Ubuntu Natty Narwhal 11.04 Mining Guide / HOWTO

[sunbird]

Hi all,

This post did work for me https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9239.0 - at least partially. I now have the graphics cards working with the drivers and AMDsdk installed and working. But my graphics card doesn't show up with opencl:

Code:

$ ../poclbm/poclbm.py
No protocol specified
No device specified or device not found, use -d to specify one of the following

[0] AMD Sempron(tm) 145 Processor

running /.clinfo also shows only the processor, not the card.

But the card is installed and the graphics driver sees it:

Code:

$ DISPLAY=:0 sudo aticonfig --odgt --adapter=all

Adapter 0 - ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series         
            Sensor 0: Temperature - 48.50 C

Thoughts from the group?

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[Christian Pezza]

Hi all,

This post did work for me https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9239.0 - at least partially. I now have the graphics cards working with the drivers and AMDsdk installed and working. But my graphics card doesn't show up with opencl:

Code:

$ ../poclbm/poclbm.py
No protocol specified
No device specified or device not found, use -d to specify one of the following

[0] AMD Sempron(tm) 145 Processor

running /.clinfo also shows only the processor, not the card.

But the card is installed and the graphics driver sees it:

Code:

$ DISPLAY=:0 sudo aticonfig --odgt --adapter=all

Adapter 0 - ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series        
            Sensor 0: Temperature - 48.50 C

Thoughts from the group?

see
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=7514.msg438546#msg438546

and reboot

[sunbird]

Hi all,

This post did work for me https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9239.0 - at least partially. I now have the graphics cards working with the drivers and AMDsdk installed and working. But my graphics card doesn't show up with opencl:

Code:

$ ../poclbm/poclbm.py
No protocol specified
No device specified or device not found, use -d to specify one of the following

[0] AMD Sempron(tm) 145 Processor

running /.clinfo also shows only the processor, not the card.

But the card is installed and the graphics driver sees it:

Code:

$ DISPLAY=:0 sudo aticonfig --odgt --adapter=all

Adapter 0 - ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series        
            Sensor 0: Temperature - 48.50 C

Thoughts from the group?

see
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=7514.msg438546#msg438546

and reboot

Thanks. I tried this but poclbm still doesn't see my video card when running as standard user. However, in the same thread you referenced, someone mentioned running poclbm as root and that does see both my cards. The ati sdk directories are owned by root, but all the files are chmod'd 755, so they should be executable by a non-priv user. Obviously, i'm not going to run my mining as root...

Any ideas?

[Christian Pezza]

After a PM to Inaba he answer me:
"I will look into rewriting it sometime in the near future."

but not much more for now

I am totally stuck I wish to help more

You might check this alternate Ubuntu install thread to see if it works better for the steps you have trouble with.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9239.0

I started with the one in this thread but ended with better results following that one.

same problem but the real deal is:
Cannot write to `bitcoin-0.3.21-linux.tar.gz' (Read-only file system).

cannot write to 'anything doesent matter what u do'

any Idea... never changed and what make different now from 2 moths a go 

Cheers

BTW I am stuck I don't have time to study more stuff

[Anonymous]

I got this on step 13 (I tried to traduce it):

Code:

user@computername:~$ tar zxfv pyopencl-0.92.tar.gz
tar (child): pyopencl-0.92.tar.gz : the function open has failed: No file or folder of this type
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Could some one explain me, what that means and how I can fix it?

[BkkCoins]

I got this on step 13 (I tried to traduce it):

Code:

user@computername:~$ tar zxfv pyopencl-0.92.tar.gz
tar (child): pyopencl-0.92.tar.gz : the function open has failed: No file or folder of this type
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Could some one explain me, what that means and how I can fix it?

You need a dash in front of zxfv ie. -zxfv since it's options, not a filename.
Also the order is wrong as the filename follows so the f must be last,

-xzvf

[amazingrando]

I have several machines set up with the original config (2.4) in the first post.  The driver is 11.4 and I want to upgrade to 11.6 or newer so I can over/underclock past BIOS limits.

I tried this process, but I get a "No protocol specified" error after the upgrade

Code:

cd ~
sudo apt-get remove fglrx
wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-11-6-x86.x86_64.run
sudo sh ati-driver-installer-11-6-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/natty
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo aticonfig -f --initial --adapter=all
sudo reboot

Is there a better way to do the upgrade?

Also, can the newest version, 11.8, work with APP SDK 2.4, or would that need to be upgraded too?  If so, I'd just stick with 11.6.

[Anonymous]

I got this on step 13 (I tried to traduce it):

Code:

user@computername:~$ tar zxfv pyopencl-0.92.tar.gz
tar (child): pyopencl-0.92.tar.gz : the function open has failed: No file or folder of this type
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Could some one explain me, what that means and how I can fix it?

