GekkoScience NewPac / Terminus R606 (BM1387) Official Support Thread - page 38.

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Quote from: 0bit on April 21, 2020, 03:16:35 PM

On the readme the developer states that cgminer is guaranteed to be more stable on a linux based OS, not that it will run better. Performance should be similar across both platforms.

Well, I may not have known what I was talking about with the blockerupter compile switch, which I said at the time.

But I know for a fact that my two R606 Miners run MUCH better on Ubuntu Linux and on the Pi 4 with their raspian distro. I messed around with Win7 on two different machines, one of which also has the Ubuntu install, I have verified that I could not, in no way, have gotten 1Ths out of either R606 on Win7. But on the Pi 4 and my Ubuntu machine its no problem at all.

I had mined a long time with the ASIC Miner Block Erupters, and my BFL Jalapeno, and would have constant problems with the 78 Block Erupters. Now I'm wondering if it was the Win7 USB bottleneck? I'm thinking it was.

So, if your thinking your going to get the same USB performance out of Windoze as with Linux, Your Wrong! And I mean that as kindly as can be. Just go back to May of last year when we first got our R606's and witness our issues with Win7 and Win10. Poor VH finally discontinued support for Windoze after working his but off trying helping us. -ck, aka "the developer", had dropped support for Windoze quite a while before that.

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Quote from: gt_addict on April 21, 2020, 02:00:16 PM

I'm not quite sure why you are cross compiling it for windows. It runs better on a linux based OS.

EDIT: Is this any help??

https://arrayfire.com/cross-compile-to-windows-from-linux/

On the readme the developer states that cgminer is guaranteed to be more stable on a linux based OS, not that it will run better. Performance should be similar across both platforms.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that the article you linked isn't useful to me because I am using MXE (which is what the developer recommends as a cross compilation tool) to compile cgminer

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I'm not quite sure why you are cross compiling it for windows. It runs better on a linux based OS.

EDIT: Is this any help??

https://arrayfire.com/cross-compile-to-windows-from-linux/

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Quote from: os2sam on April 21, 2020, 05:32:38 AM

You need to read the CGminer readme files and check the CGMiner thread.

I know very little about compiling the source. But there is no "--enable-blockerupter" option as it uses the icarus driver, there is no need to disable gpu support as that was removed in 4.8, I beleive, and I have never seen an "disable" switch so I don't think there is any need for that.

The --enable-blockerupter option is listed in the readme on the cgminer GitHub. That is not what the problem is.

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Quote from: Linightz on April 20, 2020, 11:55:06 AM

Hi, I've encountered some issue running gekko on my orangepi.

I'm using ssh to access my orangepi and using screen/tmux to keep cgminer running after i log out the ssh session. Weird thing is, if I keep the ssh session running the cgminer works fine, but if i log out for a while, the cgminer will stop in mins and show "usb transfer err:(-9) LIBUSB_ERROR_PIPE 3476 Segmentation fault", and mining stops.

Could anyone help?

no one?

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Quote from: 0bit on April 20, 2020, 09:46:38 PM

Also worth mentioning I am using different options for configure.

Code:

./configure --host=i686-w64-mingw32.static --disable-gpu --enable-bflsc --enable-gekko --enable-blockerupter --disable-shared

You need to read the CGminer readme files and check the CGMiner thread.

I know very little about compiling the source. But there is no "--enable-blockerupter" option as it uses the icarus driver, there is no need to disable gpu support as that was removed in 4.8, I beleive, and I have never seen an "disable" switch so I don't think there is any need for that.

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Quote from: bluudz on April 20, 2020, 07:55:36 PM

Do you reckon that 60W Sipolar brick should manage 4 NewPacs, or is it not enough?

Not sure. As I said already it depends how the power is split on the ports. On the GekkoHub sidehack has marked which ports share a regulator so you can tune the sticks and know how much you can draw.

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Quote from: 0bit on April 20, 2020, 09:46:38 PM

[...]

Update: after recompiling MXE I am now getting a different error

Code:

CC cgminer-driver-blockerupter.o
CC cgminer-driver-gekko.o
CCLD cgminer.exe
cgminer-crc16.o: file not recognized: File format not recognized
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

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Is there any way I could get some help compiling cgminer? I cloned the repository listed in the OP and followed the instructions given by user vh on the first page. However, make fails with the following error:

Code:

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lws2_32
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lwinmm
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

Anybody know how I fix this?
EDIT: It's worth mentioning as well that I am trying to cross compile this to run on Windows
EDIT 2: Also worth mentioning I am using different options for configure.

