Topic: GekkoScience Compac BM1384 Stickminer Official Support Thread - page 71. (Read 268027 times)

the version of linux you use has no effect on this..

14.04 is the LTRM support ubuntu..
12.04 is older but still supported..

15.04 is short term support. so some of the packages wont be upgraded..

since you have 12.04 running, you can do a sudo apt-get dist-upgrade it will move you up to 14.04 i think.

but anyway.. before you wipe the drive and start over.. post the output of the ./configure

yeah i can't get cgminer to install and see the stick either so trying bfgminer

got this however when i tried to follow instructions

well tried the instructions for bfgminer given to me on the above can't get the last one on the following in above post

libmicrohttpd-dev hidapi

E: unable to locate package hidapi

again from the below plug in info for the bfgminer install a post or two back

sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libtool pkg-config libcurl4-gnutls-dev libjansson-dev uthash-dev libncursesw5-dev libudev-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libevent-dev libmicrohttpd-dev hidapi


as you can see last stuff in the above....well is there a work around ...or should i just skip and see if it works anyway?


would like to at least move on and see if it installs at least


edit: well that did not work errors all over the place.....did not like the build at all ...using unbuntu 12.04.....again can't find the last install stuff on above

so will wipe the drive  ..and re-install maybe lbuntu 15.04 someone said to try...and try cgminer again..and nor bfgminer.....so stumped indeed

this is getting old as hell

its supposed to work.. but unfortunately i could not get bfgminer to see my compac stick.. i had better success with cgminer.

building cgminer is pretty much the same..

so thats it...from your previous post for the bfgminer install ..and the above command line w/o the sudo and viola it should work...no need for gekko driver downloads etc like for cgminer?


(been so complicated...for so long with cgminer......the thought of the above working seems like a fantasy)

you shouldnt have to run bfgminer as sudo. its better if you dont.

er ..is there more i have to do beyond the above..or is it just the sudo command line to start the gekko miners...which I think this (below)

sudo ./bfgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:3333 -O username --set compac:clock=150


below also is my posting on the bfgmnier area on clarity on this too....if you want to reply there as well for other newbs (my linux is beyond lame)


https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.13406309


figure someone has to have bfgminer working with gekko miners.....if/when i get the instructions and hopefully get my gekko 8gh usb sticks up...I'll post the results

for other clueless linux newbies like myself (who previous to this could install unbuntu 12.04...upgrade it and managed to install putty to monitor miners...thus why I

need them for these machines that monitor my 2 knc titan scrypt miners.......viola.....add some no ROI but a smile gekko sticks for fun (actually it is more like a quest now)

anyway post here if you think it useful to others and/or also in the above bfgminer thread...there has to be someone ...somewhere as clueless as myself this would be
useful for (hell its probably just me...so lame)

Biodom - I don't know how to forum very well. What kind of 2.0 bridge are your using?  I think mine is an iogear I got from frys.com like 1.5 years ago.  I'll see about the superbag, glad to know your git it to work  at least the pi is recognizing the stick over usb  I can't even use kbd or mouse on 3.0!!; (but RaspNicBit works fine??!?!)

Thanks!!!

i guess you did not find my post on pi zero somewhere earlier.
We are probably two people who tried zero, most are using pi 2 (which also works in configuration outlined below).
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.13098911

setup is described there ^^^ and in followup posts.
Several things:
1. maybe usb 2.0 bridge is not needed, i don't know.
2. your pi will be up in the air as cables are much more formidable that the pi 0 itself.
3. Exact same Anker did not work for me either, but 7 slot 70W USB 3.0 Superpag (Amazon delivers this one pretty fast; many others used this hub as well) definitely works with 4, maybe 5 sticks (did not try more) on pi zero using bfgminer.

Cheers

This is better if you want a rpi get this http://x2t.com/422355 rpi2 some say this  http://x2t.com/422353 hub will run off a rpi2, I'll find out tomorrow i have one coming . usb 2 hub work best on rpi any model over udb 3 you want a self powered hub. Mybad linked the wrong pi kit fixed it .

Long, rambling, sorry.  TL;DR - logistics assistance requested to initiate 4xCompac mining on a cheaply powered CPU without incurring too much more in the way of additional expenditures.  See below for what has already been purchased and where the bottleneck is (hint - UK cheap computer for $5)

I hope this hits the right thread. (fingers crossed)

NOOB here to mining, Gekko Compacs, and PI..  Yes there will be no ROI, not looking to make a profit, but looking to sink as little as possible into it even tho its fun.

