Linux mining distro for the Raspberry PI - MinePeon - page 7.

tr54

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Quote from: silverthornne on July 21, 2014, 10:03:56 AM

The Raspberry Pi lacks a real-time clock so it loses its time and date every time it reboots. To set it again with the Minepeon's Archlinux distribution you need the following command:

Code:

sudo date -s "21 JUL 2014 10:03:00"

If you head over to the Minepeon's forums there are detailed instructions on how to configure ntp so that the Pi updates its time and date automatically but that's never worked for me. Anyway, once you fix the time and date, the graphs work great!

Thanks.
What are login credentials again?

U:minepoen
P:peon
they do not work.

silverthornne

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SelfPay - ICO PRE SALE - huge Profit !

Quote from: tr54 on July 21, 2014, 07:06:56 AM

Perhaps undiscovered bug:
In status tab, graphical representation of hash rate is not working at all and it is stuck on wrong times.

Thank you again for creating this. Once You get donation working I will turn it on.

The Raspberry Pi lacks a real-time clock so it loses its time and date every time it reboots. To set it again with the Minepeon's Archlinux distribution you need the following command:

Code:

sudo date -s "21 JUL 2014 10:03:00"

If you head over to the Minepeon's forums there are detailed instructions on how to configure ntp so that the Pi updates its time and date automatically but that's never worked for me. Anyway, once you fix the time and date, the graphs work great!

tr54

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1. I am newbie in this field and thought all devices had temp probes, so don't worry perhaps mine don't have that option.
2. I don't use plugins, just mentioned this, because thought that you have missed it.
3. It is a hub. I have ordered the new one already. (i use antminer u1 and u2)
4. Donation would be very nice option to say THANKS. I am sure there would be quite few honest people who won't mind spare you some time. Every little helps. Wink

I don't expect huge returns from this. I will be very happy when I get my money back. I am doing it rather as a hobby and learning new things. I like to think that I put something in virtual community and if I can get some money of it, That's great.

Perhaps undiscovered bug:
In status tab, graphical representation of hash rate is not working at all and it is stuck on wrong times.

Thank you again for creating this. Once You get donation working I will turn it on.

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Quote from: MineForeman.com on July 20, 2014, 09:53:31 PM

Do people use plugins by the way? Unfortunately since I install no spyware on MinePeon I have absolutely no idea how meany people use MinePeon, or even what they use on it if they do, for all I know there are only 10 users Wink

. Perhaps in the next versions I should have one of those "Send anonymous usage information back to MinePeon" options (opt in).

I use Minepeon

. And I use the MobileMiner plugin to boot. I also donate so you can add that to your work-in-progress user stats!

MineForeman.com

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Quote from: tr54 on July 20, 2014, 08:40:38 PM

I just registered to let you know.

The latest version (MPRPI20140711.img.gz) works superb on Raspberry Pi B+, picks up ethernet and mines within 15 seconds.
I know it is beta, but perhaps you want this to be mentioned.

That is great to know, I have a B+ on the way and I suspected it would work but it is good to have it confirmed.

Quote from: tr54 on July 20, 2014, 08:40:38 PM

Few things if you want to fix it:
1. doesn't show temp of the devices. Cry

Do your devices have temperature probes? (Most don't)

Quote from: tr54 on July 20, 2014, 08:40:38 PM

2. plugins tab not working.

No, I have put 0 effort into getting them to work with the new alpha though.

Do people use plugins by the way? Unfortunately since I install no spyware on MinePeon I have absolutely no idea how meany people use MinePeon, or even what they use on it if they do, for all I know there are only 10 users Wink

. Perhaps in the next versions I should have one of those "Send anonymous usage information back to MinePeon" options (opt in).

Quote from: tr54 on July 20, 2014, 08:40:38 PM

3. mining only at 35% of total possible hash rate, (maybe it is lack of power on usb port Huh

, will check properly tomorrow)

99.999% chance it will be your powered hub. Some miners also have tuning options you might want to look at (you don't mention what miners you are using).

Quote from: tr54 on July 20, 2014, 08:40:38 PM

I also have deleted your pools and workers and now I see that it is great system and I would like to donate 1h of my mining time. Will donate option still work?

Nope, in those images donation is not working. It is fairly far down the TODO list because it is probably the least used feature Tongue

. I do thank you for the thought though.

Quote from: tr54 on July 20, 2014, 08:40:38 PM

Thanks.

Your very welcome.

Neil

tr54

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I just registered to let you know.

The latest version (MPRPI20140711.img.gz) works superb on Raspberry Pi B+, picks up ethernet and mines within 15 seconds.
I know it is beta, but perhaps you want this to be mentioned.
Few things if you want to fix it:
1. doesn't show temp of the devices. Cry

2. plugins tab not working.
3. mining only at 35% of total possible hash rate, (maybe it is lack of power on usb port Huh

, will check properly tomorrow)

I also have deleted your pools and workers and now I see that it is great system and I would like to donate 1h of my mining time. Will donate option still work?

Thanks.

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Probably at least want the usbfs stuff so libusb-based drivers work.

