[5 BTC Bounty] Tutorial for getting my first BAMT rig working

[yochdog]

Here's the deal:

I am a complete ignoramous when it comes to Linux and BAMT.  I have been all windows my whole life.

I do not want to read through 98 pages to figure it all out on my own, I would rather pay someone for a concise, step by step guide to getting my latest rig hooked to a pool and hashing.

Things i have already done:

-written image to flash drive
-successfully gotten to splash screen
-currently sitting at a prompt User@bamt-miner:~$


I have a single 7970 on the MOBO, but would like to add 2 more once I get the one running.

First person to get me up and running gets the bounty.

THANKS IN ADVANCE!!

[gweedo]

use these commands...

Code:

vi /etc/bamt/bamt.conf

then arrow down until you find, if you get an error trying to open it, then use

Code:

sudo !!

you have to be root
otherwise look for these lines

Code:

gpu1:
  disabled: 1

and change to

Code:

gpu1:
  disabled: 0

do that for gpu2 and gpu3 also which is a couple lines down after gpu1

[rjk]

Do 7970s even work with BAMT?

[yochdog]

Do 7970s even work with BAMT?

I guess I am about to find out, eh?

[yochdog]

use these commands...

Code:

vi /etc/bamt/bamt.conf

then arrow down until you find, if you get an error trying to open it, then use

Code:

sudo !!

you have to be root
otherwise look for these lines

Code:

gpu1:
  disabled: 1

and change to

Code:

gpu1:
  disabled: 0

do that for gpu2 and gpu3 also which is a couple lines down after gpu1

I am gonna need a little more than that......act like you are talking with a 9 year old.

[rjk]

When you boot BAMT you should get a graphical screen anyways, not a command prompt. Wonder if it already hates you because of the 7970. Try a different card just for grins and see what happens.

[yochdog]

When you boot BAMT you should get a graphical screen anyways, not a command prompt. Wonder if it already hates you because of the 7970. Try a different card just for grins and see what happens.

Crap, I am not sure if I have any spares lying aroung the house.  Would a 5970 work?

[gweedo]

use these commands...

Code:

vi /etc/bamt/bamt.conf

then arrow down until you find, if you get an error trying to open it, then use

Code:

sudo !!

you have to be root
otherwise look for these lines

Code:

gpu1:
  disabled: 1

and change to

Code:

gpu1:
  disabled: 0

do that for gpu2 and gpu3 also which is a couple lines down after gpu1

I am gonna need a little more than that......act like you are talking with a 9 year old.

well what that does is let you into the configuration file that Bamt will know how many GPUs to look for, right now all gpu's are disable so we have to enable them.
so we have to open a text editor and edit it, that is what vi is so you have to edit that file the way I pointed out. So after you type the command

Code:

sudo vi /etc/bamt/bamt.conf

and after that you should be prompted to enter your root password. Then just hit the "i" button to start entering into vi, then after that use your arrow keys to go to the line that has

Code:

gpu1:
  disabled: 1

Then change that 1 to a 0. Then just hit "esc" button then type :wq and hit enter. Then restart Bamt using

Code:

shutdown -r now

and that should work to have BAMT see your first gpu when you want to add another GPU just go to the next one that has gpu2 and change the disable to 0. 0 in linux means true, 1 means false.

[yochdog]

use these commands...

Code:

vi /etc/bamt/bamt.conf

then arrow down until you find, if you get an error trying to open it, then use

Code:

sudo !!

you have to be root
otherwise look for these lines

Code:

gpu1:
  disabled: 1

and change to

Code:

gpu1:
  disabled: 0

do that for gpu2 and gpu3 also which is a couple lines down after gpu1

I am gonna need a little more than that......act like you are talking with a 9 year old.

well what that does is let you into the configuration file that Bamt will know how many GPUs to look for, right now all gpu's are disable so we have to enable them.
so we have to open a text editor and edit it, that is what vi is so you have to edit that file the way I pointed out. So after you type the command

Code:

sudo vi /etc/bamt/bamt.conf

and after that you should be prompted to enter your root password. Then just hit the "i" button to start entering into vi, then after that use your arrow keys to go to the line that has

Code:

gpu1:
  disabled: 1

Then change that 1 to a 0. Then just hit "esc" button then type :wq and hit enter. Then restart Bamt using

Code:

shutdown -r now

and that should work to have BAMT see your first gpu when you want to add another GPU just go to the next one that has gpu2 and change the disable to 0. 0 in linux means true, 1 means false.

How do I set a pool? 

