  fglrx-modules- 1:11-4-2       dkms module source for the non-free ATI/AMD

I'm pulling the ISO and remastering for tomorrow. Sorry guys under a lot of pressure atm with a court hearing about my rent tomorrow and things.

[spiccioli]

AAAGGGGHHH Something seriously has gone wrong here dpkg comfirms

un  fglrx-amdcccle <none>         (no description available)
ii  fglrx-atievent 1:11-4-2       external events daemon for the non-free ATI/
ii  fglrx-control  1:11-4-2       control panel for the non-free ATI/AMD Radeo
un  fglrx-control- <none>         (no description available)
un  fglrx-control- <none>         (no description available)
ii  fglrx-driver   1:11-4-2       non-free ATI/AMD RadeonHD display driver
rc  fglrx-glx      1:11-4-2       proprietary libGL for the non-free ATI/AMD R
ii  fglrx-glx-ia32 1:11-4-2       proprietary libGL for the non-free ATI/AMD d
ii  fglrx-modules- 1:11-4-2       dkms module source for the non-free ATI/AMD

I'm pulling the ISO and remastering for tomorrow. Sorry guys under a lot of pressure atm with a court hearing about my rent tomorrow and things.

drgr33n,

please add that phoenix is the 1.10r and not the 1.50 which is the lastest available version.

hope tomorrow all goes well.

spiccioli.

[Jonathan Ryan Owens]

Yes the catalyst is at 11.6 some report it working others say it doesn't. What cards ? And just checking but you did enable overdrive first right ?

drgr33n,

yes,

Code:

DISPLAY=:0 aticonfig od-enable

it is a 5870 in a rig with a 5850, both are sapphire, now I'm running the 5870 at 890,900 (core/mem) but I'd like to put memory down to 300-330 like I do for the 5850.

this is v02.b

Code:

user@linuxcoin:~$ uname -a
Linux linuxcoin 2.6.39-2-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Jun 8 11:01:04 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
user@linuxcoin:~$ which aticonfig
/usr/bin/aticonfig
user@linuxcoin:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/aticonfig
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 302056 May  3 18:25 /usr/bin/aticonfig

v02.a

Code:

user@linuxcoin:~$ uname -a
Linux linuxcoin 2.6.38-2-amd64 #1 SMP Sun May 8 13:51:57 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
user@linuxcoin:~$ which aticonfig
/usr/bin/aticonfig
user@linuxcoin:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/aticonfig 
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 302056 May  3 20:25 /usr/bin/aticonfig

spiccioli.

AAAGGGGHHH Something seriously has gone wrong here dpkg comfirms

un  fglrx-amdcccle <none>         (no description available)
ii  fglrx-atievent 1:11-4-2       external events daemon for the non-free ATI/
ii  fglrx-control  1:11-4-2       control panel for the non-free ATI/AMD Radeo
un  fglrx-control- <none>         (no description available)
un  fglrx-control- <none>         (no description available)
ii  fglrx-driver   1:11-4-2       non-free ATI/AMD RadeonHD display driver
rc  fglrx-glx      1:11-4-2       proprietary libGL for the non-free ATI/AMD R
ii  fglrx-glx-ia32 1:11-4-2       proprietary libGL for the non-free ATI/AMD d
ii  fglrx-modules- 1:11-4-2       dkms module source for the non-free ATI/AMD

I'm pulling the ISO and remastering for tomorrow. Sorry guys under a lot of pressure atm with a court hearing about my rent tomorrow and things.

Stupid rent.

Hey, I think that you'd start getting lots more donations if you were to release 0.2c with smartcoin installed.

DOoooooooooo it!

[Bitcoin Swami]

Hey man can you tell me how to do a simple script to start my miners just by clicking a file on my desktop.  I use the poclbm miner.  Sometimes my computer freezes and i need to restart for some odd reason.  It doesn't have to be fancy.. I'd just like to start them by clicking a file. (or 3 separte files for seperate miners)

I will send you a bitcoin when I get on my other computer with my wallet.. Peace.

[trueimage]

Hey man can you tell me how to do a simple script to start my miners just by clicking a file on my desktop.  I use the poclbm miner.  Sometimes my computer freezes and i need to restart for some odd reason.  It doesn't have to be fancy.. I'd just like to start them by clicking a file. (or 3 separte files for seperate miners)

I will send you a bitcoin when I get on my other computer with my wallet.. Peace.

http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=7374.msg248025#msg248025

[nzbtc]

almost forgot, anyone here implement anything like:

1. publishing the temps and mhash/s etc to a website for remote summary?
2. a script that will kill the miner(s) if the temps get too high?

I've started to play with (1)!
I have currently got my hashrate, accepted, invalid and card temps to be displayed on the linux box via apache.. After I make it a little more usable for others, I'll release this for you.

