Topic: BAMT version 0.5 - Easy USB based mining Linux with farm wide management tools - page 68. (Read 324169 times)

Ahh.... well that's handy as hell     Thanks.  Will save me a lot of time... I obviously need to read the docs more thoroughly 

Thanks for answering.
I could access it with vi and emacs.. but when I tried with nano, it created a new file and I couldn't save it ('file doesn't exist' or sth like that msg).
When I plugged the key to my windows rig to edit it from there and saved the changes, only some of the changes are saved when bamt boots. So I'll give a try with a new key.

You can utilize the FROM and TO directories in windows to edit/modify the bamt.conf file.

they can be found at \BAMT\CONFIG

FROM = the existing bamt.conf used on the image.
TO = the bamt.conf the image will pull to use on next mine start

\BAMT also contains 2 other useful directories.  CONTROL and STATUS.  All described in the readme.txt in the \BAMT directory.

You'll need to use an editor on windows that doesn't add a CR/LF to the end of the line, or use a hex editor.

Well, network connectivity would freeze before I could get in via ssh, or shortly after, however, I would still be able to modify things via directly connected keyboard/monitor/mouse..... i got it working now and normally use ssh, it just tough for me sometimes via SSH when I'm testing overclocking... Thanks for the info!

I had the Live/Image locked as read only for some reason once too... That it readable by windows, so I plugged it into windows and deleted the file I needed to and then it was mount read-write next time I booted BAMT... However, since you want to edit the /etc/bamt/bamt.conf, Windows wont e able to read that... in that case, here are some things to try... might not be the best answer, but would give you something to do until someone else answers... I assuming you are using a USB drive?  If so:

Do you have another box running BAMT?  If so, you can stick the USB drive in there and try to edit the file....
If not, do you have a spare USB drive?  If so, you can load another BAMT default image on it to boot the computer, then stick your other drive in and modify the file. 
Finally, a more complicated way if you only have one rig and one USB drive.... you could download vmware player (free) and load some small version of linux on it (I used Puppy slackware since its pretty small), and plug the usb drive into your computer and you should be able to modify it from there.

1 - There is no reason to attach a monitor to the rig.  Much easier to do everything via ssh.  If you aren't doing this, start and you'll be glad you did.

2 - Most of the time the monitor is detected at boot, so make sure your monitor is attached and powered on from the moment you turn the rig on for the best chance of it being detected.  But please see point #1

3 - You can tell bamt not to regenerate the xorg.conf using a control file, please see /live/image/BAMT/readme.txt 

yep, unfortunately this is right. 

there is no process in bamt that ever writes to or changes your bamt.conf in any way. 

if you can't edit it...  sounds like bad key.

what are the current perms on the file? if the permissions chenaged and you didn't do it, your usb flash drive may be getting flaky.

I made some syntax mistake in the bamt.conf file and the gpumon doesn't start (I get that funny error message), so I wanted to edit the file at etc/bamt/bamt.conf but.. why do I have writing permission disabled? I'm logged as a root and did not change any permissions, only thing I did was set a password. Any ideas?

I've got an old CRT down by my mining rigs and it was working, but I must have done something to make it so its not detected properly as it just displays "out of range" now when I boot... I see the initial loading pics, but when it goes to desktop the monitor displays "out of range".  I read up a bit and tried messing around with aticonfig, but any configuration I made was wiped on the next start.  Any way to set the config so the resolution doesn't go very large and make it not get wiped from the xorg.conf file?

I can bring down my flatscreen and hook it up and it works fine at the larger resolution, so no big deal, I was just curious if anyone knew of a quick fix for this.

Inaba and lodcrappo,

I hope you guys can call a truce and work together to fix whatever might be wrong with BAMT. I'm not sure what it is about forums that brings out the best in people. I KNOW both of you are smart and can improve BAMT.

Thanks,
gigavps

see fix 13  - http://bamter.org/redmine/projects/bamt/news

1 - Please point me to the "regular repos" where we can get updates for mining software.  I will gladly start using them immediately.  Failing that, please let me know what other alternative there is, and how to implement it.  I currently provide updates for this software because I simply know of no other way.  I am very interested to know how you propose we improve this situation so no one has to worry about relying on me for updates any more.

