I do not know if you have heard of BAMT but he is working on a 7970 release if your interested.
Dont want or need bamt.
Let me get this right = you like Linuxcoin better ?
Or your own distro ?
Topic: Mining 7970 with linuxcoin bounty [20 btc] (Read 6202 times)
Dont want or need bamt.
Let me get this right = you like Linuxcoin better ?
Or your own distro ?
I do not know if you have heard of BAMT but he is working on a 7970 release if your interested.
Dont want or need bamt.
I do not know if you have heard of BAMT but he is working on a 7970 release if your interested.
bounty upped to 20
Thank you for the instructions: will document what I did/do here.
test rig:
6950 slot 1
7970 slot 3
monitor and keyboard and mouse directly
create new linuxcoin usb stick with 500 persistence
boot, gdm does not load
followed instruction for removing gdm and adding 'su - user -c startx &' to rc.local
coldboot
during boot, cannot find startx, ctrl c to stop
sudo find / -name startx (nothing)
shutdown, put new 'live-rw' on stick to start over
my plan now is to install the driver without the 7970 in rig... rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf, shutdown, put 7970 in rig and boot.. crossing fingers
remove 7970 from test rig
boot into linuxcoin GUI
open root console to execute 'download and install driver'
download driver
execute downloaded file....... no space left on device
shutdown
create new linuxcoin with 1000 persistence
boot, download driver, chmod +x, execute driver...
rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
shutdown
install 7970 reboot
black screen......
shutdown, remove 7970
boot into linuxcoin GUI
attemp to execute the following:
execute the 'rsync -avl include/CL/ /usr/include/CL/' there is no directory /opt/include/CL
sync
coldreboot
booted into linuxcoin GUI ( I can tell by the display that it is definitely diff drivers)
usually if I want to add or remove cards in linuxcoin, all is needed is : rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf, shutdown, change cards, reboot
but now there is no xorg.conf file....
adding 7970 and booting now.
rig booted to command prompt.. attempted aticonfig init all, command hung
attempted aticonfig listall, command hung...
as you can see i have no idea what I am doing with X and such.. I have now learned how to install the new drivers but I am still at the point that I cannot get the GUI to load if the 7970 is in the rig. that is the hump i need to jump.
test rig:
6950 slot 1
7970 slot 3
monitor and keyboard and mouse directly
create new linuxcoin usb stick with 500 persistence
boot, gdm does not load
followed instruction for removing gdm and adding 'su - user -c startx &' to rc.local
coldboot
during boot, cannot find startx, ctrl c to stop
sudo find / -name startx (nothing)
shutdown, put new 'live-rw' on stick to start over
my plan now is to install the driver without the 7970 in rig... rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf, shutdown, put 7970 in rig and boot.. crossing fingers
remove 7970 from test rig
boot into linuxcoin GUI
open root console to execute 'download and install driver'
download driver
execute downloaded file....... no space left on device
shutdown
create new linuxcoin with 1000 persistence
boot, download driver, chmod +x, execute driver...
rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
shutdown
install 7970 reboot
black screen......
shutdown, remove 7970
boot into linuxcoin GUI
attemp to execute the following:
Code:
$ sudo su
# cd /opt
# wget http://developer.amd.com/Downloads/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64.tgz
# tar -xvzf /home/ubuntu/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64.tgz
# cd AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64/
# cp -pv lib/x86_64/* /usr/lib/
# rsync -avl include/CL/ /usr/include/CL/
# tar -xvzf icd-registration.tgz
# rsync -avl etc/OpenCL/ /etc/OpenCL/
after extracting AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64.tgz there is no directory AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64# cd /opt
# wget http://developer.amd.com/Downloads/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64.tgz
# tar -xvzf /home/ubuntu/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64.tgz
# cd AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64/
# cp -pv lib/x86_64/* /usr/lib/
# rsync -avl include/CL/ /usr/include/CL/
# tar -xvzf icd-registration.tgz
# rsync -avl etc/OpenCL/ /etc/OpenCL/
Quote
the tar -xvzf should have created the include and amd directories...was it successful? where you in the /opt directory when you ran tar?
executed the Install-AMD-APP.sh per the READMEexecute the 'rsync -avl include/CL/ /usr/include/CL/' there is no directory /opt/include/CL
sync
coldreboot
booted into linuxcoin GUI ( I can tell by the display that it is definitely diff drivers)
usually if I want to add or remove cards in linuxcoin, all is needed is : rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf, shutdown, change cards, reboot
Code:
after reboot you need to run sudo aticonfig --adapter=all -f --initial which creates the xorg.conf file...then sync and reboot
but now there is no xorg.conf file....
adding 7970 and booting now.
rig booted to command prompt.. attempted aticonfig init all, command hung
attempted aticonfig listall, command hung...
Quote
huh, I have not seen this was it as sudo or root? if it still doesn't boot the gui, does it give a blue error page? That is what I always get and therefore installed $ sudo apt-get install xinit and removed gdm with the rc.local change
reboot.. black screen........ shutdown, boot to windoz. mine Quote
lol...if it works for you, who's to judge
as you can see i have no idea what I am doing with X and such.. I have now learned how to install the new drivers but I am still at the point that I cannot get the GUI to load if the 7970 is in the rig. that is the hump i need to jump.
yeah, sorry it's not working out better for you, try those suggestions and let me know if it still fails.
Best,
Nathan
shoot. I assumed linuxcoin would have this installed, but I should have double checked:
$ sudo apt-get install xinit
this has startx as a wrapper for xinit.
However, if you are not having problems with it NOT launching x at start like I was, then there is no need for the whole gdm workaround that I did.
$ sudo apt-get install xinit
this has startx as a wrapper for xinit.
However, if you are not having problems with it NOT launching x at start like I was, then there is no need for the whole gdm workaround that I did.
Ok, give this a whirl. These are not all 100% my own ideas. There are countless others to thank if this works, especially in the start up scripting...which was primarily taken from: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/is-there-a-tutorial-for-using-screen-to-auto-start-cgminer-51622 and kano from cgminer thread.
Code:
#### I did not have luck letting GDM auto-login work, so I recommend removing GDM and using a script to startx, you can try it without this option if you want
$ update-rc.d -f gdm remove
$ sudo apt-get purge gdm
$ sudo dpkg --purge gdm
$ sudo nano /etc/rc.local
#add this line just before exit 0: su - user -c startx &
control o enter
control x
$ sudo sync
$ sudo coldreboot
#### end remove gdm auto-login to replace with startx
#### download and install driver
$ cd /home/user/Downloads
$ wget http://www2.ati.com/DRIVERS/hotfix/radeon_7900_series/amd-driver-installer-8.921-x86.x86_64.run
$ sudo chmod +x amd*
#### this next step should be run from VNC or directly on the machine instructions for vnc setup here, but you can skip if doing locally
$ sudo chmod uog+rw /dev/ati/card*
$ sudo xauth merge /home/user/.Xauthority
$ export DISPLAY=:0
#### And now your ready to connect using X11 forwarding.
#### Windows users can select X11 forwarding in putty by ticking the box located on the menu sidebar/Connections/SSH/X11.