You need a dash in front of zxfv ie. -zxfv since it's options, not a filename.
Also the order is wrong as the filename follows so the f must be last,

-xzvf

Well, I tried some changes out and it changed nothing. I still get:

Code:

user@computer:~$ tar -xzvf pyopencl-0.92.tar.gz
tar (child): pyopencl-0.92.tar.gz : the function open has failed: No file or folder of this type
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Code:

user@computer:~$ sudo tar -xzvf pyopencl-0.92.tar.gz
tar (child): pyopencl-0.92.tar.gz : the function open has failed: No file or folder of this type
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Code:

user@computer:~$ sudo tar -xzvf pyopencl-0.92.tar.gz -C /
tar (child): pyopencl-0.92.tar.gz : the function open has failed: No file or folder of this type
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

[fivebells]

Well, I tried some changes out and it changed nothing. I still get:

  Tell us the output of

Code:

file pyopencl-0.92.tar.gz

[Anonymous]

Well, I tried some changes out and it changed nothing. I still get:

  Tell us the output of

Code:

file pyopencl-0.92.tar.gz

I got this:

Code:

user@computer:~$ file pyopencl-0.92.tar.gz
pyopencl-0.92.tar.gz: ERROR: cannot open `pyopencl-0.92.tar.gz' (No such file or directory)

[fivebells]

Either you're in the wrong directory, or the download didn't succeed.  Send the output of the following command (may take a while to run, as it is crawling your entire filesystem.)

Code:

sudo find / -name pyopencl

If you followed the instructions in the OP, you might also try

Code:

screen -r stream

  If that runs w/o errors, try Cntrl-a Cntrl-Space a few times until you cycle through.  One of the windows you see in this process will contain the wget pyopencl command.  If the download has finished, run the command

Code:

pwd

, note the directory path it reports,  and follow the instructions from there.

[Anonymous]

Either you're in the wrong directory, or the download didn't succeed.  Send the output of the following command (may take a while to run, as it is crawling your entire filesystem.)

Code:

sudo find / -name pyopencl

If you followed the instructions in the OP, you might also try

Code:

screen -r stream

  If that runs w/o errors, try Cntrl-a Cntrl-Space a few times until you cycle through.  One of the windows you see in this process will contain the wget pyopencl command.  If the download has finished, run the command

Code:

pwd

, note the directory path it reports,  and follow the instructions from there.

Code:

user@computer:~$ sudo find / -name pyopencl
[sudo] password for user:
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/pyopencl
/usr/lib/pyshared/python2.7/pyopencl
/usr/lib/pyshared/python2.6/pyopencl
/usr/share/pyshared/pyopencl

I'll try what you suggested.

[fivebells]

That won't work, because the output of the find command indicates that the download did not succeed.  Did you complete step 13. from the OP?

[Anonymous]

That won't work, because the output of the find command indicates that the download did not succeed.  Did you complete step 13. from the OP?

Actually, it's step 13 that doesn't work for any reason.

P.S.: I took the second Tutorial, because I have a 6670. Did I understood correctly the text?

[fivebells]

Can you point me at the second tutorial?  I am only aware of the one in the OP.

Hmm, I read carelessly, thought step 13 was the download of pyopencl, since it was the first place it appears in the sequence.  It appears that those instructions are incomplete.   Try downloading it with the command

Code:

wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyopencl/pyopencl-0.92.tar.gz

[Anonymous]

Can you point me at the second tutorial?  I am only aware of the one in the OP.

Hmm, I read carelessly, thought step 13 was the download of pyopencl, since it was the first place it appears in the sequence.  It appears that those instructions are incomplete.   Try downloading it with the command

Code:

wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyopencl/pyopencl-0.92.tar.gz

(Stop speaking so complex English. I'm just a poor french guy, who got lost here )

It worked, thank you very much

Well, as I understood the post, the second tutorial shall be for the V2.4 of AMD SDK and the 6XXX Series.

But don't ask me something about the command lines. I just understand the idea behind all that.

I got one more error on step 15.

Code:

user@computer:~$ svn checkout http://svn.json-rpc.org/trunk/python-jsonrpc
svn: OPTIONS de 'http://svn.json-rpc.org/trunk/python-jsonrpc': Could not resolve hostname `svn.json-rpc.org': No adress is associated with the host name (http://svn.json-rpc.org)

While the link on step 16. works, this one doesn't.

[fivebells]

The python-json repository has moved.  The OP should update those instructions.  This is the new way to download that code:

Code:

sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install mercurial
hg clone https://bitbucket.org/Kommit/python-jsonrpc

[Anonymous]

I finally got it installed 

Thank you very much for your help

[Littleshop]

The python-json repository has moved.  The OP should update those instructions.  This is the new way to download that code:

Code:

sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install mercurial
hg clone https://bitbucket.org/Kommit/python-jsonrpc

Which steps does this replace?

[fivebells]

Step 15 in the OP.  I notice that there is also a wget of a python-jsonrpc at step 8, so perhaps it's redundant.