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organofcorti

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Poor impulse control.

Still on 0.2a for the moment - but I don't think this will be 0.2a specific.

Having trouble dual card (6990 plus 6970). If I boot up with either I'm ok. If I boot up with both I get the usual boot up messages, the splash screen, and then the screen goes blank with no cli. Do I need to change a setting in Xorg? If I do how do I get back to the cli? Huh

Any ideas?

drgr33n

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Been getting a lot of messages regarding several issues with 0.2a. Please wait for 0.2b because any issues in the last version will be working in this one.

Overnight testing on a 5870 went excellent !! No drop outs temp sitting at 70C with clocks at 990/300. 11.6 is working properly now and its looking very good !! in about 7 hours I got around 3700 shares and only 4 stale !! And that's running from a 3G dongle !!

Just got to tidy up the menu and look at a couple of little graphical issues and will be ready to upload !

spiccioli

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nec sine labore

Quote from: evlew on June 29, 2011, 02:50:22 PM

What would be the best/easiest way to issue a hard reboot if the kernel appears to be having I/O errors or other issue?

evlew,

if you can still access it from ssh, a

Code:

sudo coldreboot

does a full reboot as if you switched it off and then on.

spiccioli

evlew

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thanks so much.

I couldnt find it because the file didn't show up even though that command returned that it was in the typical miner/phoenix/kernel/phatk folder it should have been.

so i went ahead and downloaded the newest version of phoenix which is something i had been needing to do anyway. (i'm still running 0.2a)

just updating to the newest version seemed to bump up a few megahash, but then editing that file bumped it up a decent amount.

before the update and mod i was running about 305 mhps now i'm running 315.

is there a way to stop the ati agreement from running at start? also the welcome message?

drgr33n

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Hey guys

Just a quick update everything has been tested and the figures are looking sweet 0.02% faster than the old version. Will be cleaning up and distributing tomorrow Wink

Jonathan Ryan Owens

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Quote from: TheVirus on June 29, 2011, 05:21:20 PM

Could you edit the title of the thread when you update the version, it's easier to tell than to load the first comment and scroll through it. Also, if you're worried about restarting the system, you could try getting ESXi up and building an image for that and then connecting to the VM server and restart that. It's a bit more work, but it's not too hard.

I'm re-purposing a box this evening for testing this exact thing. ESXi Host, Two days time I'll be running two 4x pciE -> 8 1x pciE external 6950s, and if everything goes right this evening, I'll be assigning instances to GPUs from vSphere.

Have you accomplished this already? Anything in particular to be aware of?

CydeWeys

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Quote from: evlew on June 29, 2011, 08:13:56 PM

Quote from: Folax on June 28, 2011, 09:01:37 AM

Did you guys try this:

Quote from: bitless on June 26, 2011, 06:21:29 PM

I just tried this and got >3% improvement in mining speed.
You can go to phatk's kernel.cl file (don't worry, it just sits there in the open, no need to recompile anything), find this line
#define Ma(x, y, z) amd_bytealign((y), (x | z), (z & x))
and change it to this line
#define Ma(x, y, z) amd_bytealign( (z^x), (y), (x) )
Once you've done it, restart the miner.

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I edited my file and it seems to really increase the hashrate, maybe something to look into Gr33n?

where is this kernel.cl file?

Run this to find it:

Quote

find / -name kernel.cl

evlew

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Quote from: Folax on June 28, 2011, 09:01:37 AM

Did you guys try this:

Quote from: bitless on June 26, 2011, 06:21:29 PM

I just tried this and got >3% improvement in mining speed.
You can go to phatk's kernel.cl file (don't worry, it just sits there in the open, no need to recompile anything), find this line
#define Ma(x, y, z) amd_bytealign((y), (x | z), (z & x))
and change it to this line
#define Ma(x, y, z) amd_bytealign( (z^x), (y), (x) )
Once you've done it, restart the miner.