#### end VNC setup
$ sudo ./amd* --force
#### GUI installation will eventually open select all the default options to install
1) Install driver 8.921 - continue
2) !Agree
3) Automatic
4) Exit
#### GUI complete
$ sudo aticonfig --adapter=ALL -f --initial
$ sudo sync
$ sudo coldreboot
$ sudo su
# cd /opt
# wget http://developer.amd.com/Downloads/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64.tgz
# tar -xvzf /home/ubuntu/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64.tgz
# cd AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64/
# cp -pv lib/x86_64/* /usr/lib/
# rsync -avl include/CL/ /usr/include/CL/
# tar -xvzf icd-registration.tgz
# rsync -avl etc/OpenCL/ /etc/OpenCL/
# ldconfig
# sync
# coldreboot
#### other configurations
add this line to rc.local : /usr/local/bin/miner-launcher.sh 60 &
#### nano /usr/local/bin miner-launcher.sh
#!/bin/bash
DEFAULT_DELAY=0
if [ "x$1" = "x" -o "x$1" = "xnone" ]; then
DELAY=$DEFAULT_DELAY
else
DELAY=$1
fi
sleep $DELAY
screen -dmS cgm su user -c "/usr/local/bin/startcgminer.sh"
#### control x
#### nano /usr/local/bin/startcgminer.sh
#!/bin/bash
export DISPLAY=:0
export GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1
cd /opt/miners/cgminer #or where you put cgminer...i think this is the defualt location in linuxcoin
./cgminer -c cgminer.conf # or whatever options you want
#### control x
#### make executable and change owner of the above files
$ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/*miner*.sh
$ sudo chown root:root /usr/local/bin/*miner*.sh
####
that should do it....
coldreboot and see if it works.
$ update-rc.d -f gdm remove
$ sudo apt-get purge gdm
$ sudo dpkg --purge gdm
$ sudo nano /etc/rc.local
#add this line just before exit 0: su - user -c startx &
control o enter
control x
$ sudo sync
$ sudo coldreboot
#### end remove gdm auto-login to replace with startx
#### download and install driver
$ cd /home/user/Downloads
$ wget http://www2.ati.com/DRIVERS/hotfix/radeon_7900_series/amd-driver-installer-8.921-x86.x86_64.run
$ sudo chmod +x amd*
#### this next step should be run from VNC or directly on the machine instructions for vnc setup here, but you can skip if doing locally
$ sudo chmod uog+rw /dev/ati/card*
$ sudo xauth merge /home/user/.Xauthority
$ export DISPLAY=:0
#### And now your ready to connect using X11 forwarding.
#### Windows users can select X11 forwarding in putty by ticking the box located on the menu sidebar/Connections/SSH/X11.
#### end VNC setup
$ sudo ./amd* --force
#### GUI installation will eventually open select all the default options to install
1) Install driver 8.921 - continue
2) !Agree
3) Automatic
4) Exit
#### GUI complete
$ sudo aticonfig --adapter=ALL -f --initial
$ sudo sync
$ sudo coldreboot
$ sudo su
# cd /opt
# wget http://developer.amd.com/Downloads/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64.tgz
# tar -xvzf /home/ubuntu/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64.tgz
# cd AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64/
# cp -pv lib/x86_64/* /usr/lib/
# rsync -avl include/CL/ /usr/include/CL/
# tar -xvzf icd-registration.tgz
# rsync -avl etc/OpenCL/ /etc/OpenCL/
# ldconfig
# sync
# coldreboot
#### other configurations
add this line to rc.local : /usr/local/bin/miner-launcher.sh 60 &
#### nano /usr/local/bin miner-launcher.sh
#!/bin/bash
DEFAULT_DELAY=0
if [ "x$1" = "x" -o "x$1" = "xnone" ]; then
DELAY=$DEFAULT_DELAY
else
DELAY=$1
fi
sleep $DELAY
screen -dmS cgm su user -c "/usr/local/bin/startcgminer.sh"
#### control x
#### nano /usr/local/bin/startcgminer.sh
#!/bin/bash
export DISPLAY=:0
export GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1
cd /opt/miners/cgminer #or where you put cgminer...i think this is the defualt location in linuxcoin
./cgminer -c cgminer.conf # or whatever options you want
#### control x
#### make executable and change owner of the above files
$ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/*miner*.sh
$ sudo chown root:root /usr/local/bin/*miner*.sh
####
that should do it....
coldreboot and see if it works.
Thank you for the instructions: will document what I did/do here.
test rig:
6950 slot 1
7970 slot 3
monitor and keyboard and mouse directly
create new linuxcoin usb stick with 500 persistence
boot, gdm does not load
followed instruction for removing gdm and adding 'su - user -c startx &' to rc.local
coldboot
during boot, cannot find startx, ctrl c to stop
sudo find / -name startx (nothing)
shutdown, put new 'live-rw' on stick to start over
my plan now is to install the driver without the 7970 in rig... rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf, shutdown, put 7970 in rig and boot.. crossing fingers
remove 7970 from test rig
boot into linuxcoin GUI
open root console to execute 'download and install driver'
download driver
execute downloaded file....... no space left on device
shutdown
create new linuxcoin with 1000 persistence
boot, download driver, chmod +x, execute driver...
rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
shutdown
install 7970 reboot
black screen......
shutdown, remove 7970
boot into linuxcoin GUI
attemp to execute the following:
Code:
$ sudo su
# cd /opt
# wget http://developer.amd.com/Downloads/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64.tgz
# tar -xvzf /home/ubuntu/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64.tgz
# cd AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64/
# cp -pv lib/x86_64/* /usr/lib/
# rsync -avl include/CL/ /usr/include/CL/
# tar -xvzf icd-registration.tgz
# rsync -avl etc/OpenCL/ /etc/OpenCL/
after extracting AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64.tgz there is no directory AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64# cd /opt
# wget http://developer.amd.com/Downloads/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64.tgz
# tar -xvzf /home/ubuntu/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64.tgz
# cd AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64/
# cp -pv lib/x86_64/* /usr/lib/
# rsync -avl include/CL/ /usr/include/CL/
# tar -xvzf icd-registration.tgz
# rsync -avl etc/OpenCL/ /etc/OpenCL/
executed the Install-AMD-APP.sh per the README
execute the 'rsync -avl include/CL/ /usr/include/CL/' there is no directory /opt/include/CL
sync
coldreboot
booted into linuxcoin GUI ( I can tell by the display that it is definitely diff drivers)
usually if I want to add or remove cards in linuxcoin, all is needed is : rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf, shutdown, change cards, reboot
but now there is no xorg.conf file....
adding 7970 and booting now.
rig booted to command prompt.. attempted aticonfig init all, command hung
attempted aticonfig listall, command hung...
reboot.. black screen........ shutdown, boot to windoz. mine
as you can see i have no idea what I am doing with X and such.. I have now learned how to install the new drivers but I am still at the point that I cannot get the GUI to load if the 7970 is in the rig. that is the hump i need to jump.
Ok, give this a whirl. These are not all 100% my own ideas. There are countless others to thank if this works, especially in the start up scripting...which was primarily taken from: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/is-there-a-tutorial-for-using-screen-to-auto-start-cgminer-51622 and kano from cgminer thread.
Code:
#### I did not have luck letting GDM auto-login work, so I recommend removing GDM and using a script to startx, you can try it without this option if you want
$ update-rc.d -f gdm remove
$ sudo apt-get purge gdm
$ sudo dpkg --purge gdm
$ sudo nano /etc/rc.local
#add this line just before exit 0: su - user -c startx &
control o enter
control x
$ sudo sync
$ sudo coldreboot
#### end remove gdm auto-login to replace with startx
#### download and install driver
$ cd /home/user/Downloads
$ wget http://www2.ati.com/DRIVERS/hotfix/radeon_7900_series/amd-driver-installer-8.921-x86.x86_64.run
$ sudo chmod +x amd*
#### this next step should be run from VNC or directly on the machine instructions for vnc setup here, but you can skip if doing locally
$ sudo chmod uog+rw /dev/ati/card*
$ sudo xauth merge /home/user/.Xauthority
$ export DISPLAY=:0
#### And now your ready to connect using X11 forwarding.
#### Windows users can select X11 forwarding in putty by ticking the box located on the menu sidebar/Connections/SSH/X11.
