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newbie
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April 15, 2011, 01:13:03 PM
so in a terminal you run: ./bitcoind [from the bitcoin directory - skip the GUI; go with the daemon]

i'm assuming your mvn install on DiabloMiner went ok?

Here is my problem:  I don't appear to have bitcoind on my computer.  Even as a hidden file.  I have neither a .bitcoin folder nor a bitcoin/bin folder.  Where would it be otherwise on a Mac?

I didn't install DiabloMiner, I just ran the shell from Terminal.  I don't know what mvn means - ?

Thanks again for your help.
full member
Activity: 126
Merit: 100
April 15, 2011, 12:30:00 PM
by the way, the best overall destructions i've run across are here:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/whats-the-best-ati-driver-for-ubuntu-3356

post #3, by humble.  there are newish caveats relating to new versions of CLI and the Catalyst drivers, but...

"I can't find instructions anywhere, and I've looked extensively on this forum and the wiki."

...humble pretty much covers it.

sorry - OpenCL, not CLI...
full member
Activity: 126
Merit: 100
April 15, 2011, 12:25:49 PM
by the way, the best overall destructions i've run across are here:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/whats-the-best-ati-driver-for-ubuntu-3356

post #3, by humble.  there are newish caveats relating to new versions of CLI and the Catalyst drivers, but...

"I can't find instructions anywhere, and I've looked extensively on this forum and the wiki."

...humble pretty much covers it.
full member
Activity: 126
Merit: 100
April 15, 2011, 12:21:08 PM
post your bitcoin.conf file (redact passwords...).  that's probably your issue.

I created the bitcoin.conf file in [user]/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/ and it contains just my username and password in this format:

rpcuser=elrock
rpcpassword=xxxxx

No spaces, no quotes or anything.  Perhaps the syntax is wrong?

Also, I need help running bitcoind.  I can't find instructions anywhere, and I've looked extensively on this forum and the wiki.

Thank you for your help.

hmm... conf should be good.

so in a terminal you run: ./bitcoind [from the bitcoin directory - skip the GUI; go with the daemon]

and then: *******@minty64 ~/DiabloMiner/Diablo-D3-DiabloMiner-d758eef $ ./DiabloMiner-Linux.sh -w 128 -f 1 -u ******* -p ********

?

i'm assuming your mvn install on DiabloMiner went ok?
newbie
Activity: 41
Merit: 0
April 15, 2011, 11:24:10 AM
post your bitcoin.conf file (redact passwords...).  that's probably your issue.

I created the bitcoin.conf file in [user]/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/ and it contains just my username and password in this format:

rpcuser=elrock
rpcpassword=xxxxx

No spaces, no quotes or anything.  Perhaps the syntax is wrong?

Also, I need help running bitcoind.  I can't find instructions anywhere, and I've looked extensively on this forum and the wiki.

Thank you for your help.
full member
Activity: 126
Merit: 100
April 15, 2011, 10:47:31 AM
I've got the GUI version of Bitcoin running along with DiabloMiner, but I keep getting the "connection refused" error message.  The port is forwarded properly and Bitcoin shows I have many connections.  I am using a MacBook Pro.

post your bitcoin.conf file (redact passwords...).  that's probably your issue.
newbie
Activity: 41
Merit: 0
April 15, 2011, 08:18:11 AM
Are there instructions anywhere for getting bitcoind or a server instance of Bitcoin up and running?  I've got the GUI version of Bitcoin running along with DiabloMiner, but I keep getting the "connection refused" error message.  The port is forwarded properly and Bitcoin shows I have many connections.  I am using a MacBook Pro.

(On a somewhat related note, is there much point in using a MacBook to mine for BTC?  I'm getting only about 1.9Mhash/sec.  Maybe it's slow because of the connection problems.  But if it's going to take me forever to generate BTC, I might as well just trade USD for them, even though that seems to defeat the purpose of anonymous currency.)
legendary
Activity: 1162
Merit: 1000
DiabloMiner author
April 15, 2011, 05:05:40 AM
Update: I removed the new constant buffer creation code in exchange for a much simpler double buffering method. This seems to a faster solution than either using single buffers or creating new ones all the time. Also, I added another error check.
legendary
Activity: 1162
Merit: 1000
DiabloMiner author
April 14, 2011, 11:17:33 PM
Is it preferable to run bitcoind or bitcoin -server in the background?

Where can I find bitcoind?  It doesn't appear to be included in the zip file for the Mac OS binary.

Thanks.

bitcoind is just bitcoin without the GUI, and it automatically does -server. It doesn't really matter which you run, there are miners equally in both camps.
newbie
Activity: 41
Merit: 0
April 14, 2011, 04:16:00 PM
Is it preferable to run bitcoind or bitcoin -server in the background?

Where can I find bitcoind?  It doesn't appear to be included in the zip file for the Mac OS binary.

Thanks.
legendary
Activity: 1162
Merit: 1000
DiabloMiner author
April 14, 2011, 04:12:09 AM
Are you absolutely sure you're using SDK 2.4?
I am now. I installed dual 6990s and did a fresh install of Win7, Catalyst 11.4, Stream 2.4, and latest DiabloMiner with '-f 1'. 4 Caymans are found but hashrate is poking along at under 700 mhps.

