Ubuntu Natty Narwhal 11.04 Mining Guide / HOWTO

[Inaba]

You need to force aticonfig.

As stated in the guide, use sudo aticonfig --initial -f --adapter=all.  Not sudo aticonfig --initial --adapter=all

[darkpandora]

You need to force aticonfig.

As stated in the guide, use sudo aticonfig --initial -f --adapter=all.  Not sudo aticonfig --initial --adapter=all

thx. but i get this error when i enter sudo aticonfig --initial -f --adapter=all

No protocol specified
Uninitialised file found, configuring.
PowerXpress error: Cannot stat '/usr/lib64/fglrx/switchlibGL': No such file or directory
Failed to initialize libglx for discrete GPU
Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Saving back-up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx-2

[Inaba]

Are you using a 64 bit distro or a 32 bit?

Also do an lspci -v and put the output on pastebin.  I am would like to see your config and if someone else also is having the same problem, the output of lspci -v as well.

[darkpandora]

i use ubuntu 64bit.

[mouser98]

i accidentally started my CPU (DEVICE=0) mining, what is the command to turn it off?

[Inaba]

i use ubuntu 64bit.

do an lspci -v and put the output on pastebin.  I am would like to see your config and if someone else also is having the same problem, the output of lspci -v as well.

ctrl-c
i accidentally started my CPU (DEVICE=0) mining, what is the command to turn it off?

[cbeast]

You need to force aticonfig.

As stated in the guide, use sudo aticonfig --initial -f --adapter=all.  Not sudo aticonfig --initial --adapter=all

thx. but i get this error when i enter sudo aticonfig --initial -f --adapter=all

No protocol specified
Uninitialised file found, configuring.
PowerXpress error: Cannot stat '/usr/lib64/fglrx/switchlibGL': No such file or directory
Failed to initialize libglx for discrete GPU
Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Saving back-up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx-2

I think I had that one too. I reinstalled Ubuntu, make sure you do not check the online update options. Just copy/paste the command strings one at a time and follow the guide precisely and it will work.

[mouser98]

You need to force aticonfig.

As stated in the guide, use sudo aticonfig --initial -f --adapter=all.  Not sudo aticonfig --initial --adapter=all

thx. but i get this error when i enter sudo aticonfig --initial -f --adapter=all

No protocol specified
Uninitialised file found, configuring.
PowerXpress error: Cannot stat '/usr/lib64/fglrx/switchlibGL': No such file or directory
Failed to initialize libglx for discrete GPU
Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Saving back-up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx-2

I think I had that one too. I reinstalled Ubuntu, make sure you do not check the online update options. Just copy/paste the command strings one at a time and follow the guide precisely and it will work.

can you copy paste into the putty shell?  i typed all that stuff in by hand

sorry to keep asking noob linux questions, but you say ctrl-c to shut down the CPU, but how would i do that in SSH?  how do i point that at DEVICE=0?

[darkpandora]

i use ubuntu 64bit.

do an lspci -v and put the output on pastebin.  I am would like to see your config and if someone else also is having the same problem, the output of lspci -v as well.

ctrl-c
i accidentally started my CPU (DEVICE=0) mining, what is the command to turn it off?

here:)
http://pastebin.com/MWjPEQs4

[Inaba]

Yes, you can paste into PuTTY.   I don't understand your second question, though?

If you are on the screen with the miner that is using the CPU, just use ctrl-c to kill the miner.  Or, if you haven't backgrounded the process (which you probably haven't) just killing the PuTTY session and opening another one should kill it.

[Inaba]

That can't be all of the output for lspci -v.  I think it got cut off.  It's missing a bunch of information.  Specifically, none of your graphics cards are listed.

[mouser98]

Yes, you can paste into PuTTY.   I don't understand your second question, though?

If you are on the screen with the miner that is using the CPU, just use ctrl-c to kill the miner.  Or, if you haven't backgrounded the process (which you probably haven't) just killing the PuTTY session and opening another one should kill it.

okay i think i understand.  thanks

[darkpandora]

That can't be all of the output for lspci -v.  I think it got cut off.  It's missing a bunch of information.  Specifically, none of your graphics cards are listed.

that was all i got, from top to bottom. what should i do? reinstall ubuntu and avoid updates?

[Inaba]

That can't be all of the output for lspci -v.  I think it got cut off.  It's missing a bunch of information.  Specifically, none of your graphics cards are listed.

that was all i got, from top to bottom. what should i do? reinstall ubuntu and avoid updates?

There is no way that's all you got.  You need to scroll up and get the rest of it.

You could also do lspci -v > output.txt and then copy the contents of output.txt to pastebin.

[darkpandora]

That can't be all of the output for lspci -v.  I think it got cut off.  It's missing a bunch of information.  Specifically, none of your graphics cards are listed.

that was all i got, from top to bottom. what should i do? reinstall ubuntu and avoid updates?

There is no way that's all you got.  You need to scroll up and get the rest of it.

You could also do lspci -v > output.txt and then copy the contents of output.txt to pastebin.

hers and image of the screen. there is no more scroll up:(

[asfas16123]

Is anyone else getting crashes with settings above aggression 6 or 7 on ubuntu or xubuntu?
I am runnning all my GPUs on aggression 6 because otherwise it is instable, FASTLOOP also makes it instable. The whole box crashes and becomes unresponsive, after minutes, sometimes a few hours of uptime.
I use sempron 140 cpus and 2 gigs of ram.

Yes, that seems to happen to me too.
I use Athlon X2 245.

are you by chance running linux from a flashdrive? I think this might be the reason

[Inaba]

You screen buffer is too small, you need to increase it in PuTTY.  Don't ask me how to do that, because I don't use PuTTY (I use SecureCRT).

I set my buffer to 32000 lines of scrollback.

[gedeon]

hi,

i installed 2 another machine, but if i ty to start them, i get the error message
Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC

./poclbm.py --platform 1 -d2 -v -f10 --host=http://xxxx --user=xxx --pass=xxx

any idea?

i am using a vigor router, checked firewall, and port forward settings 15x.

and one of my machines is working....

thx

Gedeon

[MiningBuddy]

Does anyone know how to upgrade from SDK 2.1 to SDK 2.4?
Or install 2.4 in a separate location for testing purposes?

please help, thank you

[darkpandora]

You screen buffer is too small, you need to increase it in PuTTY.  Don't ask me how to do that, because I don't use PuTTY (I use SecureCRT).

I set my buffer to 32000 lines of scrollback.

i set mine to 50000 lines. this is what i got: http://pastebin.com/rRr105GP
and i reinstalled ubuntu to be 100% sure it was not the updates that was causing this.