[gweedo]

When you boot BAMT you should get a graphical screen anyways, not a command prompt. Wonder if it already hates you because of the 7970. Try a different card just for grins and see what happens.

Crap, I am not sure if I have any spares lying aroung the house.  Would a 5970 work?

I think to get a GUI just use the command

Code:

startx

after you login

[gweedo]

use these commands...

Code:

vi /etc/bamt/bamt.conf

then arrow down until you find, if you get an error trying to open it, then use

Code:

sudo !!

you have to be root
otherwise look for these lines

Code:

gpu1:
  disabled: 1

and change to

Code:

gpu1:
  disabled: 0

do that for gpu2 and gpu3 also which is a couple lines down after gpu1

I am gonna need a little more than that......act like you are talking with a 9 year old.

well what that does is let you into the configuration file that Bamt will know how many GPUs to look for, right now all gpu's are disable so we have to enable them.
so we have to open a text editor and edit it, that is what vi is so you have to edit that file the way I pointed out. So after you type the command

Code:

sudo vi /etc/bamt/bamt.conf

and after that you should be prompted to enter your root password. Then just hit the "i" button to start entering into vi, then after that use your arrow keys to go to the line that has

Code:

gpu1:
  disabled: 1

Then change that 1 to a 0. Then just hit "esc" button then type :wq and hit enter. Then restart Bamt using

Code:

shutdown -r now

and that should work to have BAMT see your first gpu when you want to add another GPU just go to the next one that has gpu2 and change the disable to 0. 0 in linux means true, 1 means false.

How do I set a pool? 

you need to edit the file /etc/bamt/pools almost the same way I described the gpu part just in vi go to

Code:

http://user:pass@pool.net:8332/

and replace that with one that points to your pool

[yochdog]

This is what i am looking at

[gweedo]

yea i think gnome failed I see can't really see the top you may want to try a fresh install


EDIT: wait you have a couple things failed you need a fresh install!

[rjk]

I don't recognize that error, but lodcrappo isn't around very often... I somehow doubt that that error is related to the choice of card, but to answer your earlier question - yes a 5970 should work fine.

Perhaps you can try another USB on another rig?

[yochdog]

I don't recognize that error, but lodcrappo isn't around very often... I somehow doubt that that error is related to the choice of card, but to answer your earlier question - yes a 5970 should work fine.

Perhaps you can try another USB on another rig?

Damit.  All this shit is brand new......didnt want to start swapping stuff already.

So it should go right into a GUI, not go to that prompt?

[gweedo]

I don't recognize that error, but lodcrappo isn't around very often... I somehow doubt that that error is related to the choice of card, but to answer your earlier question - yes a 5970 should work fine.

Perhaps you can try another USB on another rig?

Damit.  All this shit is brand new......didnt want to start swapping stuff already.

So it should go right into a GUI, not go to that prompt?

http://<iframe src="https://skydrive.live.com/embed?cid=C693871342755AD0&resid=C693871342755AD0%21457&authkey=AK3B69Zko3lde4A" width="320" height="240" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>

yea it should but I thought you were entering thru ssh, but yea it should goto a gui, you can try to force a GUI with the command

Code:

startx

but you will probably get an error, plus there is another error with your user id and idk think i can solved that over a forum LOL

[yochdog]

I don't recognize that error, but lodcrappo isn't around very often... I somehow doubt that that error is related to the choice of card, but to answer your earlier question - yes a 5970 should work fine.

Perhaps you can try another USB on another rig?

Damit.  All this shit is brand new......didnt want to start swapping stuff already.

So it should go right into a GUI, not go to that prompt?

http://<iframe src="https://skydrive.live.com/embed?cid=C693871342755AD0&resid=C693871342755AD0%21457&authkey=AK3B69Zko3lde4A" width="320" height="240" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>

yea it should but I thought you were entering thru ssh, but yea it should goto a gui, you can try to force a GUI with the command

Code:

startx

but you will probably get an error, plus there is another error with your user id and idk think i can solved that over a forum LOL

The second screenshot is what I get with startx......

[gweedo]

ok you just have to add the gpu but what i said above and maybe that will work with that command

[rjk]

This is the best I can find from the BAMT mega thread... sorry I can't help more I need to go now.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=65915.msg903244#msg903244

[jl2012]

Try to update to SDK2.7 first:

At the user@bamt-miner:~$ command prompt:

1. sudo apt-get install wget
2. wget http://developer.amd.com/Downloads/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.7-lnx32.tgz
3. tar -xvzf AMD-APP-SDK-v2.7-lnx32.tgz
4. ./Install-AMD-APP.sh
5. sudo reboot

see if you can enter the GUI