Weird. I believe you should be getting around 1200 mhash/sec with that setup.
legendary
Activity: 1162
Merit: 1000
DiabloMiner author
April 14, 2011, 03:55:26 AM
Update: Made a small modification that may increase speed for some users. Those suffering from the abnormally low khash bug may be fixed by this.
legendary
Activity: 3878
Merit: 1193
April 14, 2011, 03:12:02 AM
Are you absolutely sure you're using SDK 2.4?
I am now. I installed dual 6990s and did a fresh install of Win7, Catalyst 11.4, Stream 2.4, and latest DiabloMiner with '-f 1'. 4 Caymans are found but hashrate is poking along at under 700 mhps.
legendary
Activity: 1162
Merit: 1000
DiabloMiner author
April 14, 2011, 01:21:01 AM
Anybody with Win7 and a 6990 running DiabloMiner? I installed Catalyst 11.4, and while DiabloMiner runs, the GPU activity level barely gets above 80%, and thus my hashrate is poor.

Are you absolutely sure you're using SDK 2.4?
legendary
Activity: 3878
Merit: 1193
April 14, 2011, 12:32:09 AM
Anybody with Win7 and a 6990 running DiabloMiner? I installed Catalyst 11.4, and while DiabloMiner runs, the GPU activity level barely gets above 80%, and thus my hashrate is poor.
legendary
Activity: 1162
Merit: 1000
DiabloMiner author
April 12, 2011, 10:57:38 AM
Holy crap! SDK 2.4 on Catalyst 11.3 not only cures the CPU use bug in 2.2/2.3, but also is faster than 2.1.

On my Radeon 4850
2.1 = Upper 75 mhash
2.2 = Around 65
2.3 = Around 70
2.4 = Lower 76

SDK 2.4 requires at least 11.1, so don't try it on earlier.
legendary
Activity: 1162
Merit: 1000
DiabloMiner author
April 10, 2011, 04:35:17 AM
Oh, damn!
And it seems I can't mine using Intel cards, too.

D'oh!  Undecided

Thank you anyway.

Surprisingly, Intel has FINALLY joined the world the rest of us have been in for the past 2+ years. GMAHD 2000/3000 GPUS (those in the newest i5s/i7s) can run OpenCL... but the fastest ones only go about 5-10 mhash/sec, so it is is still a waste of time. Go figure.
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newbie
Activity: 4
Merit: 0
April 09, 2011, 11:53:05 AM
Oh, damn!
And it seems I can't mine using Intel cards, too.

D'oh!  Undecided

Thank you anyway.
legendary
Activity: 1162
Merit: 1000
DiabloMiner author
April 09, 2011, 10:44:23 AM
DiabloD3 -

just thought i'd check in with my compliments.

i'm running Debian testing (LMDE) - i froze updates at march 30 on my mining-only box.

with your miner set at -w 128 -f 1, my two (VisionTek) 5850s (with crossfire connector attached) are putting out 495,200 Mh/s regular as an atomic clock.  i'll screw with overclocking after i've scored a couple of blocks - i'm coming up on 'average time' (six days plus some) as i write this.  my case is a piece of crap though: less than 1/2" clearance between the second card and the bottom of the case.  i'm running it open with a couple extra fans, and the bottom card fluctuates between 72-74.5 degrees.  gotta poke a hole in it or get a bigger case if i'm gonna overclock.

my SDK is 2.1, and Catalyst is 11.2.  motherboard is an MSI 870A-G54, with a ~90 watt Phenom dual-core (whatever...) and 2 gig RAM.

you sell shit and i'm your customer...

EDIT:  oh - and coinage on blockage, of course...

As a suggestion, don't use Catalyst 11.x or 10.12 for mining. It usually leads to abnormally low speeds for no reason. Also, you need to turn crossfire off, and just disconnecting the bridge doesn't turn it off, you need to run aticonfig --initial -f --adapter=all as root and then restart X. Leaving crossfire on can lead to incorrect results (which my miner is supposed to catch and spit out errors for). Also, you should be getting better speed with -w 64 (as this is what is recommended by AMD).

Hi all. I'm new here.

I would like to start mining with DiabloMiner.
I'm having troubles to understand how to run it; till now I'm stuck on the NoClassDefFoundError error.
But first of all I'm not sure that my system is able to do GPU mining. I'm running Gentoo Linux with NVidia GeForce 7100 GS; I made some search with no success.
Could you confirm/exclude I can do GPU mining?

thanks!

You can't mine with a Geforce 7xxx, only 8xxx and up.
hero member
Activity: 742
Merit: 500
April 09, 2011, 06:57:22 AM
I would like to start mining with DiabloMiner.
I'm having troubles to understand how to run it; till now I'm stuck on the NoClassDefFoundError error.
But first of all I'm not sure that my system is able to do GPU mining. I'm running Gentoo Linux with NVidia GeForce 7100 GS; I made some search with no success.
Could you confirm/exclude I can do GPU mining?
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison#Nvidia

Looks like no.
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