So I found the thread, and while I can't afford an S7, I found the Compac here in the states for my son for Christmas.  And getting it running was a hoot, drove her up to 17.85GH/s and have made a whopping 12 cents in my 48+ hours of mining lol.  So, I got bit by the bug, and dropped for three more, two USB fans to cool them with, and an Anker 60w 7port USB 3.0 powered hub with an extra three charging ports.  YAY!  But of course I have to have the computer on 24x7 to keep her mining, which decreases what meager profit there might be, etc etc etc

Then I found the PI 0.  $5 NBD right?  Got the HDMI and USB adapters for another 8, bought a nice wood case with heatsink for another 8, bought a 128gb SD for 65 for the blockchain, money's flying out the window at this point.  I think I'm approaching the cost of the XB1 my son got for Christmas because *I* have been bitten by the bug.  Anker works fine on the laptop, not so much with the Pi 0.

Yes, have searched, googled, bing'd (I feel dirty, but at least it wasn't yahoo) and searched this thread.  And all over the 'net RPIs are notoriously poor when it comes to 3.0 support, but 3.0 power 900ma is what I Need to overclock!  Oh I can spend $75 from China on a monster 2.5a/port x 20 ports that will take a month and and then some to arrive, just to run 4 Compacs?  I can't find an inline 10 port USB 2.0 that will go > 500ma in specs (whether it will allow you to do 1000ma every other port or not in reality I haven't found), and since I have the RPI 0, daisy chaining 3 -> 2 -> PI doesn't work, whether or not the 2 is powered.  I can GET the Compac recognized in the 2 while powered, haven't tried running (was going 310mhz @ approx 740mv I think - but she was stable, hot but stable) - but even if she does work the layout wont allow for 4 sticks + 2 fans + a power line for the RPI 0.  I can get the nic/mouse/kbd daisy-chained to an unpowered 2.0 hub off the powered 2.0 hub, but i just can't see how I'm going to get it all to work together.

So, I can return the Anker (btw I love Anker products, its the RPI 0 that I have issue with), but the only inline properly oriented USB 2.0 10 port hubs on Amazon all specifically say NOT FOR ASIC MINING and warn max output is 500ma (which I don't even think is enough to power the RPI 0 which I believe takes 700ma).

Even with 10 ports and Y bridges on 2.0 you're looking at having to daisy chain two of them together which is... drumroll.... about $70 (at least its in the USA and can be shipped from Amazon - but I haven't sourced the bridges/y-adapters yet)

I could B+ maybe, some in this thread have gotten it to work, but nothing on the poor 0.  I haven't opened the 128gb SD yet so I can still take that back, the fans are amazon so I could return them, for a fee that makes them might as well keepers, and the sticks are already en route from Canada, so no refunds there.

I'm at a loss...  Ideas?  Anyone?  Bueller?

I agree it's been a bit since I said wow on a compac setup.  I really like the setup thanks for sharing.  The usb power adapters on each one is unique and a cool thing to do.

Thanks for sharing!

 This is what BFG is doing with one stick, the new one and picks up the old one with NP. I have a USB 3 hub due to me tomorrow to see if that's why it is no good in BFG and both work in CGminer with my hub now .
 
I'm not even sure what that the version request is it keeps asking for one stick  it's not finding and sense it does work with CG miner it might just be my HUb. I'll know around 2 pM est tomorrow afternoon.

 

the ones that i have are 80MM i beleave when i get a chance i will measure them and let you know

I have the same thing exactly, I collect junk :p

Mine is sized for a 120mm fan, and I use 80mm.

My uncle is a metalworker, I will probably use his services :p

i have a bunch of them and i think the fans that connect to them as well

zou look for a old dell computer they have a funnel your thinking of and i think it would be a good start to cool it then have another on exhaust and then plexi inbetween to make kinda like a wind tunnel

the thing im talking about is a green piece of plastic

Thank you guys

I'm touched

I still have to optimize it as most of the airflow is wasted due to the heatsinks being small.

So I will probably make a sort of funnel to orient the flow closer to the sticks.

Or add another row of bars to have 2 levels, each with 3 sticks...

I have to think about it :p

They're running perfectly at 300Mhs, although quite hot....



I thought the input fan would be green too, but only the output fan has the LED.

really like that cooling idea

i have a idea for cooling on these but i do not want to hack the stick cause i like them to much maybe next time im at hacks shop i will talk to him about the cooling idea i have

Dude. Sex.

I like the cooling setup a lot.