Gridcoin (GRC) - first coin utilizing BOINC - Official Thread - page 237.

traderman

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When did you fall out of sync? and when was the 6k mined?

Quote from: sixteendigits on January 08, 2014, 11:04:15 AM

Quote from: sixteendigits on January 08, 2014, 11:02:00 AM

WTF?!?!? I fell out of sync with the block chain so I started rebuilding it, and now all of a sudden the ~6K GRC I had in that wallet is gone. I did a -reindex and it didn't help. I went to my roaming/appdata directory to see if my wallet was missing or something and now I have a wallet.(longstringofnumbers).bak file and a wallet.dat file. What is that .bak file? Never seen that before.

And why is the .bak file all of a sudden 960kb, about the size my wallet.dat used to be, and now my wallet.dat is 80kb?

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Quote from: sixteendigits on January 08, 2014, 11:02:00 AM

WTF?!?!? I fell out of sync with the block chain so I started rebuilding it, and now all of a sudden the ~6K GRC I had in that wallet is gone. I did a -reindex and it didn't help. I went to my roaming/appdata directory to see if my wallet was missing or something and now I have a wallet.(longstringofnumbers).bak file and a wallet.dat file. What is that .bak file? Never seen that before.

And why is the .bak file all of a sudden 960kb, about the size my wallet.dat used to be, and now my wallet.dat is 80kb?

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WTF?!?!? I fell out of sync with the block chain so I started rebuilding it, and now all of a sudden the ~6K GRC I had in that wallet is gone. I did a -reindex and it didn't help. I went to my roaming/appdata directory to see if my wallet was missing or something and now I have a wallet.(longstringofnumbers).bak file and a wallet.dat file. What is that .bak file? Never seen that before.

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Quote from: hamiltino on January 08, 2014, 10:32:05 AM

Another question. Do i have to check the box "Use GPU while computer in use" in the BOINC manager? Or does the mining module on the qt client do all the work?

You do not want to have the box for "Use GPU While Computer is in Use" checked. The way Gridcoin works is you dedicate your CPU cycles to BOINC and you mine Gridcoins with your GPU.

Gridcoin also has it's own version of cpu mining which should be re-implemented soon (hopefully). When cpu mining is brought back you will be able to fill in some information on your projects console and you will be rewarded additional GRC based on the amount of work your cpu does for BOINC.

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Another question. Do i have to check the box "Use GPU while computer in use" in the BOINC manager? Or does the mining module on the qt client do all the work?

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fixed i changed the gpu threads.

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Is it normal to have gridcoin mining with a lower hashrate than other scrypt coins? Because it is significantly lower for me.

This is when im using the gridcoin mining module.

Running cgminer seperatly works better but i dont know if it counts??

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Quote from: TribalBob on January 07, 2014, 05:25:38 PM

Quote from: asdlolciterquit on January 07, 2014, 05:17:21 PM

if i see something like that on my cgminer (i use an external istance of cgminer), is it correct?

No suitable long-poll found for http://127.0.0.1:9332
network diff set to 2
new block detected on network
network diff set to 2
new block detected on network

and so on...

Yes, that is the correct output, later versions of cgminer have a slightly different output format than the earlier versions which is why it doesn't look "familiar" if you were using an earlier version of cgminer before...

thanks!

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Quote from: procrypto on January 07, 2014, 08:26:17 PM

I managed to get the client sync'd again, by using the .msi, and ensuring the QT was run as Administrator (this was probably the problem before). I'm still getting the crashing when I try to run Gridcoin at the same time as Boinc, though.

I've triple checked the Boinc folders in gridcoin.conf, and ensured .NET is up to date (there was an update to run).

My gridcoin.conf below..

Quote

rpcuser=myrpcuser
rpcpassword=myrpcpassword
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcport=myport
server=1
poolmining=false
restartwallet=0
addnode=98.114.181.178
addnode=76.187.184.27
addnode=66.187.94.194
addnode=76.74.177.224
addnode=84.125.196.167
addnode=71.233.139.62
addnode=72.92.48.105
addnode=72.208.65.226
addnode=77.64.220.124
addnode=50.152.78.46
addnode=207.229.136.136
boincappfolder=C:\Program Files (x86)\BOINC
boincdatafolder=E:\ProgramData\BOINC

Any other ideas you may have would be greatly appreciated.

