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Topic: BAMT version 0.5 - Easy USB based mining Linux with farm wide management tools - page 15. (Read 324176 times)

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Please pastebin your bamt.conf

Before I dump the whole thing... other than enabling the two GPUs that need to mine and editing pools is there anything else that is necessary to get started? To make things as simple as possible, I started editing less and less, so it seems that changing the disabled value to 0 is all I did in the end.
hero member
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I've been trying to get BAMT working for the past couple of hours without success. About a year and a half ago I had set up my own mining farm and scripts to generate webpages. Now I'm moving some miners to a new location and figured that BAMT should be the easy way to go. Wrong! Someone please point out the obvious as I'm pulling my hair out.

First and foremost, no matter what I do I cannot get BAMT to think my two 5830's are configured. I've tried disabled=0 of course, and fiddled with the overclock settings, and tried pre_oc_cmd. Pools are set up exactly as they ought to be for Phoenix in /etc/bamt/pools. I've tweaked things here and there but:

  • Cards display on the desktop as not configured (mother -v does not change this)
  • Cards do not overclock as set
  • pre_oc_cmd does not run
  • Fan speed does not change to 100%
  • Cards do not mine
  • Various status pages (web/gpumon/etc) show nothing

I've checked the /live/image/BAMT/CONTROL/ACTIVE/ directory; it is empty.

After doing this for a while I decided to test the remote capabilities. When I log in via SSH and try various aticonfig commands, I get:
Code:
ERROR - X needs to be running to perform ATI Overdrive(TM) commands

startx:
Code:
Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0

Edit: Solved aticonfig errors both with export DISPLAY=:0.

GAH! And regardless, it still won't mine.

Again, someone PLEASE tell me I'm missing something obvious here. Been reading through the full /opt/bamt/examples/bamt.conf ... no clue. At this point I'm feeling that I could have installed Ubuntu and drivers from scratch and still been ahead time-wise. Tongue

Please pastebin your bamt.conf
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Activity: 237
Merit: 100
I've been trying to get BAMT working for the past couple of hours without success. About a year and a half ago I had set up my own mining farm and scripts to generate webpages. Now I'm moving some miners to a new location and figured that BAMT should be the easy way to go. Wrong! Someone please point out the obvious as I'm pulling my hair out.

First and foremost, no matter what I do I cannot get BAMT to think my two 5830's are configured. I've tried disabled=0 of course, and fiddled with the overclock settings, and tried pre_oc_cmd. Pools are set up exactly as they ought to be for Phoenix in /etc/bamt/pools. I've tweaked things here and there but:

  • Cards display on the desktop as not configured (mother -v does not change this)
  • Cards do not overclock as set
  • pre_oc_cmd does not run
  • Fan speed does not change to 100%
  • Cards do not mine
  • Various status pages (web/gpumon/etc) show nothing

I've checked the /live/image/BAMT/CONTROL/ACTIVE/ directory; it is empty.

After doing this for a while I decided to test the remote capabilities. When I log in via SSH and try various aticonfig commands, I get:
Code:
ERROR - X needs to be running to perform ATI Overdrive(TM) commands

startx:
Code:
Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0

Edit: Solved aticonfig errors both with export DISPLAY=:0.

GAH! And regardless, it still won't mine.

Again, someone PLEASE tell me I'm missing something obvious here. Been reading through the full /opt/bamt/examples/bamt.conf ... no clue. At this point I'm feeling that I could have installed Ubuntu and drivers from scratch and still been ahead time-wise. Tongue
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I have never tried my network without a passwd and i dont want to! The thing is, i have seen a solution to this problem somewhere else but i cant find it now!
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What about without wireless password or hidden network ?
hero member
Activity: 840
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Hey guys! My BAMT doesnt remembers the wireless password when it reboots. This problem just started now after i changed a pen drive!
I think i have seen this problem some where else but i cant find any solution to this, can anyone help please? Smiley
Thanks!
legendary
Activity: 1190
Merit: 1000
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Does it support 7970's yet?
Official BAMT does not, however Phillips' modified BAMT can run 7970s out of the box.

