Guys, check this out : https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/os-nvoc-easy-to-use-linux-nvidia-mining-1854250
Also would be great to have such a tutorial for AMD gpus
Topic: [GUIDE][NVIDIA] How to setup a headless Ubuntu 16 Server with Overclocking (Read 603 times)
March 12, 2019, 05:14:20 PM
March 06, 2019, 04:01:34 AM
This guide will help you setup multiple NVIDIA GPUs (proprietary drivers) on Ubuntu 16.04.03 headless* server, enabling overclock and fan control.
Sample file:
Sample file:
Code:
...
# For more cards, just copy paste the line and change [gpu:x] and [fan:x]
sudo nvidia-settings -a "[gpu:0]/GPUFanControlState=1" -a "[fan:0]/GPUTargetFanSpeed=90"
...
exit 0
Excellent, thank you so much!
But for some reason I can't see 90% of fan speed on one of my GPUs:
But all commands has been accepted by OS!
How to fix it?
p.s. actually this trick is working only for GPU0 and GPU1. On GPU2 and GPU3 it looks that the fan speed remains the same as without all those commands.
March 06, 2019, 03:55:48 AM
Coolbits 1 and 2 are unnecessary.
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1 (bit 0) - Enables overclocking of older (pre-Fermi) cores on the Clock Frequencies page in nvidia-settings.
2 (bit 1) - When this bit is set, the driver will "attempt to initialize SLI when using GPUs with different amounts of video memory".
2 (bit 1) - When this bit is set, the driver will "attempt to initialize SLI when using GPUs with different amounts of video memory".
So what value should we use for 'coolbits'?
any updates to this script?
I highly doubt there will ever be any...
October 18, 2018, 03:32:07 PM
any updates to this script?
November 20, 2017, 03:32:43 PM
Note taken.
Will edit it later.
Leaving the OC part as it is for now.
Will edit it later.
Leaving the OC part as it is for now.
November 20, 2017, 03:19:11 PM
Lightdm disable fixed - wrong copy pasta.
Agree with the rest.
The drivers in the repo are not the most recent tho.
nvidia-384 is in default 16.04 repo.Agree with the rest.
The drivers in the repo are not the most recent tho.
https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
If you want 387.
November 20, 2017, 03:11:22 PM
Lightdm disable fixed - wrong copy pasta.
Agree with the rest.
The drivers in the repo are not the most recent tho.
Agree with the rest.
The drivers in the repo are not the most recent tho.
November 20, 2017, 01:48:24 PM
Install Nvidia driver from repo instead of .run.
No need to install build packages.
Coolbits 1 and 2 are unnecessary.
or
to prevent lightdm from auto starting.
All major distros have adopted systemd for process management and logging so take advantage of that instead of using antiquated rc.local, screen, cron, &, >, etc.
No need to install build packages.
Coolbits 1 and 2 are unnecessary.
Quote
1 (bit 0) - Enables overclocking of older (pre-Fermi) cores on the Clock Frequencies page in nvidia-settings.
2 (bit 1) - When this bit is set, the driver will "attempt to initialize SLI when using GPUs with different amounts of video memory".
2 (bit 1) - When this bit is set, the driver will "attempt to initialize SLI when using GPUs with different amounts of video memory".
Code:
systemctl disable lightdm
Code:
systemctl set-default multi-user.target
All major distros have adopted systemd for process management and logging so take advantage of that instead of using antiquated rc.local, screen, cron, &, >, etc.
November 20, 2017, 01:28:31 PM
This guide will help you setup multiple NVIDIA GPUs (proprietary drivers) on Ubuntu 16.04.03 headless* server, enabling overclock and fan control.
*Headless means without a monitor connected to the rig
Prerequisites:
Steps
1. Since it's a freshly installed OS, SSH into the system and update:
2. Install a lightweight X server
3. Disable the X server from auto starting on boot. Otherwise it would cause conflicts when you try to overclock the cards later on.
4. Install GCC and MAKE in order to be able to install the NVIDIA proprietary drivers
5. Install GTK in order to be able to use nvidia-settings
6. Download the latest NVIDIA proprietary drivers. Right now they are 384.98, so check for updates from NVIDIA's website
7. Reboot
8. Make the file executable and start the installation:
8.1 At a certain point you will be greeted by the following error.
Error Screenshot
Ignore it, it's all ok.
8.2 At the end of the installation you will be asked:
Click NO.
8.3 Generate xorg.conf
You will get this message:
Don't worry, ignore it.
8.4 Reboot
9. Boot up and check if all the GPUs are shown
10. We are nearly done. Let's add some additional stuff and setup overclocking. We are going to make them boot together with Ubuntu, so we don't have to do them manually every single time.
Reboot:
Check for error
11. Let's try some mining:
11.1 Download EWBF from the official bitcointalk thread on your main computer
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ewbfs-cuda-zcash-miner-1707546
11.2 Upload miner, unarchive and create a run script
From your computer
From the rig
11.3 Run the script
Don't forget the prefix &. It makes sure that the miner keeps running after you exit the session.
12. CTRL+D out of the SSH session and enjoy.
Note
If you get an error message regarding the drivers at any point in time, redo STEP 8 and all of its subsets.
If you want I will add additional watchdog scripts.
