I've found in my experience that running it with cpuminer (not controller) seems to work a whole lot better in linux than windows. Just look in `dmesg` when you plug the usb in and it'll give you the comm (/dev/xxxUSBxxx) that was connected and just use that to start cpuminer with and just works, no configuration on port needed.
That sounds great! Linux,,I've always wanted to try it out. What things besides comm port assignment and config' does Linux do better where mining with GS5s goes?
Is it easy to install Linux on a partition of my current winxp or win7 hard drive?
I don't care if I'm using Windblow$ or not. I am from the good ol' days of DOS and I loved how fast it ran and how easy it was to use...oh the joy! Anyway, enlighten me on your experiences with Linux, if you would be so kind.
Thanks
Wolfey2014
Linux is a big topic. There are a lot of guides around the web.
For most mining, it's about the same linux/window; but for gridseeds it was just easier in linux (for me atleast, I had problems with COM ports in windows). When plugged in, dmesg gives this:
[1170592.480023] usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[1170592.656033] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0483, idProduct=5740
[1170592.656036] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[1170592.656038] usb 3-1: Product: STM32 Virtual COM Port
[1170592.656040] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: STMicroelectronics
[1170592.656041] usb 3-1: SerialNumber: 8D8737965551
[1170608.388477] cdc_acm 3-1:1.0: This device cannot do calls on its own. It is not a modem.
[1170608.388558] cdc_acm 3-1:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
It shows up as ttyACM0 (some versions will show up as ttyUSB0)
Then I just build the cpuminer (fork provided by gridseed) and then just gave it the option from above:
--gc3355=/dev/ttyACM0