#### end VNC setup
$ sudo ./amd* --force
#### GUI installation will eventually open select all the default options to install
1) Install driver 8.921 - continue
2) !Agree
3) Automatic
4) Exit
#### GUI complete
$ sudo aticonfig --adapter=ALL -f --initial
$ sudo sync
$ sudo coldreboot
$ sudo su
# cd /opt
# wget http://developer.amd.com/Downloads/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64.tgz
# tar -xvzf /home/ubuntu/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64.tgz
# cd AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64/
# cp -pv lib/x86_64/* /usr/lib/
# rsync -avl include/CL/ /usr/include/CL/
# tar -xvzf icd-registration.tgz
# rsync -avl etc/OpenCL/ /etc/OpenCL/
# ldconfig
# sync
# coldreboot
#### other configurations
add this line to rc.local : /usr/local/bin/miner-launcher.sh 60 &
#### nano /usr/local/bin miner-launcher.sh
#!/bin/bash
DEFAULT_DELAY=0
if [ "x$1" = "x" -o "x$1" = "xnone" ]; then
DELAY=$DEFAULT_DELAY
else
DELAY=$1
fi
sleep $DELAY
screen -dmS cgm su user -c "/usr/local/bin/startcgminer.sh"
#### control x
#### nano /usr/local/bin/startcgminer.sh
#!/bin/bash
export DISPLAY=:0
export GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1
cd /opt/miners/cgminer #or where you put cgminer...i think this is the defualt location in linuxcoin
./cgminer -c cgminer.conf # or whatever options you want
#### control x
#### make executable and change owner of the above files
$ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/*miner*.sh
$ sudo chown root:root /usr/local/bin/*miner*.sh
####
that should do it....
coldreboot and see if it works.
$ update-rc.d -f gdm remove
$ sudo apt-get purge gdm
$ sudo dpkg --purge gdm
$ sudo nano /etc/rc.local
#add this line just before exit 0: su - user -c startx &
control o enter
control x
$ sudo sync
$ sudo coldreboot
#### end remove gdm auto-login to replace with startx
#### download and install driver
$ cd /home/user/Downloads
$ wget http://www2.ati.com/DRIVERS/hotfix/radeon_7900_series/amd-driver-installer-8.921-x86.x86_64.run
$ sudo chmod +x amd*
#### this next step should be run from VNC or directly on the machine instructions for vnc setup here, but you can skip if doing locally
$ sudo chmod uog+rw /dev/ati/card*
$ sudo xauth merge /home/user/.Xauthority
$ export DISPLAY=:0
#### And now your ready to connect using X11 forwarding.
#### Windows users can select X11 forwarding in putty by ticking the box located on the menu sidebar/Connections/SSH/X11.
#### end VNC setup
$ sudo ./amd* --force
#### GUI installation will eventually open select all the default options to install
1) Install driver 8.921 - continue
2) !Agree
3) Automatic
4) Exit
#### GUI complete
$ sudo aticonfig --adapter=ALL -f --initial
$ sudo sync
$ sudo coldreboot
$ sudo su
# cd /opt
# wget http://developer.amd.com/Downloads/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64.tgz
# tar -xvzf /home/ubuntu/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64.tgz
# cd AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64/
# cp -pv lib/x86_64/* /usr/lib/
# rsync -avl include/CL/ /usr/include/CL/
# tar -xvzf icd-registration.tgz
# rsync -avl etc/OpenCL/ /etc/OpenCL/
# ldconfig
# sync
# coldreboot
#### other configurations
add this line to rc.local : /usr/local/bin/miner-launcher.sh 60 &
#### nano /usr/local/bin miner-launcher.sh
#!/bin/bash
DEFAULT_DELAY=0
if [ "x$1" = "x" -o "x$1" = "xnone" ]; then
DELAY=$DEFAULT_DELAY
else
DELAY=$1
fi
sleep $DELAY
screen -dmS cgm su user -c "/usr/local/bin/startcgminer.sh"
#### control x
#### nano /usr/local/bin/startcgminer.sh
#!/bin/bash
export DISPLAY=:0
export GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1
cd /opt/miners/cgminer #or where you put cgminer...i think this is the defualt location in linuxcoin
./cgminer -c cgminer.conf # or whatever options you want
#### control x
#### make executable and change owner of the above files
$ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/*miner*.sh
$ sudo chown root:root /usr/local/bin/*miner*.sh
####
that should do it....
coldreboot and see if it works.
can you just detail the steps you needed to
Sure, I can detail the steps for you, but the offer will still be open should you want a 64bit OS to support 8 GPUs....though I guess with 7970's you're not likely approaching 8. I will do this tonight when I get home....although it will be late, just to let you know.
Quote
and I have an alternate version that supports 7970s
I might be able to just reproduce those steps on my linuxcoin distro. which would satisfy the bounty.
I would be willing to try your distro if I cannot do the above. PM me with a link to the file. I will not be able to try this for a couple of days.
txs
I might be able to just reproduce those steps on my linuxcoin distro. which would satisfy the bounty.
I would be willing to try your distro if I cannot do the above. PM me with a link to the file. I will not be able to try this for a couple of days.
txs
Sure, I can detail the steps for you, but the offer will still be open should you want a 64bit OS to support 8 GPUs....though I guess with 7970's you're not likely approaching 8. I will do this tonight when I get home....although it will be late, just to let you know.
jjiimm, I am having difficulties with my 7970 rig, so I am hesitant to offer any advice. Sorry for the delay, I am about to lose it and I wouldn't want you to have my problems. It keeps locking up...see: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.836914
Thanks for the update.
I will be running dedicated 7x series rigs, so the instability problems may not be an issue with linuxcoin.
My issue is that I have not installed drivers at all with ubuntu. To top it off, if I start out with 7x series, linuxcoin wont even boot properly. so I think I have to put in an older card, install new drivers, remove xorg file, shutdown, put 7x cards in and then boot. but I not sure and dont have the time to do much experimentation.
I tried linuxcoin and decided to scrap it because it would not startx once I installed the drivers. What I did was remove GDM and manually startx in rc.local and it works like a charm. I had the same problem no matter what form of linux I used though...I tried linuxcoin, xubuntu, and debian with the same results. I think my issues are with the 5970s and the driver for 7970 not working with 12.2,12.3 or the dedicated for 7970 .921 driver.
I can type up the instructions for getting the 7970s working now that I have verified that 5970s and 7970s will not work together and my problem should not affect you.
If the instructions work and I can mine with cgminer with similar results (~660Mh @1100/1000 ) then you get the bounty!
can you just detail the steps you needed to
Sure, I can detail the steps for you, but the offer will still be open should you want a 64bit OS to support 8 GPUs....though I guess with 7970's you're not likely approaching 8. I will do this tonight when I get home....although it will be late, just to let you know.
Quote
and I have an alternate version that supports 7970s
I might be able to just reproduce those steps on my linuxcoin distro. which would satisfy the bounty.
I would be willing to try your distro if I cannot do the above. PM me with a link to the file. I will not be able to try this for a couple of days.
txs
I might be able to just reproduce those steps on my linuxcoin distro. which would satisfy the bounty.
I would be willing to try your distro if I cannot do the above. PM me with a link to the file. I will not be able to try this for a couple of days.
txs
Sure, I can detail the steps for you, but the offer will still be open should you want a 64bit OS to support 8 GPUs....though I guess with 7970's you're not likely approaching 8. I will do this tonight when I get home....although it will be late, just to let you know.
jjiimm, I am having difficulties with my 7970 rig, so I am hesitant to offer any advice. Sorry for the delay, I am about to lose it and I wouldn't want you to have my problems. It keeps locking up...see: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.836914
Thanks for the update.