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I edited my file and it seems to really increase the hashrate, maybe something to look into Gr33n?

where is this kernel.cl file?

evlew

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Quote from: kjj on June 29, 2011, 07:20:35 PM

Code:

sudo su

thanks for making my life easy. <3

kjj

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Quote from: evlew on June 29, 2011, 07:16:28 PM

I don't really want to mess with the permissions of that file without knowing what i'm doing. can someone explain to me what to do?

Code:

sudo su

evlew

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Quote from: tigereye on June 29, 2011, 03:11:04 PM

Reset switch

fine work there detective. explain to me how to do that remotely via ssh?

I like the power strip idea, but that involves money. and with my timing on becoming a miner i need to save every cost i can.
ESXi seems just as likely to lockup if the cards are what causes the lock but i'm not sure. I'm not ESXi expert but i do know that involves a lot of reconfiguring. I would like to avoid that as well, but thanks for the suggestion.

The CD-ROM thing.... WTF? lol... that is the craziest thing i've ever heard.
these miners don't even have cd-roms anyways

this is more what I was refering to
http://smshaker.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/linux-force-rebootshutdown/

Code:

echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq

echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger

however when I try to do the first line it returns a permission denied error.

I don't really want to mess with the permissions of that file without knowing what i'm doing. can someone explain to me what to do?

trueimage

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So, I'm running 0.2b now. When the next version comes out, can I just overwrite the 1st partition with the new iso and keep my persistent partition and my stuff with stay? or do I have to start over with each upgrade?

TheVirus

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Could you edit the title of the thread when you update the version, it's easier to tell than to load the first comment and scroll through it. Also, if you're worried about restarting the system, you could try getting ESXi up and building an image for that and then connecting to the VM server and restart that. It's a bit more work, but it's not too hard.

Jonathan Ryan Owens

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Quote from: CydeWeys on June 29, 2011, 03:26:44 PM

I've heard of some really hacked up solutions that involve wiring up the servo motor on one server's CD-ROM tray to the momentary reset switch on another server's motherboard. And then do it vice-versa. So long as both servers aren't down, you can always log into one to reset the other.

Or you could use the powers of zeus to instantiate an earthquake, which if big enough would be sure to cause the power grid considerable harm. In a week or so, the power comes back on and viola, you're mining for bits again.

CydeWeys

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I've heard of some really hacked up solutions that involve wiring up the servo motor on one server's CD-ROM tray to the momentary reset switch on another server's motherboard. And then do it vice-versa. So long as both servers aren't down, you can always log into one to reset the other.

tigereye

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Quote from: evlew on June 29, 2011, 02:50:22 PM

What would be the best/easiest way to issue a hard reboot if the kernel appears to be having I/O errors or other issue?

Reset switch

kjj

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Quote from: evlew on June 29, 2011, 02:50:22 PM

What would be the best/easiest way to issue a hard reboot if the kernel appears to be having I/O errors or other issue?

A networked UPS or power strip is the best way, but not the easiest.

bluefirecorp

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Can't wait till the newest version is finished being uploaded. Sorta excited to see SmartCoin implemented into this project.

It's so exciting, and all that's holding us back is waiting for you to upload.

evlew

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What would be the best/easiest way to issue a hard reboot if the kernel appears to be having I/O errors or other issue?

Jonathan Ryan Owens

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Quote from: drgr33n on June 29, 2011, 10:27:34 AM

Hey guys !! Back now lol I managed to keep my flat by the skin of my teeth Cheesy

last nite had to party a bit Cheesy

I'm working on things today so I'll fix up the iso and reupload.

For those that don't want a background. It's pretty easy to change same as windows just right click an empty space in the desktop and choose desktop preferences. My friend is making me a abstract background image so it won't be so busy and in your face Cheesy

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Anything else you want sorting post now and I'll include it within reason.

And yes smartcoin will be included Wink

Ps: I will work through my pm's tonight. I'm out and in my phone ATM and I hate this bloody phone for typing Cheesy

Good to hear. Until then, what would the command be that's needed to update 11.5 to 11.6 drivers? Is there a purge command, and simple apt-get or gui installer for 11.6? I would rather just install 0.2b with smartcoin, though.

Glad it's all working out for you.

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