Should the boinc folders have a trailing slash or not? Have tried with both so that's not the issue, but just want to ensure I've got that right.

I believe traderman's comment above is correct. I believe Gridcoin and the BOINC folders all need to be on the same drive...

traderman

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Maybe the fact that the data folder is on drive E: and the install is in C: might be causing some kind of issue.

Quote from: procrypto on January 07, 2014, 08:26:17 PM

I managed to get the client sync'd again, by using the .msi, and ensuring the QT was run as Administrator (this was probably the problem before). I'm still getting the crashing when I try to run Gridcoin at the same time as Boinc, though.

I've triple checked the Boinc folders in gridcoin.conf, and ensured .NET is up to date (there was an update to run).

My gridcoin.conf below..

Quote

rpcuser=myrpcuser
rpcpassword=myrpcpassword
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcport=myport
server=1
poolmining=false
restartwallet=0
addnode=98.114.181.178
addnode=76.187.184.27
addnode=66.187.94.194
addnode=76.74.177.224
addnode=84.125.196.167
addnode=71.233.139.62
addnode=72.92.48.105
addnode=72.208.65.226
addnode=77.64.220.124
addnode=50.152.78.46
addnode=207.229.136.136
boincappfolder=C:\Program Files (x86)\BOINC
boincdatafolder=E:\ProgramData\BOINC

Any other ideas you may have would be greatly appreciated.

Should the boinc folders have a trailing slash or not? Have tried with both so that's not the issue, but just want to ensure I've got that right.

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I managed to get the client sync'd again, by using the .msi, and ensuring the QT was run as Administrator (this was probably the problem before). I'm still getting the crashing when I try to run Gridcoin at the same time as Boinc, though.

I've triple checked the Boinc folders in gridcoin.conf, and ensured .NET is up to date (there was an update to run).

My gridcoin.conf below..

Quote

rpcuser=myrpcuser
rpcpassword=myrpcpassword
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcport=myport
server=1
poolmining=false
restartwallet=0
addnode=98.114.181.178
addnode=76.187.184.27
addnode=66.187.94.194
addnode=76.74.177.224
addnode=84.125.196.167
addnode=71.233.139.62
addnode=72.92.48.105
addnode=72.208.65.226
addnode=77.64.220.124
addnode=50.152.78.46
addnode=207.229.136.136
boincappfolder=C:\Program Files (x86)\BOINC
boincdatafolder=E:\ProgramData\BOINC

Any other ideas you may have would be greatly appreciated.

Should the boinc folders have a trailing slash or not? Have tried with both so that's not the issue, but just want to ensure I've got that right.

TribalBob

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Quote from: asdlolciterquit on January 07, 2014, 05:17:21 PM

if i see something like that on my cgminer (i use an external istance of cgminer), is it correct?

No suitable long-poll found for http://127.0.0.1:9332
network diff set to 2
new block detected on network
network diff set to 2
new block detected on network

and so on...

Yes, that is the correct output, later versions of cgminer have a slightly different output format than the earlier versions which is why it doesn't look "familiar" if you were using an earlier version of cgminer before...

asdlolciterquit

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if i see something like that on my cgminer (i use an external istance of cgminer), is it correct?

No suitable long-poll found for http://127.0.0.1:9332
network diff set to 2
new block detected on network
network diff set to 2
new block detected on network

and so on...

TribalBob

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Quote from: procrypto on January 07, 2014, 05:05:24 PM

Quote from: TribalBob on January 07, 2014, 05:03:45 PM

Quote from: procrypto on January 07, 2014, 04:53:05 PM

In my case the problem was twofold - default install directory is "Program Files (x86)" on a 64 bit Windows system, and I'd changed the data directory too.

Unfortunately the QT still crashes when I start it - just as the Gridcoin Mining Module opens up. Huh

Are you certain you pointed to the correct BOINC directories in your gridcoin.conf and you didn't just copy

Code:

boincappfolder=C:\Program Files\Boinc\
boincdatafolder=C:\ProgramData\Boinc\

For example, if you installed BOINC at D:\BOINC then your gridcoin.conf should say:

Code:

boincappfolder=D:\BOINC

100% certain. Can only imagine wallet.dat was corrupted so have deleted Gridcoin data directory, including blockchain (doh) so am now trying to re-sync. Annoyingly, I'm now back to no connections to the network. Have added the addnodes and sorted port forwarding as described earlier in the thread. Any ideas why this problem persists?