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Quote from: Luke-Jr on July 17, 2014, 06:41:15 PM

FWIW, init-ng does everything important systemd does, but without the insanity... Wink

Since your here.... Can I pick your brain a bit.

When your compiling a kernel for mining do you select much more than;-

Code:

Device Drivers  --->
	HID support  ---> 
		[*]   /dev/hidraw raw HID device support
		USB HID support  ---> 
			[*] /dev/hiddev raw HID device support
	 [*] USB support  ---> 
		     USB Modem (CDC ACM) support
		   USB Serial Converter support  --->
			[*]   USB Generic Serial Driver
			   USB Serial Simple Driver
			   USB CP210x family of UART Bridge Controllers
			   USB FTDI Single Port Serial Driver

?

I don't have most USB miners but that covers the ones I have, are there any more modules you would recommend?

Neil

EDIT: Code tags so that bitcoin talk does not reformat

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FWIW, init-ng does everything important systemd does, but without the insanity... Wink

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Quote from: starsoccer9 on July 17, 2014, 03:41:56 PM

Any chance of getting an updated build of what ever version your on on the img folder?

Also just to make you aware incase you dont, the plugins menu was not working and cgminer booting on start was not either.

Working on it now, as you know it is alpha stuff and I am experimenting with the init system. The one you have now is using systemd and I am working on putting some out using the traditional busybox init.

Systemd had a lot of advantages, it monitor's processes, had exemplary hardware handling, all sorts... it is also very complex but that is the way Linux seems to be heading these days.

Init is old and stable but it does not have ANY hardware handling and if a process dies.. it just dies.

Switching between the two is a bit of a process, something you will never want to do on a production system so I am taking my time to make sure I get it right when I decide what system to use for minepeon 0.3.0.

Anyways, the beaglebone init image is compiling now and the raspberry one is next in the queue... providing that the compiler does not turn out a pile of slag (it happens) I will image them up and put them up in http://minepeon.com/img/testing/ tomorrow.

Neil

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Any chance of getting an updated build of what ever version your on on the img folder?

Also just to make you aware incase you dont, the plugins menu was not working and cgminer booting on start was not either.

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Quote from: tripppn on July 15, 2014, 01:45:51 AM

I've been running 0.2.4.6 for a few days now. I've only had to reboot once. The status UI is shaky for some reason I think because its constantly refreshing but as far as functionality its solid. Is there anything in particular you want tested?

You probably cannot test much if the DHCP does not work Wink

.

I am using busybox for DHCP in that image. I will tweek things to see if I can make a difference in the next release.

Neil;

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Quote from: tripppn on July 15, 2014, 01:45:51 AM

I've been running 0.2.4.6 for a few days now. I've only had to reboot once. The status UI is shaky for some reason I think because its constantly refreshing but as far as functionality its solid. Is there anything in particular you want tested?

I will try to fix that in the next release, it is because of that green arrow.

Neil

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I just did a fresh install of the new minepeon. When i start i get [FAILED] Failed to start dhcpcd on eth0. It continues to where i can login but when i check for the ip i gets 127.0.0.1 so it gets no network connection and i can't use the webinterface/ssh. What do i have to do to get this working?

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I've been running 0.2.4.6 for a few days now. I've only had to reboot once. The status UI is shaky for some reason I think because its constantly refreshing but as far as functionality its solid. Is there anything in particular you want tested?

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Quote from: Mudbankkeith on July 14, 2014, 04:59:31 PM

Quote from: tripppn on July 14, 2014, 04:54:10 PM

Wonder if the fixed the usb 3.0 issues

Still only usb2 but now with 4 ports

The issues may still be there.

Mineforeman has some usb fixes in his universal release of MinePeon (coming soon to a Pi near you). Have a read back in this post 2 or 3 days ago.

You can download it if you want from here;-

http://minepeon.com/img/testing/

There are still a lot of things not working in the new OS build bit it seems to have fixed a lot of the USB issues.

I would be interested if the brave among you would test it for me.

Neil

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Quote from: tripppn on July 14, 2014, 04:54:10 PM

Wonder if the fixed the usb 3.0 issues

Still only usb2 but now with 4 ports

The issues may still be there.

Mineforeman has some usb fixes in his universal release of MinePeon (coming soon to a Pi near you). Have a read back in this post 2 or 3 days ago.

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Wonder if the fixed the usb 3.0 issues

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Quote from: starsoccer9 on July 14, 2014, 01:25:34 PM

Quote from: tripppn on July 14, 2014, 11:40:27 AM

New RPi model B+

http://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/#introducing-raspberry-pi-model-b-plus

Yea I saw that, I assume it would require a new build of minepeon

Probably not. They said it's just a rearrangement/refinement of components, not a new build. They added a few more header pins to the GPIO and went to microSD instead of full SD and reduced overall power consumption. And most importantly to us, they increased the number of USB ports. It's expected that all the software will continue to function normally since there is no actual architecture change.

Sounds good on paper, but who knows once they get out in the field.

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Quote from: tripppn on July 14, 2014, 11:40:27 AM

New RPi model B+

http://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/#introducing-raspberry-pi-model-b-plus

Yea I saw that, I assume it would require a new build of minepeon

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