I will be running dedicated 7x series rigs, so the instability problems may not be an issue with linuxcoin.
My issue is that I have not installed drivers at all with ubuntu. To top it off, if I start out with 7x series, linuxcoin wont even boot properly. so I think I have to put in an older card, install new drivers, remove xorg file, shutdown, put 7x cards in and then boot. but I not sure and dont have the time to do much experimentation.
I tried linuxcoin and decided to scrap it because it would not startx once I installed the drivers. What I did was remove GDM and manually startx in rc.local and it works like a charm. I had the same problem no matter what form of linux I used though...I tried linuxcoin, xubuntu, and debian with the same results. I think my issues are with the 5970s and the driver for 7970 not working with 12.2,12.3 or the dedicated for 7970 .921 driver.
I can type up the instructions for getting the 7970s working now that I have verified that 5970s and 7970s will not work together and my problem should not affect you.
can you just detail the steps you needed to
Sure, I can detail the steps for you, but the offer will still be open should you want a 64bit OS to support 8 GPUs....though I guess with 7970's you're not likely approaching 8. I will do this tonight when I get home....although it will be late, just to let you know.
Quote
and I have an alternate version that supports 7970s
I might be able to just reproduce those steps on my linuxcoin distro. which would satisfy the bounty.
I would be willing to try your distro if I cannot do the above. PM me with a link to the file. I will not be able to try this for a couple of days.
txs
I might be able to just reproduce those steps on my linuxcoin distro. which would satisfy the bounty.
I would be willing to try your distro if I cannot do the above. PM me with a link to the file. I will not be able to try this for a couple of days.
txs
Sure, I can detail the steps for you, but the offer will still be open should you want a 64bit OS to support 8 GPUs....though I guess with 7970's you're not likely approaching 8. I will do this tonight when I get home....although it will be late, just to let you know.
jjiimm, I am having difficulties with my 7970 rig, so I am hesitant to offer any advice. Sorry for the delay, I am about to lose it and I wouldn't want you to have my problems. It keeps locking up...see: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.836914
Thanks for the update.
I will be running dedicated 7x series rigs, so the instability problems may not be an issue with linuxcoin.
My issue is that I have not installed drivers at all with ubuntu. To top it off, if I start out with 7x series, linuxcoin wont even boot properly. so I think I have to put in an older card, install new drivers, remove xorg file, shutdown, put 7x cards in and then boot. but I not sure and dont have the time to do much experimentation.
can you just detail the steps you needed to
Sure, I can detail the steps for you, but the offer will still be open should you want a 64bit OS to support 8 GPUs....though I guess with 7970's you're not likely approaching 8. I will do this tonight when I get home....although it will be late, just to let you know.
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and I have an alternate version that supports 7970s
I might be able to just reproduce those steps on my linuxcoin distro. which would satisfy the bounty.
I would be willing to try your distro if I cannot do the above. PM me with a link to the file. I will not be able to try this for a couple of days.
txs
I might be able to just reproduce those steps on my linuxcoin distro. which would satisfy the bounty.
I would be willing to try your distro if I cannot do the above. PM me with a link to the file. I will not be able to try this for a couple of days.
txs
Sure, I can detail the steps for you, but the offer will still be open should you want a 64bit OS to support 8 GPUs....though I guess with 7970's you're not likely approaching 8. I will do this tonight when I get home....although it will be late, just to let you know.
jjiimm, I am having difficulties with my 7970 rig, so I am hesitant to offer any advice. Sorry for the delay, I am about to lose it and I wouldn't want you to have my problems. It keeps locking up...see: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.836914
can you just detail the steps you needed to
Sure, I can detail the steps for you, but the offer will still be open should you want a 64bit OS to support 8 GPUs....though I guess with 7970's you're not likely approaching 8. I will do this tonight when I get home....although it will be late, just to let you know.
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and I have an alternate version that supports 7970s
I might be able to just reproduce those steps on my linuxcoin distro. which would satisfy the bounty.
I would be willing to try your distro if I cannot do the above. PM me with a link to the file. I will not be able to try this for a couple of days.
txs
I might be able to just reproduce those steps on my linuxcoin distro. which would satisfy the bounty.
I would be willing to try your distro if I cannot do the above. PM me with a link to the file. I will not be able to try this for a couple of days.
txs
Sure, I can detail the steps for you, but the offer will still be open should you want a 64bit OS to support 8 GPUs....though I guess with 7970's you're not likely approaching 8. I will do this tonight when I get home....although it will be late, just to let you know.
I will definitely be approaching 8. 4 7990
can you just detail the steps you needed to
Sure, I can detail the steps for you, but the offer will still be open should you want a 64bit OS to support 8 GPUs....though I guess with 7970's you're not likely approaching 8. I will do this tonight when I get home....although it will be late, just to let you know.
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and I have an alternate version that supports 7970s
I might be able to just reproduce those steps on my linuxcoin distro. which would satisfy the bounty.
I would be willing to try your distro if I cannot do the above. PM me with a link to the file. I will not be able to try this for a couple of days.
txs
I might be able to just reproduce those steps on my linuxcoin distro. which would satisfy the bounty.
I would be willing to try your distro if I cannot do the above. PM me with a link to the file. I will not be able to try this for a couple of days.
txs
Sure, I can detail the steps for you, but the offer will still be open should you want a 64bit OS to support 8 GPUs....though I guess with 7970's you're not likely approaching 8. I will do this tonight when I get home....although it will be late, just to let you know.
bounty raised
There are a couple manual steps to complete, but I am working through automating those now. If you don't want to wait, I can give you a link to my custom image to throw on a USB and run. You would have to run aticonfig --adapter=ALL -f --initial the coldreboot, change the cgminer.conf file, and possibly alter the networking rules.d/ persistence file. I could give instructions.
It's no BAMT, but it is a 64bit debian squeeze that will work with 8 GPUs and I have an alternate version that supports 7970s (which is what you would want).
Let me know if you are interested and I will find a place to post the current image.Since I have not finished the live-build script, its just an image copy of my working rig. 8GB. So it will take a while.
can you just detail the steps you needed to
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and I have an alternate version that supports 7970s
I might be able to just reproduce those steps on my linuxcoin distro. which would satisfy the bounty.
I would be willing to try your distro if I cannot do the above. PM me with a link to the file. I will not be able to try this for a couple of days.
txs
bounty raised
There are a couple manual steps to complete, but I am working through automating those now. If you don't want to wait, I can give you a link to my custom image to throw on a USB and run. You would have to run aticonfig --adapter=ALL -f --initial the coldreboot, change the cgminer.conf file, and possibly alter the networking rules.d/ persistence file. I could give instructions.
It's no BAMT, but it is a 64bit debian squeeze that will work with 8 GPUs and I have an alternate version that supports 7970s (which is what you would want).
Let me know if you are interested and I will find a place to post the current image.Since I have not finished the live-build script, its just an image copy of my working rig. 8GB. So it will take a while.
bounty raised
I guess I will pop this to the top again...
10btc bounty for step by step instructions to get linuxcoin to load 7970's.
I dont need instructions to mine with it. as long as aticonfig can see and edit the card, or at least cgminer see and edit the card.
I bring this up again because of this: I tried to put a 6th 7x card on win64. it will only load 5 of them. so I am now worried that when I get 4 7990 in the windoz box, i may have trouble.
I have rigs with 6 cards.. and 4 5970's on same mobo
I guess I will pop this to the top again...
10btc bounty for step by step instructions to get linuxcoin to load 7970's.
I dont need instructions to mine with it. as long as aticonfig can see and edit the card, or at least cgminer see and edit the card.
