Topic: I'm new to bitcoin, help! (Read 2350 times)

Doesn't do much as long as you setup your main computer to be on a different channel, getting the faster connection.

And would you be interested in any of the parts?

Good to know  Thanks!

I also need to know how heavy mining can be on a home network's bandwidth.

It all depends on.what you setup is. But ram and CPU wont make any difference at all. My rig that I parted out has 4 5850s capable of producing 380+ mh each. I also have 3 5830s that can do 305+ each. The total is around 2500 mh. I also have 2 boards with ram, cpus, and 3+ pci express ports each. Also got a 1000w and 600w psu. If your interested in expanding ur rig, ill be glad to give a good deal to you on most parts

Sweet! what GPUs are you selling? and would a good CPU make any difference to the hash rate? Are AMD CPUs good enough for this kind of thing? Does it matter if it isn't the fastest? I have 8 gigabytes of RAM in my main (and only) computer at the moment. Would 16 GB be better?

Approximately how many Bitcoins would one be rewarded in a month if mining 24/7 and how much are they worth at the moment?

I personally skipped over openssh, don't worry about it.

Hey and if you want some cards, a 1000w psu, or a few mobo/cpu/ram combos, let me know.

Got two warnings when installing openssh-server screen

cryptsetup: WARNING: failed to detect canonical device of overlayfs
cryptsetup: WARNING: could not determine root device from /etc/fstab

Should I be worried?

Its very extensive! thanks. I hope it works.

OK! I will have to switch GPU's and also may be reinstall ubuntu -- or just install the catalyst driver. There's a lot of junk on my system though. BUT FIRST, test it and see if it works!

EDIT:

No doesn't look like I need to reinstall.

Updated:

cool! I'll do it now. wait   do you have a link to it?

OH I see it now.

Before I go anywhere with this does the usb thumbdrive need to be formatted to ext4 or fat? Oh nevermind you did it differently.

This is the best tutorial I have found and it works. If you have another distro, no need to install xubuntu, just follow the rest of the steps. And I used this method on a hard drive.

Edit: https://github.com/kanoi/linux-usb-cgminer/blob/master/linux-usb-cgminer

Unfortunately.

Hey nckrazze, do you also have a Gigabyte MOBO?

So, I think I figured part of it out. (with the help of whiskers75)


root@precise:/home/brian/poclbm# ./poclbm.py
No device specified or device not found, use -d to specify one of the following

•    GeForce GTX 470

root@precise:/home/brian/poclbm# ./poclbm.py -d 0

At least one server is required
root@precise:/home/brian/poclbm#



EDIT:
I just don't know what to punch in now..
What server? I'm not sure.

root@precise:/home/brian/poclbm# ./poclbm.py --help
Usage: poclbm.py [OPTION]... SERVER[#tag]...
SERVER is one or more [http://]user:pass@host:port          (required)
[#tag] is a per SERVER user friendly name displayed in stats (optional)

Options:
  --version             show program's version number and exit
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --verbose             verbose output, suitable for redirection to log file
  -q, --quiet           suppress all output except hash rate display
  --proxy=PROXY         specify as [proto://user:pass@]host:port (proto is one
                        of socks4, socks5, http; default is socks5)

  Miner Options:
    -r RATE, --rate=RATE
                        hash rate display interval in seconds, default=1 (60
                        with --verbose)
    -e ESTIMATE, --estimate=ESTIMATE
                        estimated rate time window in seconds, default 900 (15
                        minutes)
    -a ASKRATE, --askrate=ASKRATE
                        how many seconds between getwork requests, default 5,
                        max 10
    -t TOLERANCE, --tolerance=TOLERANCE
                        use fallback pool only after N consecutive connection
                        errors, default 2
    -b FAILBACK, --failback=FAILBACK
                        attempt to fail back to the primary pool every N
                        getworks, default 10
    --no-server-failbacks
                        disable using failback hosts provided by server

  Kernel Options:
    -p PLATFORM, --platform=PLATFORM
                        use platform by id
    -d DEVICE, --device=DEVICE
                        use device by id, by default asks for device
    -w WORKSIZE, --worksize=WORKSIZE
                        work group size, default is maximum returned by opencl
    -f FRAMES, --frames=FRAMES
                        will try to bring single kernel execution to 1/frames
                        seconds, default=30, increase this for less desktop
                        lag
    -s FRAMESLEEP, --sleep=FRAMESLEEP
                        sleep per frame in seconds, default 0
    -v, --vectors       use vectors

brian@precise:~$ cd poclbm
brian@precise:~/poclbm$ ./poclbm.py
Wrong platform or more than one OpenCL platforms found, use --platform to select one of the following

•    AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
[1]   NVIDIA CUDA
brian@precise:~/poclbm$ ./poclbm --platform 1
bash: ./poclbm: No such file or directory
brian@precise:~/poclbm$ ./poclbm.py --platform 1
No device specified or device not found, use -d to specify one of the following


•    GeForce GTX 470

brian@precise:~/poclbm$


SWEEET!! just added the .py to the end of "./poclbm"


Um, I'm guessing now that I just need to type:    ./poclbm.py --platform 0

Thanks so much

EDIT- Didn't work as planned.

brian@precise:~/poclbm$ ./poclbm.py
Wrong platform or more than one OpenCL platforms found, use --platform to select one of the following

•    AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
[1]   NVIDIA CUDA
brian@precise:~/poclbm$ ./poclbm --platform 1
bash: ./poclbm: No such file or directory
brian@precise:~/poclbm$ ./poclbm.py --platform 1
No device specified or device not found, use -d to specify one of the following


•    GeForce GTX 470

brian@precise:~/poclbm$ ./poclbm.py --platform 0
No device specified or device not found, use -d to specify one of the following

•    AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor

brian@precise:~/poclbm$


do I perhaps type in: ./poclbm.py -d 0

Apparently not:

brian@precise:~/poclbm$ ./poclbm.py -d 0
Wrong platform or more than one OpenCL platforms found, use --platform to select one of the following

•    AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
[1]   NVIDIA CUDA
brian@precise:~/poclbm$ ./poclbm.py --platform -d 0
Usage: poclbm.py

[OPTION]... SERVER[#tag]...
SERVER is one or more [http://]user:pass@host:port          (required)
[#tag] is a per SERVER user friendly name displayed in stats (optional)

poclbm.py: error: option --platform: invalid integer value: '-d'


Oh wait what? It seems as though I'm setting things up.

OH COOL! I look forward to it. Thanks 

Read what poclbm tells you.
Try ./poclbm --platform 1
And if that fails, try
./poclbm --platform=1

Hope this helps!

Yes, they should be fine.

nckrazze, off the top of your head, do you know if ASRock motherboards, specifically the mb-970ex4 will work with BAMT?

Thanks,
davecoin

Yup. I'm in the middle of a xubuntu tutorial for my rig and will send you some info once I load it on mine. Gigabyte mobos don't work with bamt