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Pollywaffle

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Quote from: juggalodarkclow on April 04, 2013, 07:45:26 AM

See if this makes it easier https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/easyltc-the-easiest-litecoin-guiminer-162708

Thanks, I tried this quickly and it seems to work, but it runs off the CPU, even though I entered all the details correctly. It should be running it off the GPU. Any way I can change this?

Quote from: lbr on April 04, 2013, 07:46:43 AM

Quote from: Pollywaffle on April 04, 2013, 07:40:04 AM

It now just closes itself once I enter all my details. I'll look at the link and see if I can change any further details, but I think I'm a bit of a lost cause. I just can't seem to get this going.
You've been more than helpful.

Add
pause
to that .cmd
or
add
--text-only 2>c:\temp\cgminer.log

f.e.

cgminer.exe --url http://api.bitcoin.cz:8332 -u lbr.my.worker -p dsdffggr --text-only 2>c:\cgminer.log

then it will log everything in c:\cgminer.log

Also, if it closes instantly - you have supplied invalid arguments

Cheers, it doesn't close instantly now, but it's also rejecting a lot. Ill keep on fiddling with it and trying other pools.
MinerGUI seems incredibly easier to use, but I can't get the GPU to do the work instead of the CPU.

FYI, you have been incredibly helpful. I have a few scarce ltc's, they'll be coming to you.

RaTTuS

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Bite me

or open a cmd prompt and run it from there

lbr

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Quote from: Pollywaffle on April 04, 2013, 07:40:04 AM

It now just closes itself once I enter all my details. I'll look at the link and see if I can change any further details, but I think I'm a bit of a lost cause. I just can't seem to get this going.
You've been more than helpful.

Add
pause
to that .cmd
or
add
--text-only 2>c:\temp\cgminer.log

f.e.

cgminer.exe --url http://api.bitcoin.cz:8332 -u lbr.my.worker -p dsdffggr --text-only 2>c:\cgminer.log

then it will log everything in c:\cgminer.log

Also, if it closes instantly - you have supplied invalid arguments

juggalodarkclow

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See if this makes it easier https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/easyltc-the-easiest-litecoin-guiminer-162708

Pollywaffle

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It now just closes itself once I enter all my details. I'll look at the link and see if I can change any further details, but I think I'm a bit of a lost cause. I just can't seem to get this going.
You've been more than helpful.

lbr

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then add
--scrypt
and look for all LTC mining arguments on that link and play with them)

Pollywaffle

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Quote from: lbr on April 04, 2013, 07:25:20 AM

Quote from: Pollywaffle on April 04, 2013, 07:22:35 AM

Quote from: lbr on April 04, 2013, 07:09:35 AM

Now you need to optimize cgminer setup for your card.
F.e. add to parameters
-w 128 or -w 64 or -w 256
-v or -v 1 or -v 1,1
-I 7 or -I 10
Find the best for your card and run ; )

Where do I add those parameters? Embarrassed

Man, I feel so dumb. This is all so new to me.

f.e. if you created that .cmd we were talking about before,
you can modify first line -

cgminer.exe --url http://api.bitcoin.cz:8332 -u YOUR_USER -p YOUR_PASSWORD -w 128 -I 8 -v

Also are you mining Bitcoin or Litecoin?

Ah, thought so. Just checking.

I'm (trying to) mine litecoin.

lbr

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Quote from: Pollywaffle on April 04, 2013, 07:22:35 AM

Quote from: lbr on April 04, 2013, 07:09:35 AM

Now you need to optimize cgminer setup for your card.
F.e. add to parameters
-w 128 or -w 64 or -w 256
-v or -v 1 or -v 1,1
-I 7 or -I 10
Find the best for your card and run ; )

Where do I add those parameters? Embarrassed

Man, I feel so dumb. This is all so new to me.

f.e. if you created that .cmd we were talking about before,
you can modify first line -

cgminer.exe --url http://api.bitcoin.cz:8332 -u YOUR_USER -p YOUR_PASSWORD -w 128 -I 8 -v

Also are you mining Bitcoin or Litecoin?