I bring this up again because of this: I tried to put a 6th 7x card on win64. it will only load 5 of them. so I am now worried that when I get 4 7990 in the windoz box, i may have trouble.
I guess I will pop this to the top again...
10btc bounty for step by step instructions to get linuxcoin to load 7970's.
I dont need instructions to mine with it. as long as aticonfig can see and edit the card, or at least cgminer see and edit the card.
I bring this up again because of this: I tried to put a 6th 7x card on win64. it will only load 5 of them. so I am now worried that when I get 4 7990 in the windoz box, i may have trouble.
Guess everyone can just laugh at me then running 13 rigs on Win7 and using SSD's too. Did I mention most of them are 2600K's and 2500k's. Also 2 rigs with 3 HD7970's each. Got a good laugh going yet?
However can any of you host a Lan/Gaming Party where no one has to bring their own rigs? Can you also mine at 500KHash for lite coins on your Semprons and Linux? I don't still hear the laughter..
OK enough of the gloating and here is my point. Why does everyone brag that they run this and you should too. Why are you not doing it my way? Why no Linux..
The guy just wants his question answered without all the problems.. If you can't help go blow your horn in another thread.
Sorry I can not properly tell you how to get the drivers packed in your install but I hope this got rid of some of the chatter so you can find your answer.
However can any of you host a Lan/Gaming Party where no one has to bring their own rigs? Can you also mine at 500KHash for lite coins on your Semprons and Linux? I don't still hear the laughter..
OK enough of the gloating and here is my point. Why does everyone brag that they run this and you should too. Why are you not doing it my way? Why no Linux..
The guy just wants his question answered without all the problems.. If you can't help go blow your horn in another thread.
Sorry I can not properly tell you how to get the drivers packed in your install but I hope this got rid of some of the chatter so you can find your answer.
That is sexy. You got yourself some serious hardware.
Thanks.. Won about 20% of it from Folding@Home contests but still have a pretty penny invested. Its a fun hobby!
Guess everyone can just laugh at me then running 13 rigs on Win7 and using SSD's too. Did I mention most of them are 2600K's and 2500k's. Also 2 rigs with 3 HD7970's each. Got a good laugh going yet?
However can any of you host a Lan/Gaming Party where no one has to bring their own rigs? Can you also mine at 500KHash for lite coins on your Semprons and Linux? I don't still hear the laughter..
OK enough of the gloating and here is my point. Why does everyone brag that they run this and you should too. Why are you not doing it my way? Why no Linux..
The guy just wants his question answered without all the problems.. If you can't help go blow your horn in another thread.
Sorry I can not properly tell you how to get the drivers packed in your install but I hope this got rid of some of the chatter so you can find your answer.
However can any of you host a Lan/Gaming Party where no one has to bring their own rigs? Can you also mine at 500KHash for lite coins on your Semprons and Linux? I don't still hear the laughter..
OK enough of the gloating and here is my point. Why does everyone brag that they run this and you should too. Why are you not doing it my way? Why no Linux..
The guy just wants his question answered without all the problems.. If you can't help go blow your horn in another thread.
Sorry I can not properly tell you how to get the drivers packed in your install but I hope this got rid of some of the chatter so you can find your answer.
That is sexy. You got yourself some serious hardware.
will 10 btc bounty get the job done?
Update the topic title, jjiimm.There's bound to be someone with a 7970 willing to take the job.
will 10 btc bounty get the job done?
Update the topic title, jjiimm.There's bound to be someone with a 7970 willing to take the job.
I have a linux buddy I will have him get in touch with you.
I am not totally against windows.. even for mining. before adding a card to miner5, it had been running steady for 3 months! win64
out of 18 rigs, 4 are windoz. but 2 of them that have the 7x cards I would like to put back to linuxcoin for reasons previously states...
will 10 btc bounty get the job done?
Guess everyone can just laugh at me then running 13 rigs on Win7 and using SSD's too. Did I mention most of them are 2600K's and 2500k's. Also 2 rigs with 3 HD7970's each. Got a good laugh going yet?
However can any of you host a Lan/Gaming Party where no one has to bring their own rigs? Can you also mine at 500KHash for lite coins on your Semprons and Linux? I don't still hear the laughter..
OK enough of the gloating and here is my point. Why does everyone brag that they run this and you should too. Why are you not doing it my way? Why no Linux..
The guy just wants his question answered without all the problems.. If you can't help go blow your horn in another thread.
Sorry I can not properly tell you how to get the drivers packed in your install but I hope this got rid of some of the chatter so you can find your answer.
However can any of you host a Lan/Gaming Party where no one has to bring their own rigs? Can you also mine at 500KHash for lite coins on your Semprons and Linux? I don't still hear the laughter..
OK enough of the gloating and here is my point. Why does everyone brag that they run this and you should too. Why are you not doing it my way? Why no Linux..
The guy just wants his question answered without all the problems.. If you can't help go blow your horn in another thread.
Sorry I can not properly tell you how to get the drivers packed in your install but I hope this got rid of some of the chatter so you can find your answer.
No. You misunderstood.
Anyway, the guy asked for help with linuxcoin. Please help him install latest SDK, driver and miner since you are such an expert in Linux. I've packaged Linux distros way back when; I know how much work it can be. Maybe these days things are different, but I prefer to stay away from Linux because it can be very time consuming (if you run into problems).
If you are an expert in Linux, maybe you can release 7970 distro, you know, hardened, static modules compiled into the kernel, etc. If you just using someone's distro, YOU are the Linux newbie.
Buy me a 7970 card and I'll upgrade linuxcoin, deal? Anyway, the guy asked for help with linuxcoin. Please help him install latest SDK, driver and miner since you are such an expert in Linux. I've packaged Linux distros way back when; I know how much work it can be. Maybe these days things are different, but I prefer to stay away from Linux because it can be very time consuming (if you run into problems).
If you are an expert in Linux, maybe you can release 7970 distro, you know, hardened, static modules compiled into the kernel, etc. If you just using someone's distro, YOU are the Linux newbie.
In 2005, I've setup "high-end" server using P5AD2 motherboard, RAID SATA drives running Knoppix.
I just wanted to resell it today, guess what? You cannot find Win7 drivers for sound, network and sata for that motherboard.
The machine has zero resell value. Average desktop users don't want "old" Linux machines.
I just wanted to resell it today, guess what? You cannot find Win7 drivers for sound, network and sata for that motherboard.
The machine has zero resell value. Average desktop users don't want "old" Linux machines.
So, do I understand correctly that you're moaning and bitching because ASUS didn't write Windows 7 drivers for a board released in 2003?
May I remind you that Windows 7 was released to the public in late 2009?
No, you're right, it's all Linux's fault.
Newbies... guaranteed to make you laugh
why not just pxeboot/tftpboot/ all the linux boxes, no disk, no usb flash - just sufficient RAM to store something like BAMT, a network with a list of mac addresses of the cards to boot the relevant OS, and or driver configs required.
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That would be AWESOME!
well i use teamviewer to view my windows miners you can see the temps fine stop and startminers overclock but i do understand for a mining rig the less power taken up by hdd cdrom drive and cpu and ram the better so i understand if you use linux on a flash drive
why not just pxeboot/tftpboot/ all the linux boxes, no disk, no usb flash - just sufficient RAM to store something like BAMT, a network with a list of mac addresses of the cards to boot the relevant OS, and or driver configs required.
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Yeah this would be pretty ideal. Saves using those shitty USB drives that fail ever so often.
why not just pxeboot/tftpboot/ all the linux boxes, no disk, no usb flash - just sufficient RAM to store something like BAMT, a network with a list of mac addresses of the cards to boot the relevant OS, and or driver configs required.