[Bitcoin Swami]

Is there anyway to get rid of the background?  i'm trying to do remote desktop and the screen doesn't refresh right, I heard if you disable the wallpaper it'll work.  I went to my desktop settings and see no choice for "none".  Any ideas?

[trueimage]

almost forgot, anyone here implement anything like:

1. publishing the temps and mhash/s etc to a website for remote summary?
2. a script that will kill the miner(s) if the temps get too high?

I've started to play with (1)!
I have currently got my hashrate, accepted, invalid and card temps to be displayed on the linux box via apache.. After I make it a little more usable for others, I'll release this for you.

That's awesome. I wish I had more unix scripting skills.

[knightar]

Hey Guys, Quick question.

Is it possible to make a 32bit version? I have an idea on how to do it myself but learning is a time consuming thing that I haven't had time to do lately due to time constraints over the next month. Here's my problem, I need to move my mining boxes to the back of the house away from the network switches to put them in a cooler spot. But I can't run network wires due to where they will be located, I attempted to buy the cheapest wireless usb adapters I can buy (mistake!) ... turns out they need 32bit linux in order to work. Will it be worth it to make a 32bit version or pay a little bit more money for a wireless adapter that works out of the box? If so, Can anyone spare a link to a usb (preferred) adapter that's under $30/each that will work with 64bit linuxcoin with minimal changes (adding packages w/ persistence without having to compile drivers manually that work)?

Thanks!

P.S. Feature request ... Wireless support out of the box would be nice.

[Folax]

Gr33n, I have just sent you a small donation, hope you can soon pay your rent from donations

I wonder where the 'Display settings' icon that was so nicely put away in the start menu in v0.2a has gone in v0.2b, I have no clue where to adjust the screen resolution now, and I like to do this.

Please take your time for this court thing you have, bitcoin mining OS'es should not be a priority in life

[nzbtc]

Here's what I currently have going:

http://imigi.tk/6pzxgv/minerstats.PNG

Everything updates live (once per second) thanks to the power of javascript!

At the minute, only requires you to install php5 on top of LinuxCoin, and use a custom version of phoenix. I would like to add some database logging with either sqlite or mysql for history stats...

Still WIP!

Oh, and I borrowed the style from http://bitval.dorphern.dk/ !
I will make my own when the time comes

[drgr33n]

Thanks guys for the donations even though I messed up a bit !! Don't worry when the ISO is rereleased all issues will be addressed. Not much work really I should have something by tonight.

[organofcorti]

Here's what I currently have going:



Everything updates live (once per second) thanks to the power of javascript!

At the minute, only requires you to install php5 on top of LinuxCoin, and use a custom version of phoenix. I would like to add some database logging with either sqlite or mysql for history stats...

Still WIP!

Oh, and I borrowed the style from http://bitval.dorphern.dk/ !
I will make my own when the time comes

What size PSU do you have for that three card setup? I can't mine up and think the PSU might not be enough.

[nzbtc]

What size PSU do you have for that three card setup? I can't mine up and think the PSU might not be enough.

I'm running 3x Sapphire Extreme 5850's on a 750Watt PSU. Overclocked to 885 Core, 300 Mem, Running fine as far as I can tell

[CydeWeys]

I'm eagerly looking forward to the new release tonight with the Catalyst 11.6 driver and will begin using it immediately.  Thanks!

[Folax]

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.

?

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

[CydeWeys]

Folax, that change has already been incorporated into the latest versions of all the big miners.  Grabbing the latest version of the miners is a one minute kind of affair, and I had to do it with Linuxcoin 0.2A anyway because, for whatever reason, the included version of Phoenix wasn't working, but a fresh copy from Subversion was.  I guess the only way this is really going to mess you up is if you aren't using Persistence, in which case you'd have to update the miners each time you rebooted the computer.

[goldbit]

Whoops look like you may of wrote to the wrong disk bud in no way does Linuxcoin touch your hdd. Load up Linuxcoin and post the results of typing the following into a root terminal.

Code:

df -h
Fdisk /dev/sda
p
q

And I'll help you out more.

root@linuxcoin:/home/user# df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
aufs                  917G  227M  871G   1% /
tmpfs                 5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /lib/init/rw
tmpfs                 397M  600K  397M   1% /run
tmpfs                 5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
tmpfs                 794M  240K  794M   1% /tmp
udev                  1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev
tmpfs                 794M  4.0K  794M   1% /run/shm
/dev/sdc1             1.0G  773M  251M  76% /live/image
/dev/sda2             917G  227M  871G   1% /live/cow
tmpfs                 2.0G     0  2.0G   0% /live
root@linuxcoin:/home/user# fdisk /dev/sda

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4a450830

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048      206847      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2          206848  1953521663   976657408    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

Oops. I think it really wrote my HDD. What should I do?

[CydeWeys]

If you deleted a data partition on your HDD and then re-formatted it with a different filesystem type you're pretty thoroughly @$^#ed.