2 - Why exactly can you not compile any software you'd like to on BAMT?  Have I forgotten to include some critical tool you need?  Perhaps it is available via debian's apt package manager (which is fully functional in BAMT).  Is there some reason it is more difficult to compile software on BAMT than on other systems?  How can I remove these hoops you mention jumping through? 

I am very interested to address these issues that you bring up.  Please provide details so that I can understand what needs to be done.

Past power issues, before I dropped in 220v drops.  But at that point, I had already created stable rigs, so I saw little need to change them .  As cards fail and/or I add cards, I will be increasing the density per unit.  I've already bought two additional motherboards to replace motherboards that did not support enough PCIe slots... they are just waiting for a rig to become unstable and then I'll be swapping them out.  

I also have three 5970's out for RMA, so my 5970 supply is a bit limited at the moment.

I've also been seriously considering chucking all my GPUs in favor of a couple of RigBoxes from BFL, and that is still on the plate depending on how quickly I can acquire at least 1 RigBox. 


Perhaps... why?  What does it offer different .5?  

Again, disabling all these nice features of BAMT seems to limit the usefulness of BAMT and creates more problems than it solves (mainly having to rely on a lone individual for updates), as opposed to having regular repo's available for updates and/or the ability to compile from source without having to jump through a bunch of hoops.  If the BAMT features worked properly (or I could configure BAMT to work with my setup properly, as it were), then the added features would more than make up for the lack of flexibility.

INABA, in this thread, if i had to choose...only in this thread...i would 100% choose you as the bigger asshole. I am sure outside this thread your a nice guy.

Just out of curiosity, how come you are not running 8 cards per rig?

also, before trying the newer version of bamt seriously try the old one first.

Yes, I am an ass.  Well... more of a dick really.  And lazy, and unfocused, and more than a little bit incompetent too.  I've come to terms with these things and accept them, no harm in calling me out on it. 

I appreciate your feedback and will try to learn all I can from this experience.

Why should I bother?  If you don't want to help, why should I bother to help you?

If I'm going to put my time and effort into a project, it's not going to be one led by an ass who doesn't even want to put forth a little effort to solve anything but the least complex problems.

What the hell do you mean what do I want?  I want BAMT to work properly.  Seriously, how hard is that to understand?  I thought that was clear from the first post.  

As for what I will provide, it depends on what's required.  Look, you can be a dick all you want.  You can try to talk down to me all you want.  I was the first mother fucker on these forums to basically write a comprehensive Linux guide for mining with GPUs, I wrote my entire pool from scratch... I would say I know what the hell I'm doing.  The questions I ask and the comments I make are not idle or ill informed.  If you choose to take them as such, that's on you.  This is your project, you can run it as you see fit, if that includes being asshole to the people who come here looking for assistance, fine.  I wouldn't expect your project to advance as fast or as widely as it could if you were actually helpful and non-dismissive of suggestions.

Plain and simple, since you don't seem to understand:

BAMT does not work properly out of the box with my particular setup.  Why is this? I don't know, that's why I'm here asking.
I have several rigs with 6 - 7 GPUs.

People have piped up saying "Hey it works great with my 2 cards" - guess what? I don't care.  I have exactly zero rigs with 2 cards or even 3 cards.  The least amount of cards I have in a rig is 4, the most 6.  Every single one of them have problems running BAMT out of the box without disabling everything that's already been mentioned.  Even AFTER I have stated this, I get the completely useless "Well, your cards are unstable/overclocked/blahblahblah."  But magically, if I setup the cards manually, they are rock stable. Magically, if I run them under my typical Linux install, they run rock stable.  Somehow, it's my hardware, though, when I use a bone stock BAMT install  Whatever.  

Then, when I state all this, I get snarky non-answers from people like you and abracadabra that somehow it's my fault that BAMT isn't stable.  Again... whatever.  Then I detail exactly WHY supporting 8 GPUs should be a major focus going forward, since the reasons for NOT supporting it are completely invalid, and I get more snark.  I ask a simple question: "Which large mining farms don't want 64 bit support?  Which large mining farms are running less than 8 GPUs?" and I get no answer.  The simple fact of the matter is, any large mining farm that isn't already running 8 GPUs or working towards that is going to fail as FPGAs start taking over.  Completely ignoring that is ludicrous.

What do I want?  How about stop being assholes for a start?

What do you want?

What will you provide to help make it happen?