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I get 395mhash per core average @ 1.100, 870mhz on 3x 5970 rigs
What are u running at to get 404?
My temps and core clocks don't disappear. What are you using to control your core clocks?
What are u running at to get 404?
My temps and core clocks don't disappear. What are you using to control your core clocks?
careful bro.....you are gonna get screamed at. Dudes don't like dissent.
I get 395mhash per core average @ 1.100, 870mhz on 3x 5970 rigs
What are u running at to get 404?
My temps and core clocks don't disappear. What are you using to control your core clocks?
What are u running at to get 404?
My temps and core clocks don't disappear. What are you using to control your core clocks?
Not like it's going to save anything.
dont have to buy harddrives.
dont have to install operating system from cd.
dont have to pay to spin the harddrive
you can ssh into a mining rig and still see the temp and clocks. in windows apparently when remoteing in, temps and core clocks disappears, if you can even mine at all.
dont have to pay billy boy
dont have to hook a monitor up to the computer.
that all being said, I am typing this message on a 24in win764 miner14.
hard drive is like 6 watts(few cents a year), you can actually run windows on a usb if one wanted to.
I do like your idea of accessing it remotely, I never really mess with mine though. Been up for about 2 months without crashes.
I just use one monitor, to watch all my miners, they don't need dedicated monitors. Could be a pain if you set one up at another location though.
Havent any of you heard of Remote desktop connection? I remote into all of my Win7 PC's to check up on CGminer. Works like a charm.
when remoteing in, temps and core clocks disappears,
RDP... lord. Why do you want an entire GUI to mine? You are using command line utilities to mine with text miners from a GUI. That just makes no sense. Why not bypass the GUI all together.
As for dummy plugs, you have that backwards. Windows requires dummy plugs, Linux does not. Linux allows 8 GPUs, Windows does not (unless that's been fixed in the past few months). Windows is an inferior mining platform under any circumstance; there is literally nothing compelling about using Windows as a mining platform.
Refurbished $20 drives fail fairly often... the USB stick, not so much. Generates less heat and takes up almost no power as well.
I run most my systems with 3x 5970's and never used dummy plugs. Not sure what people were doing to require them. I'm not using the new catalyst or anything. You can go 4x 5970's with extenders and what not. The GUI does not slow down mining. I originally was going to try ubuntu, but there was no driver support for my usb adapters. The only real benefit to linux that anyone has mentioned here is the size of the OS. A full install of windows takes a 16gb usb. I plan on needing hard drives to sell my cases and mobo's anyway though. I actually started using 60gb agility ssd's. There just sexy... If I had previous experience with linux like I bet you have, I may have gone that route. As for dummy plugs, you have that backwards. Windows requires dummy plugs, Linux does not. Linux allows 8 GPUs, Windows does not (unless that's been fixed in the past few months). Windows is an inferior mining platform under any circumstance; there is literally nothing compelling about using Windows as a mining platform.
Refurbished $20 drives fail fairly often... the USB stick, not so much. Generates less heat and takes up almost no power as well.
Heh, I assure you that the GUI is slowing down your mining. It's not a lot, but it's there. For example, I get about 396 MH/s per GPU on a set of GPUs I have under Widows and if I run the same GPUs under Linux, both with poclbm, the hashrate is around 404 MH/s. All thanks to loading up that heavyweight GUI for absolutely no reason. Translates to about 60 MH/s loss across all GPUs.
As for sexy SSDs... I'm more concerned with efficiency and profit, not how good my rig looks. My rigs live in the basement and in the data center, and unless something is wrong, I never see them. I'll take an ugly 3 GH/s rig over a pretty 2 GH/s rig any day.
I was under the impression you needed dummy plugs to run a large miner in linux...
Is that really how misguided your opinion on Linux mining is?It's the heap-of-fail AMD drivers are that made dummy plugs necessary. The problem was OS-agnostic though different driver versions solved it for Windows and Linux.
Got remote desktop working, some stupid security certificate was set wrong. Guess I gave up to easy last time.
RDP... lord. Why do you want an entire GUI to mine? You are using command line utilities to mine with text miners from a GUI. That just makes no sense. Why not bypass the GUI all together.
As for dummy plugs, you have that backwards. Windows requires dummy plugs, Linux does not. Linux allows 8 GPUs, Windows does not (unless that's been fixed in the past few months). Windows is an inferior mining platform under any circumstance; there is literally nothing compelling about using Windows as a mining platform.
Refurbished $20 drives fail fairly often... the USB stick, not so much. Generates less heat and takes up almost no power as well.
As for dummy plugs, you have that backwards. Windows requires dummy plugs, Linux does not. Linux allows 8 GPUs, Windows does not (unless that's been fixed in the past few months). Windows is an inferior mining platform under any circumstance; there is literally nothing compelling about using Windows as a mining platform.
Refurbished $20 drives fail fairly often... the USB stick, not so much. Generates less heat and takes up almost no power as well.
100% right. Anyone using Windblows for mining is LOL
An poster above ^. SSD, really ?
RDP... lord. Why do you want an entire GUI to mine? You are using command line utilities to mine with text miners from a GUI. That just makes no sense. Why not bypass the GUI all together.
As for dummy plugs, you have that backwards. Windows requires dummy plugs, Linux does not. Linux allows 8 GPUs, Windows does not (unless that's been fixed in the past few months). Windows is an inferior mining platform under any circumstance; there is literally nothing compelling about using Windows as a mining platform.
Refurbished $20 drives fail fairly often... the USB stick, not so much. Generates less heat and takes up almost no power as well.
I run most my systems with 3x 5970's and never used dummy plugs. Not sure what people were doing to require them. I'm not using the new catalyst or anything. You can go 4x 5970's with extenders and what not. The GUI does not slow down mining. I originally was going to try ubuntu, but there was no driver support for my usb adapters. The only real benefit to linux that anyone has mentioned here is the size of the OS. A full install of windows takes a 16gb usb. I plan on needing hard drives to sell my cases and mobo's anyway though. I actually started using 60gb agility ssd's. There just sexy... If I had previous experience with linux like I bet you have, I may have gone that route. As for dummy plugs, you have that backwards. Windows requires dummy plugs, Linux does not. Linux allows 8 GPUs, Windows does not (unless that's been fixed in the past few months). Windows is an inferior mining platform under any circumstance; there is literally nothing compelling about using Windows as a mining platform.
Refurbished $20 drives fail fairly often... the USB stick, not so much. Generates less heat and takes up almost no power as well.
RDP... lord. Why do you want an entire GUI to mine? You are using command line utilities to mine with text miners from a GUI. That just makes no sense. Why not bypass the GUI all together.
As for dummy plugs, you have that backwards. Windows requires dummy plugs, Linux does not. Linux allows 8 GPUs, Windows does not (unless that's been fixed in the past few months). Windows is an inferior mining platform under any circumstance; there is literally nothing compelling about using Windows as a mining platform.
Refurbished $20 drives fail fairly often... the USB stick, not so much. Generates less heat and takes up almost no power as well.
As for dummy plugs, you have that backwards. Windows requires dummy plugs, Linux does not. Linux allows 8 GPUs, Windows does not (unless that's been fixed in the past few months). Windows is an inferior mining platform under any circumstance; there is literally nothing compelling about using Windows as a mining platform.
Refurbished $20 drives fail fairly often... the USB stick, not so much. Generates less heat and takes up almost no power as well.
Not like it's going to save anything.
dont have to buy harddrives.
dont have to install operating system from cd.
dont have to pay to spin the harddrive
you can ssh into a mining rig and still see the temp and clocks. in windows apparently when remoteing in, temps and core clocks disappears, if you can even mine at all.
dont have to pay billy boy
dont have to hook a monitor up to the computer.
that all being said, I am typing this message on a 24in win764 miner14.
hard drive is like 6 watts(few cents a year), you can actually run windows on a usb if one wanted to.
