Topic: Linux mining distro for the Raspberry PI - MinePeon - page 38. (Read 685100 times)

You might have also done something to your permissions, you should always do git work as minepeon and not root via sudo so your shopuld probably;-

sudo chown -R minepeon.minepeon /opt/minepeon

The "git reset --hard origin/master" may have also changed the branch you are working on as well, you want to be on the 0.2.4 branch NOT the master branch.  The master branch is used for development and requires a different OS build so you should make sure your on the correct branch by doing;-

cd /opt/minepeon
git checkout -b 0.2.4

Neil

[minepeon@minepeon ~]$ cd /opt/minepeon
[minepeon@minepeon minepeon]$ git checkout -b 0.2.4
fatal: A branch named '0.2.4' already exists.

Is it also possible to VNC to there, please?

Which coin do you like?

PS: Java installed perfectly on Raspberry Pi, thank you guys. And it is still mining. Looks like it did not brake. Will try to do more experiments.

I will.

I must admit I am not all that into alt coins, I have yet to come across one that make me think "This is way better than bitcoin" but I keep an eye on them.  I even have my games machine mine litecoin when I am not failing at whatever game takes my fancy at the time.

Neil

Have a look NXT.

That explains a lot .  While I have not used NXT on a raspberry pi I have loaded the bitcoin-qt onto it just for laughs.  It does work but the blockchain never sync's (the processor is too gutless to validate the blocks).

It is a fun and novel way to kill SD cards though with of all of the writes.

People who use MinePeon to solo mine usually have a full computer that run's the blockchain of the coin and then point MinePeon to the RPC port of the computer.

Neil

I am asking, since I would like to try to start NXT coin client on Raspberry Pi and to try forging (mining) there.
It looks like maybe some future coin.

Probably not, but it could. I have not tested every combination of every package.


Nope, you could install it though, I wrote a simple howto on the minepeon forums;-

http://minepeon.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=3763#p3763

I have to ask though, why don't you get another pi for your experimenting?  They are cheap and that is what I do (I have several in fact).

I have not tested anything that you are doing and with every package you add you risk everything blowing up in your face ;P .

Neil

Thank you for helping.
Should
sysvinit-tools be replaced with core/procps-ng?

Will not break something?

Does MinePeon has X Window?

You probably need to do a full update first to get the latest repository, you can do this via;-

sudo pacman -Syu

Then try again to install java.

Neil

P.S. MinePeon is engineered for mining only, what you are doing will probably work but it is not supported .

Thank you for  help.

Unfortunately observing some issues with it. Do you know what could be the issue to resolve it, please?

Try: sudo pacman -S jre7-openjdk

Edit:

By the way, MinePeon runs on ArchLinux... not Raspbian.

I'll do. Thanks again for your kind help and support.

How to install Java in MinePeon distro, please?

Official way is this:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-jdk

According to this web: http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/4920

But looks like apt-get is not there.

Could you help me, please?

Is it also possible to VNC to there, please?

Thanks in advance.

Stop using fetch...


^ should be all you need...

git pull does a git fetch followed by a git merge, you should always use git pull to bring the repo up to date.

Did I solved correctly the problem? I think I need to stop to do the git fetch --all followed by git reset --hard origin/master or am I wrong?

git reset --hard
git pull

minepeon /opt/minepeon # git pull
remote: Counting objects: 128, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (19/19), done.
remote: Total 39 (delta 19), reused 36 (delta 16)
Unpacking objects: 100% (39/39), done.
From https://github.com/MineForeman/minepeon-base
   d7d3fc1..374537a  master     -> origin/master

*** Please tell me who you are.

Run

  git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
  git config --global user.name "Your Name"

to set your account's default identity.
Omit --global to set the identity only in this repository.

fatal: unable to auto-detect email address (got 'root@minepeon.(none)')

minepeon /opt/minepeon # git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
minepeon /opt/minepeon # git config --global user.name "Rui Costa"
minepeon /opt/minepeon # git pull
error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge:
        bin/bfgminer
Please, commit your changes or stash them before you can merge.
Aborting

MinePeon Version
MinePeon 0.2.4 pr2
Miner Version
bfgminer3.3.0
Donation Minutes
15

minepeon /opt/minepeon # git fetch --all
Fetching origin
minepeon /opt/minepeon # git reset --hard origin/master
HEAD is now at 374537a Start of pool switching
minepeon /opt/minepeon # git pull
warning: Cannot merge binary files: lib/libhidapi-libusb.so.0.0.0 (HEAD vs. 82c4f503ec19f6862550c3df5b2706bd48cf8ff2)
warning: Cannot merge binary files: lib/libhidapi-libusb.a (HEAD vs. 82c4f503ec19f6862550c3df5b2706bd48cf8ff2)
warning: Cannot merge binary files: lib/libhidapi-hidraw.so.0.0.0 (HEAD vs. 82c4f503ec19f6862550c3df5b2706bd48cf8ff2)
warning: Cannot merge binary files: lib/libhidapi-hidraw.a (HEAD vs. 82c4f503ec19f6862550c3df5b2706bd48cf8ff2)
warning: Cannot merge binary files: bin/bfgminer (HEAD vs. 82c4f503ec19f6862550c3df5b2706bd48cf8ff2)
Auto-merging share/doc/bfgminer/NEWS
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in share/doc/bfgminer/NEWS
Auto-merging lib/libhidapi-libusb.so.0.0.0
CONFLICT (add/add): Merge conflict in lib/libhidapi-libusb.so.0.0.0
Auto-merging lib/libhidapi-libusb.a
CONFLICT (add/add): Merge conflict in lib/libhidapi-libusb.a
Auto-merging lib/libhidapi-hidraw.so.0.0.0
CONFLICT (add/add): Merge conflict in lib/libhidapi-hidraw.so.0.0.0
Auto-merging lib/libhidapi-hidraw.a
CONFLICT (add/add): Merge conflict in lib/libhidapi-hidraw.a
Auto-merging http/index.php
Auto-merging http/inc/miner.inc.php
Auto-merging bin/bfgminer
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in bin/bfgminer
Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result.
minepeon /opt/minepeon #

MinePeon Version
MinePeon 0.2.4.2
Miner Version
bfgminer3.8.1
Donation Minutes
15

minepeon /opt/minepeon/http # git commit
U       bin/bfgminer
U       lib/libhidapi-hidraw.a
U       lib/libhidapi-hidraw.so.0.0.0
U       lib/libhidapi-libusb.a
U       lib/libhidapi-libusb.so.0.0.0
U       share/doc/bfgminer/NEWS
error: 'commit' is not possible because you have unmerged files.
hint: Fix them up in the work tree,
hint: and then use 'git add/rm ' as
hint: appropriate to mark resolution and make a commit,
hint: or use 'git commit -a'.
fatal: Exiting because of an unresolved conflict.

minepeon /opt/minepeon/http # git commit -am "bfgminer update to 3.8.1"
[0.2.4 c9b21c8] bfgminer update to 3.8.1
 

Just wanted to throw this out there in case it helps anyone:

The folks in #eligius are doing some research into the performance of both bfgminer and cgminer on the KnC miners (which use a BBB). One of the things that they (specifically wizkid057) noticed was that the console I/O actually hurts the performance and, in extreme cases, causes other issues as well. By appending the -q argument, which quiets console output, they saw a marked improvement.

Since the issue is not really limited to the KnC and BBB, but more to do with low-power/performance devices with a lot of hashpower, I though this may help with the rpi as well.

I've tried adding the -q argument myself in the MinePeon web UI and so far all is working well. Also screen -r still works and you get individual device outputs, just no real-time spam.