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DrHaribo

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v1.1.0-beta6 is up

New option (Settings -> Use port 80) for firewall-friendly mining
Try it if your firewall won't let you through to the server
Tell user to download OpenCL if starting without OpenCL.
Show warning in log when mining with slow CPU implementation.
Added cron-like scheduled actions (Settings->Options in the menus)
Added automation option to start devices upon program startup
depending on the scheduled actions. Done by going backwards in time to
determine which devices should be running.

That's all I wanted to do in v1.1.0. If this beta seems stable it will soon become the regular non-beta version.

Please let me know what you think. The schedule, is it easy enough to understand how to use it? It's very similar to the cron system on Unix/Linux if you have used that before. Other ideas for automation?

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Hmm, bad performance on Catalyst 11.12. Seems to be the same with other miners.

I'll see what I can do about this. Until then, beware that upgrading to Catalyst 11.12 probably means a drop in performance if you have an AMD GPU.

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I just uploaded 1.1.0-beta5:

Performance improved, about 1.6% for AMD 5000-series and 68xx and down
Added automation features: log in automatically, start working on startup, start with window minimized (see Settings->Options in the menus)

Before finalizing 1.1.0 I will probably add a way to make it automatically start and stop at certain days or time of day, for instance if you want to mine only during the day or only during the night. Also some more (slight) performance improvements coming up.

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Quote from: conspirosphere.tk on November 29, 2011, 05:47:33 AM

No, maybe I had a wrong impression due to the fact that the speed counter is changing continuously. Now I think it is all right.

Good stuff. Just lacking automation features and some more testing then, to finish version 1.1.

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Quote from: DrHaribo on November 28, 2011, 06:09:36 PM

Glad it helped. But I'm at a loss as to what is causing that last bit of a performance hit for you. I can't see what else changed since 1.0.1 that would affect performance. I'll look over things again, though.

No, maybe I had a wrong impression due to the fact that the speed counter is changing continuously. Now I think it is all right.

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Quote from: Fefox on November 27, 2011, 05:33:49 PM

Seems under windows its not saving ANY settings now.

on start-up I get get a warning/error message: Access to the persistent storage denied - cannot load or save settings

Oops - fixed! Strange bug, didn't happen when started from command line, only when started from browser.

Quote from: conspirosphere.tk on November 28, 2011, 01:20:28 AM

This seems ok: I am getting about the same performance of 1.0.1 version on my 5870 (about 420 Mhs using the same intervals=15), both with Buffer type= default and =Device accessible CPU mem (AMD only).
[edit]: still, I have the impression that newest beta is 2-5 Mhs slower than 1.0.1

Glad it helped. But I'm at a loss as to what is causing that last bit of a performance hit for you. I can't see what else changed since 1.0.1 that would affect performance. I'll look over things again, though.

Small update today:

Fixed the loading and saving of settings (mentioned above)
Workaround for a bug in Java that would cause security errors talking about mixing signed and unsigned code

I can't really be sure the workaround for the second bug is working, since I would only see the bug about once a month. Very rare, but also annoying. Did any of you ever see it?

I'm calling this 1.1.0-beta4 now. Seems like an easier to understand naming scheme for the beta versions.

Thank you to all who are testing, the feedback from all of you is very valuable.

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Quote from: DrHaribo on November 27, 2011, 04:14:15 PM

conspirosphere.tk, and anyone else getting better speed from regular (1.0.1) than beta version: I'd be very happy if you can try out this version and see if it helps.

This seems ok: I am getting about the same performance of 1.0.1 version on my 5870 (about 420 Mhs using the same intervals=15), both with Buffer type= default and =Device accessible CPU mem (AMD only).
[edit]: still, I have the impression that newest beta is 2-5 Mhs slower than 1.0.1

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Seems under windows its not saving ANY settings now.

on start-up I get get a warning/error message: Access to the persistent storage denied - cannot load or save settings

DrHaribo

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Releasing another beta version for testing. Here are the changes:

Fixed bug that could say your GPU "prefers the work size to be a multiple of
3539913157759729696 for this work process."
Index saved settings by MAC address of first network interface. This allows
different settings on individual networked computers with the same files
(homedir). Note: this means your settings will be reset to defaults when
upgrading to this version, and also any time you switch network cards
or change MAC address.
Bugfix: ignored new passwords from user after server responded with
other HTTP response code than 200 or 401
Added options window under "Settings -> Options..." in the menu, with
audio configuration
Remember more settings across restarts: device settings (Tune & Tweak),
audio settings, hidden devices (individual close buttons),
hide/show log
Make OpenCL buffer type selectable for user (Tune & Tweak)
Default to manual vectors off and BFI_INT off on non-AMD devices