I do like your idea of accessing it remotely, I never really mess with mine though. Been up for about 2 months without crashes.
I just use one monitor, to watch all my miners, they don't need dedicated monitors. Could be a pain if you set one up at another location though.
Havent any of you heard of Remote desktop connection? I remote into all of my Win7 PC's to check up on CGminer. Works like a charm.
Of course I've heard of it, last time I tried messing with it I had no luck. I turned off all the firewalls and checked the router ports but it still didn't work. Only time I really need to get on them is to change fan settings or clock speeds. Should not need to until it starts getting hot outside again.
Havent any of you heard of Remote desktop connection? I remote into all of my Win7 PC's to check up on CGminer. Works like a charm.
RDP fucks with the drivers, often if I use it to connect things go wacky, and if I stop the miner I can't start it again. However, LogMeIn (free version) works great, and has a nice little wake-on-lan feature built into the control panel.Had this problem with GUIminer......CGminer and Diablo seem to work great.
Havent any of you heard of Remote desktop connection? I remote into all of my Win7 PC's to check up on CGminer. Works like a charm.
RDP fucks with the drivers, often if I use it to connect things go wacky, and if I stop the miner I can't start it again. However, LogMeIn (free version) works great, and has a nice little wake-on-lan feature built into the control panel. Not like it's going to save anything.
dont have to buy harddrives.
dont have to install operating system from cd.
dont have to pay to spin the harddrive
you can ssh into a mining rig and still see the temp and clocks. in windows apparently when remoteing in, temps and core clocks disappears, if you can even mine at all.
dont have to pay billy boy
dont have to hook a monitor up to the computer.
that all being said, I am typing this message on a 24in win764 miner14.
hard drive is like 6 watts(few cents a year), you can actually run windows on a usb if one wanted to.
I do like your idea of accessing it remotely, I never really mess with mine though. Been up for about 2 months without crashes.
I just use one monitor, to watch all my miners, they don't need dedicated monitors. Could be a pain if you set one up at another location though.
Havent any of you heard of Remote desktop connection? I remote into all of my Win7 PC's to check up on CGminer. Works like a charm.
Not like it's going to save anything.
dont have to buy harddrives.
dont have to install operating system from cd.
dont have to pay to spin the harddrive
you can ssh into a mining rig and still see the temp and clocks. in windows apparently when remoteing in, temps and core clocks disappears, if you can even mine at all.
dont have to pay billy boy
dont have to hook a monitor up to the computer.
that all being said, I am typing this message on a 24in win764 miner14.
hard drive is like 6 watts(few cents a year), you can actually run windows on a usb if one wanted to.
I do like your idea of accessing it remotely, I never really mess with mine though. Been up for about 2 months without crashes.
I just use one monitor, to watch all my miners, they don't need dedicated monitors. Could be a pain if you set one up at another location though.
Not like it's going to save anything.
dont have to buy harddrives.
dont have to install operating system from cd.
dont have to pay to spin the harddrive
you can ssh into a mining rig and still see the temp and clocks. in windows apparently when remoteing in, temps and core clocks dissappear, if you can even mine at all.
dont have to pay billy boy
dont have to hook a monitor up to the computer.
that all being said, I am typing this message on a 24in win764 miner14.
Is there even a reason to mine with linux?
Yes,
1. easy headless rigs. with windoz you loose temp control
2. operating system on a usb
3. new operating system up in 3 minutes. nothing to mining in 4 minutes
4. ssh access to the rigs.
do I need to go on?
It's Free
Windowz SUCKS
Better/friendlier support
The list goes on
People actually pay for windows still? Anyone who still pays for windows is going to have a hell of a time using linux.
Why can't you control the temp?
It only takes 15 mins to install windows, if your familiar with linux it makes sense. I don't actually see any benefits that justify messing with a new OS. I was under the impression you needed dummy plugs to run a large miner in linux. Linux is smaller for a usb stick, refurrbished hard drives are only 20 bucks though. I thought about doing it myself but I don't see the point. Not like it's going to save anything.
$54 Motherboard with rebate - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138303
$40 CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103888
$10 RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820576001
$16 USB Stick - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220504
A whopping $120 bucks for 4 slot mining rig (6 if you use PCI - PCIe adapters), giving you the ability to run up to 8 GPUs, though I would recommend 2 5970's and 2 5870's, maybe 3 5970's and 1 5870 depending on your PSU.
Throw in a rebated OCZ 1200w PSU for $225 and you got yourself a pretty rockin' system. If you wanted to spend a few bucks more, you can find a 5 pcie mobo and either beef up your PSU a bit (if you can find a 1400w) or use two PSU's and power 3x 5970's and 2x 5870's.
As for additional power usage, you are using up 3x - 4x required power per machine, so it's 300% - 400% of the required power for 6 - 8 GPUs respectively.
I have a couple mobo's I run 6 cards on, though since Linux has an 8 GPU limit, most of them are 5870's. Windows has a 4 GPU limit if I recall, or did they finally fix that glaring deficiency?
$40 CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103888
$10 RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820576001
$16 USB Stick - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220504
A whopping $120 bucks for 4 slot mining rig (6 if you use PCI - PCIe adapters), giving you the ability to run up to 8 GPUs, though I would recommend 2 5970's and 2 5870's, maybe 3 5970's and 1 5870 depending on your PSU.
Throw in a rebated OCZ 1200w PSU for $225 and you got yourself a pretty rockin' system. If you wanted to spend a few bucks more, you can find a 5 pcie mobo and either beef up your PSU a bit (if you can find a 1400w) or use two PSU's and power 3x 5970's and 2x 5870's.
As for additional power usage, you are using up 3x - 4x required power per machine, so it's 300% - 400% of the required power for 6 - 8 GPUs respectively.
I have a couple mobo's I run 6 cards on, though since Linux has an 8 GPU limit, most of them are 5870's. Windows has a 4 GPU limit if I recall, or did they finally fix that glaring deficiency?
Thanks for the info....will definitly use this in the future.
so, How do I get my 7970 working on linuxcoin? Those links you sent me are fairly old, and do not address the 7 series. Also, it looks like a whole new operating system which I would prefer not to use.
My 18 rigs(42g) mostly run on linuxcoin. btw, how is that for density?
$54 Motherboard with rebate - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138303
$40 CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103888
$10 RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820576001
$16 USB Stick - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220504
A whopping $120 bucks for 4 slot mining rig (6 if you use PCI - PCIe adapters), giving you the ability to run up to 8 GPUs, though I would recommend 2 5970's and 2 5870's, maybe 3 5970's and 1 5870 depending on your PSU.
Throw in a rebated OCZ 1200w PSU for $225 and you got yourself a pretty rockin' system. If you wanted to spend a few bucks more, you can find a 5 pcie mobo and either beef up your PSU a bit (if you can find a 1400w) or use two PSU's and power 3x 5970's and 2x 5870's.
As for additional power usage, you are using up 3x - 4x required power per machine, so it's 300% - 400% of the required power for 6 - 8 GPUs respectively.
I have a couple mobo's I run 6 cards on, though since Linux has an 8 GPU limit, most of them are 5870's. Windows has a 4 GPU limit if I recall, or did they finally fix that glaring deficiency?
$40 CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103888
$10 RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820576001
$16 USB Stick - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220504
A whopping $120 bucks for 4 slot mining rig (6 if you use PCI - PCIe adapters), giving you the ability to run up to 8 GPUs, though I would recommend 2 5970's and 2 5870's, maybe 3 5970's and 1 5870 depending on your PSU.