If you find this guide helpful, you could buy me a beer
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*Headless means without a monitor connected to the rig
Prerequisites:
- Clean Ubuntu 16.04.03 headless server installation
- SSH enabled
Steps
1. Since it's a freshly installed OS, SSH into the system and update:
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
2. Install a lightweight X server
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sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends xorg lightdm
3. Disable the X server from auto starting on boot. Otherwise it would cause conflicts when you try to overclock the cards later on.
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sudo systemctl disable lightdm.service
4. Install GCC and MAKE in order to be able to install the NVIDIA proprietary drivers
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sudo apt-get install gcc make -y
5. Install GTK in order to be able to use nvidia-settings
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sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev -y
6. Download the latest NVIDIA proprietary drivers. Right now they are 384.98, so check for updates from NVIDIA's website
Quote
7. Reboot
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sudo reboot
8. Make the file executable and start the installation:
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chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.98.run
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.98.run
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.98.run
8.1 At a certain point you will be greeted by the following error.
Code:
WARNING: Unable to find a suitable destination to install 32-bit compatibility libraries. Your system may not be set up for 32-bit
compatibility. 32-bit compatibility files will not be installed; if you wish to install them, re-run the installation and
set a valid directory with the --compat32-libdir option.
Ignore it, it's all ok.
8.2 At the end of the installation you will be asked:
Code:
Would you like to run the nvidia-xconfig utility to automatically update your X configuration file so that the NVIDIA X driver will be used when you restart X? Any pre-existing X configuration file will be backed up.
8.3 Generate xorg.conf
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sudo nvidia-xconfig -a --allow-empty-initial-configuration --cool-bits=31 --use-display-device="DFP-0" --connected-monitor="DFP-0"
cool-bits enables overclocking; the rest tricks the rig that there is a monitor connected to it.You will get this message:
Code:
Package xorg-server was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `xorg-server.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'xorg-server' found
8.4 Reboot
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sudo reboot
9. Boot up and check if all the GPUs are shown
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nvidia-smi
You should get something like this:Code:
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 384.98 Driver Version: 384.98 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 GeForce GTX 1070 Off | 00000000:01:00.0 Off | N/A |
| 0% 24C P0 30W / 151W | 0MiB / 8114MiB | 0% Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| 1 GeForce GTX 1070 Off | 00000000:02:00.0 Off | N/A |
| 0% 23C P0 34W / 180W | 0MiB / 8114MiB | 0% Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: GPU Memory |
| GPU PID Type Process name Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| No running processes found |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
10. We are nearly done. Let's add some additional stuff and setup overclocking. We are going to make them boot together with Ubuntu, so we don't have to do them manually every single time.
Quote
sudo nano /etc/rc.local
Sample file:Code:
# Add some error logging, you can disable it after when you are certain everything is working:
exec 2> /tmp/rc.local.log
exec 1>&2
set -x
# Enabling persistence mode makes sure that the driver doesn't get unloaded.
sudo nvidia-smi -pm ENABLED
# Adjust the power limit. In Afterburner you set a % but here you must specify value. You can get base power limit through nvidia-dmi
# In my case, the value for GPU0 is 151W, so 70% power limit is 151*0.70~106
# You specify the card through the parameter -i, so GPU is -i 0
sudo nvidia-dmi -i 0 -pl 110
# You must start the X Server for overclocking and fan control to work
sudo X :0 &
sleep 10
export DISPLAY=:0
sleep 2
# Set GPU0 fan speed to 50%, Clock Offset to +100 and Memory Offset to +300
# For more cards, just copy paste the line and change [gpu:x] and [fan:x]
sudo nvidia-settings -a "[gpu:0]/GPUFanControlState=1" -a "[fan:0]/GPUTargetFanSpeed=50" -a "[gpu:0]/GPUGraphicsClockOffset[3]=100" -a "[gpu:0]/GPUMemoryTransferRateOffset[3]=300"
exit 0
Reboot:
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sudo reboot
Check for error
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cat /tmp/rc.local.log
If the file ends with +exit 0 then you have successfully managed to overclock and set the fan speed.11. Let's try some mining:
11.1 Download EWBF from the official bitcointalk thread on your main computer
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ewbfs-cuda-zcash-miner-1707546
11.2 Upload miner, unarchive and create a run script
From your computer
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scp /Users/xxxx/Downloads/Zec\ Miner\ 0.3.4b\ Linux\ Bin.tar.gz your_user_name@ip_of_rig:/home/your_user_name
From the rig
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tar xvf Zec\ Miner\ 0.3.4b\ Linux\ Bin.tar.gz
cd 0.3.4b
echo "./miner --server eu.zenmine.pro --user znWvyc22usByJRRjijeFeD2D7yNF9P11MAG.rig1 --pass x --port 9009 --log 2 --api 0.0.0.0:3333" > run.sh
chmod +x run.sh
cd 0.3.4b
echo "./miner --server eu.zenmine.pro --user znWvyc22usByJRRjijeFeD2D7yNF9P11MAG.rig1 --pass x --port 9009 --log 2 --api 0.0.0.0:3333" > run.sh
chmod +x run.sh
11.3 Run the script
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./run.sh &
Don't forget the prefix &. It makes sure that the miner keeps running after you exit the session.
12. CTRL+D out of the SSH session and enjoy.
Note
If you get an error message regarding the drivers at any point in time, redo STEP 8 and all of its subsets.
If you want I will add additional watchdog scripts.
If you find this guide helpful, you could buy me a beer
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