Hmmm, very strange. Things to double-check:

1) Make sure you are running Gridcoin as admin
2) Make sure you have forwarded the correct port as this port was changed a couple weeks ago. The correct port is "32760"
3) Try adding an exception rule to your firewall for Gridcoin

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Quote from: TribalBob on January 07, 2014, 05:03:45 PM

Quote from: procrypto on January 07, 2014, 04:53:05 PM

In my case the problem was twofold - default install directory is "Program Files (x86)" on a 64 bit Windows system, and I'd changed the data directory too.

Unfortunately the QT still crashes when I start it - just as the Gridcoin Mining Module opens up. Huh

Are you certain you pointed to the correct BOINC directories in your gridcoin.conf and you didn't just copy

Code:

boincappfolder=C:\Program Files\Boinc\
boincdatafolder=C:\ProgramData\Boinc\

For example, if you installed BOINC at D:\BOINC then your gridcoin.conf should say:

Code:

boincappfolder=D:\BOINC

100% certain. Can only imagine wallet.dat was corrupted so have deleted Gridcoin data directory, including blockchain (doh) so am now trying to re-sync. Annoyingly, I'm now back to no connections to the network. Have added the addnodes and sorted port forwarding as described earlier in the thread. Any ideas why this connection problem persists for some users?

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Quote from: procrypto on January 07, 2014, 04:53:05 PM

In my case the problem was twofold - default install directory is "Program Files (x86)" on a 64 bit Windows system, and I'd changed the data directory too.

Unfortunately the QT still crashes when I start it - just as the Gridcoin Mining Module opens up. Huh

Are you certain you pointed to the correct BOINC directories in your gridcoin.conf and you didn't just copy

Code:

boincappfolder=C:\Program Files\Boinc\
boincdatafolder=C:\ProgramData\Boinc\

For example, if you installed BOINC at D:\BOINC then your gridcoin.conf should say:

Code:

boincappfolder=D:\BOINC

derm

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mine crashes too,
upon trying to send 1 GRC in win7 64bit the wallet terminates stating:
"MS Visual C++
This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information."
Retry @ 1 mGRC failed as well.

is there already a pending request to integrate some stable version of boinc?
this might strip dependencies and make the system less vulnerable.

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Quote from: TribalBob on January 07, 2014, 04:01:48 PM

If you install somewhere besides the default directory you will need to add these lines to your gridcoin.conf (replace the file paths with the correct location of where you chose to install):

Code:

boincappfolder=C:\Program Files\Boinc\
boincdatafolder=C:\ProgramData\Boinc\

The guide has been updated with this info as well.

In my case the problem was twofold - default install directory is "Program Files (x86)" on a 64 bit Windows system, and I'd changed the data directory too.

Unfortunately the QT still crashes when I start it. Huh

Edit: splash screen is "Loading wallet" when it crashes. Going to bin the Gridcoin data directory and start again! Roll Eyes

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Quote from: lmue on January 07, 2014, 12:30:01 PM

Quote from: asdlolciterquit on January 07, 2014, 12:16:33 PM

Quote from: TribalBob on January 07, 2014, 12:00:15 PM

Quote from: traderman on January 07, 2014, 11:44:29 AM

I think we need a comprehensive instruction manual or some kind of video tutorial for the new people.

I'll do it, will post it and link to it from this thread here in an hour or two...

thank you so much. Pls, explain also how get 100% boinc on gridcoin..

100% CPU utilization for boinc + min. 1000 average daily credits.

how many hours at day?

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Quote from: procrypto on January 07, 2014, 03:18:42 PM

Hmm no, didn't see this in the guide. How do I reference them in gridcoin.conf?

Thanks for your help.

It wasn't referenced in the guide because the guide says to install BOINC in the default location, if BOINC is installed in the default location you do not need to reference them in gridcoin.conf

If you installed BOINC somewhere else you will need to reference BOINC's directories. The instructions on how to do so are somewhere in this thread, I will find them in a little bit and add it to the guide.

***EDIT***:

If you install somewhere besides the default directory you will need to add these lines to your gridcoin.conf (replace the file paths with the correct location of where you chose to install):

Code:

boincappfolder=C:\Program Files\Boinc\
boincdatafolder=C:\ProgramData\Boinc\

The guide has been updated with this info as well.

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