Code:

./configure --host=i686-w64-mingw32.static --disable-gpu --enable-bflsc --enable-gekko --enable-blockerupter --disable-shared

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Why so serious?

Do you reckon that 60W Sipolar brick should manage 4 NewPacs, or is it not enough?

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Quote from: bluudz on April 20, 2020, 05:15:02 PM

No I don't know, but will try to find out. Also I don't know where to look for sipolars usb bus, I was expecting to receive details in the package with shipment, but that didn't happen. Wasn't it made by someone here I could contact directly?

What do you guys to run those mining farms? Raspi4?

Not sure if someone on here made the Sipolar one. I seem to remember klintay (eyeboot ltd) made a hub for block eruptors.

Just get yourself a mid level raspi4 then you rule out any potential OS issues. I’ve got a 2GB Pi4 and it runs fine. Only issue I have recently is my R606 has thrown its toys out the pram so had to turn the clock back to 625m V5.

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Quote from: bluudz on April 20, 2020, 05:15:02 PM

What do you guys to run those mining farms? Raspi4?

Yes, I use a Pi4 for my two R606's. No hub needed for me.

I wasted allot of time dinking around with a couple Win7 machines. It was slightly fun and educational. But I love my Pi4.

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Quote from: gt_addict on April 20, 2020, 04:26:29 AM

Do you know how the USB bus is arranged on the Orange Pi? On the Raspi3 the usb bus and ethernet were linked so caused problems. Also you would need to find out how the power is spilt up on the sipolar hub. I know you said you have tried different ports but if you dont know how its split then you could be pushing a regulator too far and its dropping the stick.

No I don't know, but will try to find out. Also I don't know where to look for sipolars usb bus, I was expecting to receive details in the package with shipment, but that didn't happen. Wasn't it made by someone here I could contact directly?

What do you guys to run those mining farms? Raspi4?

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Hi, I've encountered some issue running gekko on my orangepi.

I'm using ssh to access my orangepi and using screen/tmux to keep cgminer running after i log out the ssh session. Weird thing is, if I keep the ssh session running the cgminer works fine, but if i log out for a while, the cgminer will stop in mins and show "usb transfer err:(-9) LIBUSB_ERROR_PIPE 3476 Segmentation fault", and mining stops.

Could anyone help?

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Do you know how the USB bus is arranged on the Orange Pi? On the Raspi3 the usb bus and ethernet were linked so caused problems. Also you would need to find out how the power is spilt up on the sipolar hub. I know you said you have tried different ports but if you dont know how its split then you could be pushing a regulator too far and its dropping the stick.

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Quote from: gt_addict on April 20, 2020, 01:44:08 AM

What OS are you running on the pi? What version of the Orange Pi is it? You dont need to touch the voltage pot on the newpacs. You should be able to get 500m on stock voltage.

Orange Pi 3, Armbian Bionic 20.02.1, Sipolar USB 10 ports 60w, Arctic Cooler active fan.
I seem to be unable to even get second stick to run at 500Mhz. Always downlocks to 470-85Mhz, if I connect three one is dropping with 0 chips found. The other two seem now stable at 450Mhz.

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What OS are you running on the pi? What version of the Orange Pi is it? You dont need to touch the voltage pot on the newpacs. You should be able to get 500m on stock voltage.

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Hello. It is close to impossible to get multiple Gekko Science miners to work at 500Mhz! Got orangepi, gekko usb brick and 3 stick by now, to get each to work at 500MHz takes quite a lot of time, but when I plug them in all. No chance! Resetting, down clocking, crashing. Even tho I didn't expect any return from any of this mining, I really though I can just get couple of those to run stable..but no not really.

Quite disappointed after days of voltage tweeking and moving stick by stick all around the hub...
Feels like cardinal waste of money trying to have small usb mining farm...Yes ofc I know 500Mhz is high..

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Yea I thought that was a bench testing related number on the heatsink. Just curious about the pcb note.

While it was apart I made a slight alteration. Fitted an angled fan adaptor duct and a 92mm fan I had laying around. Increased flow a bit to combat the filter and also a tad quieter (not that it was necessary, just a bonus).

https://imgur.com/a/JB0eCNh

Shes also running 675m V6 now so will see that goes.

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If there's a number on the heatsink it's the bench serial number used to identify them during assembly and testing. Once they're done testing the final step is re-flashing with the unique serial number and another quick test before packaging.

If something fails test I'll make a note of the problem so I can fix it. The "12 slow" means the last chip in the string was dropping speed during burn-in, so I took it apart and replaced that chip then ran it again.

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