Mac miner front-ends to Diablo and RPC

[Tongpu]

Diablo Miner gives me this:
ERROR: OpenCL platform Apple contains no devices.

RPCminer gives me no errors.

I'm sure I've got GPU, so it should be compatible with DiabloMiner.

What could be the problem?

[martinw79]

Totally new @ this and could use some help.  On my main PC I am running GUIMiner and it's working fine.  I tried to use DiabloMiner and connect to the main PC that way GUIMiner shows it as a separate Miner instance.

I know the Mac can get to the main PC, they can ping and telnet to port 8333.

Diablo states this error;


Starting DiabloMiner (GPU)...
-----------------------------
[6/2/11 8:50:02 PM] Started
[6/2/11 8:50:02 PM] Connecting to: http://192.168.88.5:8333/
[6/2/11 8:50:02 PM] Added GeForce 9400M (#1) (2 CU, local work size of 256)
[6/2/11 8:52:04 PM] ERROR: Can't connect to Bitcoin: Unexpected end of file from server

[stellan0r]

Good morning,

can someone please explain me how do I setup the DiabloMiner.app for SOLO mining, if this is possible at all?

Like do I have to run the Bitcoin Client, what do I enter then in the DiabloMiner Setup for host, port, user and pw?


Thanks!

Set the user and pw you put in bitcoin.conf, and use localhost and 8332

Thanks Diablo! But can you please specify that?

like those: 

#rpcuser=user
#rpcpassword=password

?
I know where to put the file, but I'm not sure what I have to put in it to make it work.

[coel]

I'm getting errors like this:

[01.06.11 01:49:04] ERROR: Can't connect to Bitcoin: Unexpected end of file from server

The port was set to 8333 instead of 8332. I'm wondering why it partly seemed to work at all. :-)

[KRec]

Hey guys,
Pretty new to mining so any help is very appreciated.

I seem to be having 2 issues. I have a 27" Imac with a Radeon HD 5750 it is currently mining between 70-72Mhash. According to hardware comparsion on the wiki with the right flags it should be running well over 120 and up to 170MHash/s. Is there a way to add the -v -f flags to increase my hash rate or am i doing something else wrong (everything is closed).

My other issue is my stale rate has been very high 12-15% on deepbit and the same or more other places. Any ideas what i'm doing wrong here. I get a few device hardware issue warnings and a few rejected blocks every 15 minutes or so. Thanks for any advice guys. Great app thanks for that hoping to donate once i start making some BTC.

[vonshmitt]

I am having a very similar problem with the exact same computer setup.  (27" Imac with a Radeon HD 5750 it is currently mining between 70-72Mhash)

The odd thing is that ALL of mine are being rejected about 15 minutes after I get them.  I am not sure if I set this up correctly or if I am starting it up right. 

1) I open bitcoin-0.3.2.1
2) I start DiabloMiner
Server host name or IP address [mining.bitcoin.cz]:
Server port number [8332]:
Miner username [sbuXXX.workXX]:
Miner password [XXXXXX]:


Below is my bitcoin.conf file located in ~/.bitcoin
rpcuser=sbuXXX
rpcpassword=XXXXXX
gen=1
server=1

What am I doing incorrectly?  Thanks for the help!

-VONNY

[DiabloD3]

Hey guys,
Pretty new to mining so any help is very appreciated.

I seem to be having 2 issues. I have a 27" Imac with a Radeon HD 5750 it is currently mining between 70-72Mhash. According to hardware comparsion on the wiki with the right flags it should be running well over 120 and up to 170MHash/s. Is there a way to add the -v -f flags to increase my hash rate or am i doing something else wrong (everything is closed).

My other issue is my stale rate has been very high 12-15% on deepbit and the same or more other places. Any ideas what i'm doing wrong here. I get a few device hardware issue warnings and a few rejected blocks every 15 minutes or so. Thanks for any advice guys. Great app thanks for that hoping to donate once i start making some BTC.

You're on a Mac. OSX sucks about 40% of your hashing speed out because it has an inferior OpenCL implementation and can't do bfi_int on Radeons.

So yeah, that sounds about right.

[DiabloD3]

Good morning,

can someone please explain me how do I setup the DiabloMiner.app for SOLO mining, if this is possible at all?

Like do I have to run the Bitcoin Client, what do I enter then in the DiabloMiner Setup for host, port, user and pw?


Thanks!

Set the user and pw you put in bitcoin.conf, and use localhost and 8332

Thanks Diablo! But can you please specify that?

like those:  

#rpcuser=user
#rpcpassword=password

?
I know where to put the file, but I'm not sure what I have to put in it to make it work.

Try this:

rpcuser=(your account name)
rpcpassword=(your password)
rpcport=8332
gen=1
server=1

That's my bitcon.conf

rpcuser and rpcpassword means the account where your Bitcointclient is running at. Write it without "#" in the bitcoin.conf.

My diablo seems to be running now.

It just saying this:

Starting DiabloMiner (GPU)...
-----------------------------
[03.06.11 12:34:04] Started
[03.06.11 12:34:04] Connecting to: http://127.0.0.1:8332/
[03.06.11 12:34:05] Added GeForce 9600M GT (#1) (4 CU, local work size of 256)
[03.06.11 12:34:08] Added GeForce 9400M (#2) (2 CU, local work size of 256)
2411/2436 khash/sec


Is it right?