See my thread here for download link (item 10 in the little list at the top)

http://www.bitcointrading.com/forum/linux-distros/bamt-version-0-5-easy-usb-based-mining-linux-with-farm-wide-management-tools/

Bitcointrading.com seems down now, any word when it will come back up?

Or an alternative download link?

As if my server locked up last night, just as I went to throw a movie on and I was bitching to myself the whole time about how stupid the movie was and when I came to check on the site everything was offline for exactly the duration of the movie.  Argh.  Oh well down for an hour or two isn't as bad as losing data! Cheesy
hero member
Activity: 700
Merit: 500
Does it support 7970's yet?
Official BAMT does not, however Phillips' modified BAMT can run 7970s out of the box.

See my thread here for download link (item 10 in the little list at the top)

http://www.bitcointrading.com/forum/linux-distros/bamt-version-0-5-easy-usb-based-mining-linux-with-farm-wide-management-tools/

Bitcointrading.com seems down now, any word when it will come back up?

Or an alternative download link?
The link seems fine to me.
http://www.bitcointrading.com/files/bamt_v0.5phillips7900.zip
full member
Activity: 182
Merit: 100
Have that issue when you restart your router and Bamt won't reconnect been fixed yet?

I have already applied all fixes but didn't seem to fix it.

if you don't need wireless

apt-get remove network-manager

Will try it, thanks.
full member
Activity: 182
Merit: 100
Does it support 7970's yet?
Official BAMT does not, however Phillips' modified BAMT can run 7970s out of the box.

See my thread here for download link (item 10 in the little list at the top)

http://www.bitcointrading.com/forum/linux-distros/bamt-version-0-5-easy-usb-based-mining-linux-with-farm-wide-management-tools/

Bitcointrading.com seems down now, any word when it will come back up?

Or an alternative download link?
hero member
Activity: 956
Merit: 1001
Have that issue when you restart your router and Bamt won't reconnect been fixed yet?

I have already applied all fixes but didn't seem to fix it.

if you don't need wireless

apt-get remove network-manager
hero member
Activity: 700
Merit: 500
Have that issue when you restart your router and Bamt won't reconnect been fixed yet?

I have already applied all fixes but didn't seem to fix it.

Tried to use a static IP?
full member
Activity: 182
Merit: 100
Have that issue when you restart your router and Bamt won't reconnect been fixed yet?

I have already applied all fixes but didn't seem to fix it.
legendary
Activity: 1190
Merit: 1000
www.bitcointrading.com
sr. member
Activity: 378
Merit: 250
Why is it so damn hot in here?
Can I configure Bamt to also mine on the CPU?

I know it's not cost effective but it's kind of cold in here and electricity is better spent in CPU than on electric heater.

thanks

I know you can if you are running cgminer on the BAMT rig.  You would have to compile cgminer yourself with the correct flags to enable CPU mining.  I don't know if you can on the Phoenix miner as I've never used it.  I also do not know if the graphs would show the CPU or not, lodcrappo would know.

I seriously doubt that running the CPU as a heat source is more efficient than a small heater, but to each his/her own. 
hero member
Activity: 637
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Can I configure Bamt to also mine on the CPU?

I know it's not cost effective but it's kind of cold in here and electricity is better spent in CPU than on electric heater.

thanks
legendary
Activity: 1190
Merit: 1000
www.bitcointrading.com
hero member
Activity: 616
Merit: 506
Does it support 7970's yet?
Official BAMT does not, however Phillips' modified BAMT can run 7970s out of the box.

See my thread here for download link (item 10 in the little list at the top)

http://www.bitcointrading.com/forum/linux-distros/bamt-version-0-5-easy-usb-based-mining-linux-with-farm-wide-management-tools/


direct download (if you're tired of being begged to visit another forum)

http://bitcointrading.com/files/bamt_v0.5phillips7900.zip


legendary
Activity: 1190
Merit: 1000
www.bitcointrading.com
Does it support 7970's yet?
Official BAMT does not, however Phillips' modified BAMT can run 7970s out of the box.

See my thread here for download link (item 10 in the little list at the top)

http://www.bitcointrading.com/forum/linux-distros/bamt-version-0-5-easy-usb-based-mining-linux-with-farm-wide-management-tools/
full member
Activity: 182
Merit: 100
Does it support 7970's yet?
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