The new options window (settings->options...) is where I will soon add automation options. There's only audio setup there for now. Finally device settings are saved, which is also a must before automating anything.

conspirosphere.tk, and anyone else getting better speed from regular (1.0.1) than beta version: I'd be very happy if you can try out this version and see if it helps. Please try the different types of buffers (new setting in "tune & tweak") if you are using Windows. I can't understand what else could be causing 1.0.1 to run faster. I hope I can figure out this issue before all the new features are done.

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Tried out the beta today but with 11.9 (win7 32) cgminer is the fastest for me if it comes to mh/s. Now i upgraded to 11.11 which gave me a small bump

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With the 1.0 version I used to get about 420 Mhs with my 5870 at work intervals=15
With the new beta I am getting about 405 Mhs at work intervals=15
If I increase work intervals=20 I get about 412 Mhs with the new beta.
= I'm going back to 1.0 version

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I did a 20 min test of the bitminter beta. No problems here, performance seems smooth and I was slightly surprised to see it outperform cgminer (even if marginally) on my 5850s.

Im still sticking to cgminer for manageability (easy ssh access, even from my android phone, pool failover, fan and temperature control etc) but impressive stuff nonetheless DrHaribo.

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all machines have identical hardware, numbers are: accepted / rejected

Bitminter Beta windows 7 64
BTC 30,346 / 51
NMC 7,284 / 2

cgminer linux
BTC 29,314 / 56
NMC 7,071 / 8

cgminer linux
BTC 29,232 / 59
NMC 7,073 / 12

Looks like bitminter wins Grin

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Quote from: DrHaribo on November 24, 2011, 05:10:46 PM

It would be very useful with some feedback on performance. The previous beta had very unstable performance for some users. I saw this sometimes myself too. With this update it seems stable here.

Use the beta button to test it.

Running it now, right off on my 3x6970 machine with windows its down a bit @ 1278 Mhps from 1283

I start it up on the 6950's and the A8 and report back in the morning.

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Quick update, just started working on the miner again.

Merged mining friendly, no more high NMC stales
Fixed bug that could say your GPU "prefers the work size to be a multiple of 3539913157759729696 for this work process."
Hopefully fixed unstable performance

It would be very useful with some feedback on performance. The previous beta had very unstable performance for some users. I saw this sometimes myself too. With this update it seems stable here.

Use the beta button to test it.

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Good that you got it working

Getting AMD drivers working properly is like playing the lottery. And their OpenCL compiler is ridiculous. But.. they make some excellent hardware.

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Well I removed the drivers again, used driver sweeper, reinstalled and same thing...

I rebooted the machine a couple times and had a single windows update install, and now its fine Huh

damn windows! Undecided

thanks for confirming that the new drivers did in fact work..

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Quote from: Fefox on November 23, 2011, 03:22:28 PM

just tried the Catalyst 11.11 drivers under windows 7 64

bitminter client does not seem to like it much. 2 of the 3 6970's in the machine now have a hash rate of about 370 and one (the card varies) runs at 220..

Just tried it, no problems here. Also 11.11 win7 x64, using either bitminter or cgminer performance is fine. Only one card on this machine though.

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I just upgraded to Catalyst 11.11 too. Running 6990 + 5970 on Win7 64. Runs fine here, maybe even a little bit faster than the old drivers.

Not sure why you are having problems. One time I was switching between different driver versions to make sure the miner worked ok on them and something similar happened to me. I had to wipe the drivers completely and reinstall them to get things working properly again. Did you try another miner? If another miner has the same problem I'd bet it's something wrong with the driver install.

Glad you like the website update. Merged mining and website updates took a lot of time, but I'll have some updates for the miner again soon.

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just tried the Catalyst 11.11 drivers under windows 7 64

bitminter client does not seem to like it much. 2 of the 3 6970's in the machine now have a hash rate of about 370 and one (the card varies) runs at 220..

tried crossfire on, off, off with bridges attached etc.. no difference..

anyone else try this version?

btw: Love the new website updates!

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