If you have one of the Macs with a hybrid GPU setup, OpenCL apps may not function correctly.

[KRec]

I cant seem to get windows to correctly run OpenCL i believe because of bootcamp driver issues. Should i look into running linux or would i have the same problems.

[DiabloD3]

I cant seem to get windows to correctly run OpenCL i believe because of bootcamp driver issues. Should i look into running linux or would i have the same problems.

Should work properly in Linux.

[DiabloD3]

Good morning,

can someone please explain me how do I setup the DiabloMiner.app for SOLO mining, if this is possible at all?

Like do I have to run the Bitcoin Client, what do I enter then in the DiabloMiner Setup for host, port, user and pw?


Thanks!

Set the user and pw you put in bitcoin.conf, and use localhost and 8332

Thanks Diablo! But can you please specify that?

like those:  

#rpcuser=user
#rpcpassword=password

?
I know where to put the file, but I'm not sure what I have to put in it to make it work.

Try this:

rpcuser=(your account name)
rpcpassword=(your password)
rpcport=8332
gen=1
server=1

That's my bitcon.conf

rpcuser and rpcpassword means the account where your Bitcointclient is running at. Write it without "#" in the bitcoin.conf.

My diablo seems to be running now.

It just saying this:

Starting DiabloMiner (GPU)...
-----------------------------
[03.06.11 12:34:04] Started
[03.06.11 12:34:04] Connecting to: http://127.0.0.1:8332/
[03.06.11 12:34:05] Added GeForce 9600M GT (#1) (4 CU, local work size of 256)
[03.06.11 12:34:08] Added GeForce 9400M (#2) (2 CU, local work size of 256)
2411/2436 khash/sec


Is it right?

If you have one of the Macs with a hybrid GPU setup, OpenCL apps may not function correctly.

I think no. It's just a Macbook Pro (late 08) for testing. Something like Dual Core 2,4 with 9600 and/or 9400.  The "big" test's starting on Monday.

Anyway, can you gife me/us an example of "you got a trophy" with Diablo miner. 

*cough* Thats a dual nvidia hybrid. Only one chip is on at the same time, and it confuses the hell out of most apps because OSX is too stupid to not list chips that are powered off.

[kitsura]

Hi Diablo, I'm running the RPCminer on a quad-core Xeon 2.26GHz and only getting about 2MHash/s.
Even my ancient core2 duo PC is getting about 5MHash/s so what am I doing wrong?

[DiabloD3]

Hi Diablo, I'm running the RPCminer on a quad-core Xeon 2.26GHz and only getting about 2MHash/s.
Even my ancient core2 duo PC is getting about 5MHash/s so what am I doing wrong?

Ahh, dunno. Your question would be better off towards the author of RPC Miner or the front end for it.

[Tongpu]

I've got a crappy Intel GMA X3100 on my MacBook.
Isn't it compatible with GPU miners?

[DiabloD3]

I've got a crappy Intel GMA X3100 on my MacBook.
Isn't it compatible with GPU miners?

No. Intel only very recently manufactured GPUs that do OpenCL, it is limited to the new GMA HD 2000/3000 series only. GMA 2000/3000/4000 and GMA HD (aka 5000 aka HD 1000) do not support it and do not even have the hardware to support it.

[batkiller]

Hello,

I'm using a (primitive) MacBook Core Duo, so I'm using rpcminer instead of diablo, but although the connection wizard saves all the pool mining information (site, port, worker, password, etc.) correctly, the terminal window disappears and there's no indication that it's actually running. Netstat shows nothing listening on port 8332, top doesn't show any process resembling rpcminer, so my question is: is it actually running? It looks like everyone's posts about diablo indicate an active terminal window that's constantly displaying/updating activity--should rpcminer do the same? Also, does the bitcoin.app have to be running simultaneously?

So my simplified question: what does rpcminer look like when it's running? Is it an invisible process, or should I be seeing some sort of feedback about its activity?

Thanks!

[MacCompiler]

So my simplified question: what does rpcminer look like when it's running? Is it an invisible process, or should I be seeing some sort of feedback about its activity?

You should be looking at a Terminal window that displays information about the mining performance. Also, if something goes wrong; the Terminal window should remain open and display more information if something went wrong. Do you get a crash dialog or some other information when the application disappears?

Also, does the bitcoin.app have to be running simultaneously?

Only when doing solo-mining (not connecting to a third-party pool).

[batkiller]

Thanks for the reply! No, there's nothing... as soon as I hit 'enter' or wait the 15 seconds, the terminal window immediately disappears. The only information in the system log is that a new process was started, and then 2 seconds later the process died. Is there a way to force the terminal window to stay open so I can see any error messages? I know how to do that when issuing a command, but not from within the rpcminer app (or its menu).

[MacCompiler]

batkiller, I sent you a personal message with information on how to get some more debug information. Please respond to that message and I’ll see what I can do.

[aBitcoiner]

Feature request:
Diablominer keeps crashing every few hours. (Apparently thanks to Apple's poor OpenCL implementation.) Would it be possible to have your front-end check every few minutes if the process is alive and restart the miner if it wasn't killed manually?

Anyway nice job with the app. Makes things really easy.

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