Pollywaffle

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Quote from: lbr on April 04, 2013, 07:09:35 AM

Now you need to optimize cgminer setup for your card.
F.e. add to parameters
-w 128 or -w 64 or -w 256
-v or -v 1 or -v 1,1
-I 7 or -I 10
Find the best for your card and run ; )

Where do I add those parameters? Embarrassed

Man, I feel so dumb. This is all so new to me.

lbr

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Quote from: carborundum on April 04, 2013, 07:10:09 AM

I would give Ubuntu a try, beats the $hit out of M$ IMO. I can walk you through a mining configuration if you choose to do that.

That's simply not true.
I've tried mining on Windows 2003 x86/x64, Windows Vista x86, Windows 7 x64, Mac OS X 10.6.8, RHEL, CentOS and Ububtu.
I've noticed no correlation between OS and speed.
Though I've noticed straight correlation between mining speed and straightness of the hands ; )
Oh, and Mac OS X just sucks ; )

lbr

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Look here for all arguments cgminer accepts - https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/official-cgminer-mining-software-thread-for-linuxwinosxmipsarmr-pi-4110-28402
p.s. If you are mining LTC you should use --scrypt

carborundum

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I would give Ubuntu a try, beats the $hit out of M$ IMO. I can walk you through a mining configuration if you choose to do that.

lbr

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Quote from: Pollywaffle on April 04, 2013, 07:05:54 AM

Oky dokes, I've done that and it seems to be working off the GPU now. Progress! Thanks!
However, it doesn't seem to be processing anything though. The GPU is under load, but I'm getting now kH/s results and it keeps on rejecting blocks.

Now you need to optimize cgminer setup for your card.
F.e. add to parameters
-w 128 or -w 64 or -w 256
-v or -v 1 or -v 1,1
-I 7 or -I 10
Find the best for your card and run ; )

bcdvojka

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I got such error when my gpu wasnt actually compatible with gpu miners tho it seemed to work on something

Pollywaffle

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Oky dokes, I've done that and it seems to be working off the GPU now. Progress! Thanks!
However, it doesn't seem to be processing anything though. The GPU is under load, but I'm getting now kH/s results and it keeps on rejecting blocks.

lbr

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Quote from: Pollywaffle on April 04, 2013, 05:19:49 AM

I have no idea what you just said Embarrassed

1) Open notepad
2) Write there

cgminer.exe --url http://api.bitcoin.cz:8332 -u YOUR_USER -p YOUR_PASSWORD
pause

3) File->Save As-> Locate to the folder where your cgminer.exe is located -> Save as "start_cgminer.cmd"
4) Close notepad
5) Launch "start_cgminer.cmd"

Pollywaffle

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I have no idea what you just said Embarrassed

lbr

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Quote from: Pollywaffle on April 04, 2013, 05:08:33 AM

Ok, well, now there's no errors when I open GPUZ, the OpenCL box is ticket AND cg miner doesn't instantly close when I open it. However, when I put all my pool details etc in cg miner, it closes itself but with no errors... Huh

Create startup script f.e. "start.cmd" write there two lines

cgminer.exe --blah --blah ur params
pause

launch that start.cmd
now you will see what cgminer says

Pollywaffle

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Ok, well, now there's no errors when I open GPUZ, the OpenCL box is ticket AND cg miner doesn't instantly close when I open it. However, when I put all my pool details etc in cg miner, it closes itself but with no errors... Huh

lbr

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Quote from: Pollywaffle on April 04, 2013, 04:46:31 AM

Quote from: lbr on April 04, 2013, 04:43:29 AM

Try different AMD Catalyst version and / or install this - http://developer.amd.com/tools/heterogeneous-computing/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/

Basically GPU-Z is saying that your OpenCL is *ucked up, hence miners, which use OpenCL are not working.
OpenCL support is needed to mine on video cards(almost always).

Cheers for that. I already have SDK, so I'll get the new beta drivers for Catalyst (seeing as I already have the latest) and try again. I'll report back.

There are also issues when using certain Catalyst version with certain APP SDK versions..
As it is easier to reinstall SDK - no reboot required, I suggest you start with SDK ; )
You can try different version of SDK or just find version of Catalyst which includes OpenCL already and was tested to work by ATI

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