Throw in a rebated OCZ 1200w PSU for $225 and you got yourself a pretty rockin' system. If you wanted to spend a few bucks more, you can find a 5 pcie mobo and either beef up your PSU a bit (if you can find a 1400w) or use two PSU's and power 3x 5970's and 2x 5870's.
As for additional power usage, you are using up 3x - 4x required power per machine, so it's 300% - 400% of the required power for 6 - 8 GPUs respectively.
I have a couple mobo's I run 6 cards on, though since Linux has an 8 GPU limit, most of them are 5870's. Windows has a 4 GPU limit if I recall, or did they finally fix that glaring deficiency?
You are probably spending 3x - 4x as much on power as you need to, unless you get power for free?
Wanted to follow up on this as well.
I run over 20,000 MH/s......I really doubt the extra CPU's, RAM, and HD (mostly SSD) are using 200-300% as much power as the GPU's.
I would venture I am maybe using 20% more than I need to versus an IDEAL setup, but most certainly not 300-400% more. I hope that was a typo.
So for that same $110 a pop, you could have purchased a 5 or 6 PCIe motherboard, cpu and ram. Threw on a 1200w PSU and mined 6 or 7 GPUs... replacing basically 3 - 4 of the machines you have now, saving a net $100 or so in the process. (Figuring $200 for a PSU, which may be a bit undervalued, at worst, it would be break even at $300 for a PSU).
Please show me the way. Would love to find GOOD hardware that cheap.
My power is hydro-electric, so I really don't care how much I use......it has minimal impact on the environment (in terms of usage).
Crap away my man.....always looking to improve operations.
Err.. not really. I'm not trying to crap on your setup, but your MH density is atrocious. You are probably spending 3x - 4x as much on power as you need to, unless you get power for free? Even if you get power for free, and I know this is kind of hypocritical given the nature of bitcoin, but you are being environmentally irresponsible as well. This is something I consider when building a rig - I know I'm being environmentally irresponsible mining in the first place, but if I'm going to do it, I'm going to do it the cleanest I can. 2 cards per machine is not good. You should be running 6 - 8 GPUs per motherboard/PSU to maximize your profit and minimize power consumtion, otherwise you are just wasting vast amounts of power powering the other components that are functionally useless to mining.
So for that same $110 a pop, you could have purchased a 5 or 6 PCIe motherboard, cpu and ram. Threw on a 1200w PSU and mined 6 or 7 GPUs... replacing basically 3 - 4 of the machines you have now, saving a net $100 or so in the process. (Figuring $200 for a PSU, which may be a bit undervalued, at worst, it would be break even at $300 for a PSU).
So for that same $110 a pop, you could have purchased a 5 or 6 PCIe motherboard, cpu and ram. Threw on a 1200w PSU and mined 6 or 7 GPUs... replacing basically 3 - 4 of the machines you have now, saving a net $100 or so in the process. (Figuring $200 for a PSU, which may be a bit undervalued, at worst, it would be break even at $300 for a PSU).
Those machines require more hardware than a Linux install, so you paid more than you needed to. A mining rig for me, without GPUs costs just under $130 w/o PSU. How much does your Windows rig cost?
This was the beauty of it.....I was able to purchase Dell T3400 workstations, including license for an average of $110 a pop. Was able to get around 18 of them.
Each have 2 PCI slots, and a 550W PSU. When I was using 5850's, everything was in place for "drop and go" mining.
Now that I have moved to 5970's and 7970's, I am upgrading the PSU's, but still a killer way to get the infrastructure in place.
Those machines require more hardware than a Linux install, so you paid more than you needed to. A mining rig for me, without GPUs costs just under $130 w/o PSU. How much does your Windows rig cost?
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I am lucky enough to have access to as many licenses as I need, so the cost was a non issue.
How ?
Thanks !
Yes. Windows is unstable. Resource hungry. Gaining remote access to your mining rigs is a major pain in the ass under windows vs Linux. Lacks updates in a timely fashion (see the recent poclbm problems).
Mining is about money (for most people), why throw extra resources at a problem (mining for $$) when you don't have to? Why complicate things by using a heavyweight OS to accomplish a specific task that can be handled with half the resources and 10x the speed?
Mining is about money (for most people), why throw extra resources at a problem (mining for $$) when you don't have to? Why complicate things by using a heavyweight OS to accomplish a specific task that can be handled with half the resources and 10x the speed?
Maybe I am stupid for using windows on all of my 25 miners......but I have had great luck keeping them all stable. Most will mine for weeks on end with no issues whatsoever.
There are a couple that have issues, but even then it is only once a week or so.
I am lucky enough to have access to as many licenses as I need, so the cost was a non issue.
Yes. Windows is unstable. Resource hungry. Gaining remote access to your mining rigs is a major pain in the ass under windows vs Linux. Lacks updates in a timely fashion (see the recent poclbm problems).
Mining is about money (for most people), why throw extra resources at a problem (mining for $$) when you don't have to? Why complicate things by using a heavyweight OS to accomplish a specific task that can be handled with half the resources and 10x the speed?
Mining is about money (for most people), why throw extra resources at a problem (mining for $$) when you don't have to? Why complicate things by using a heavyweight OS to accomplish a specific task that can be handled with half the resources and 10x the speed?
Why would someone mine with Windows on a dedicated rig? I can understand it if it's your desktop, but it's absolutely ludicrous to mine a dedicated rig with Windows.
I assume you are referring to the license cost? Assuming you had access to unlimited licenses, any other reason why this would be ludicrous?
No, the other one. Dunno what the link is off hand, but it's the new version of the guide.
reading the other post, it sounds like an entire operating system... i just need the 7x drivers on linuxcoin, not trying to change everything.
No, the other one. Dunno what the link is off hand, but it's the new version of the guide.
Why would someone mine with Windows on a dedicated rig? I can understand it if it's your desktop, but it's absolutely ludicrous to mine a dedicated rig with Windows.
Hey Jim... if you want to send me a 7xxx card, I will get it working for you.
Or.. you could use my Natty guide and install the latest AMD drivers and it will probably work.
Hey Jim... if you want to send me a 7xxx card, I will get it working for you.
Or.. you could use my Natty guide and install the latest AMD drivers and it will probably work.
do you mean this post?
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.110331
which does not address the 7 series cards
Why would someone mine with Windows on a dedicated rig? I can understand it if it's your desktop, but it's absolutely ludicrous to mine a dedicated rig with Windows.
Hey Jim... if you want to send me a 7xxx card, I will get it working for you.
Or.. you could use my Natty guide and install the latest AMD drivers and it will probably work.
Hey Jim... if you want to send me a 7xxx card, I will get it working for you.
Or.. you could use my Natty guide and install the latest AMD drivers and it will probably work.
Is there even a reason to mine with linux?
Yes,
1. easy headless rigs. with windoz you loose temp control
2. operating system on a usb
3. new operating system up in 3 minutes. nothing to mining in 4 minutes
4. ssh access to the rigs.
do I need to go on?
It's Free
Windowz SUCKS
Better/friendlier support
The list goes on
Is there even a reason to mine with linux?
Yes,
1. easy headless rigs. with windoz you loose temp control
2. operating system on a usb
3. new operating system up in 3 minutes. nothing to mining in 4 minutes
4. ssh access to the rigs.
do I need to go on?
Is there even a reason to mine with linux?
free bump at the least, you should troll or just pm an existing member who has posted about running similar setups in the various 79xx mining threads, who knows lots of nice people willing to help you out.
I'd assume you're issue is porting the new drivers for the 79xx series cards, I also heard it took a while for a stable driver to appear, but yeah troll the threads, it doesn't hurt to try as long as you ain't over volting lol
I'd assume you're issue is porting the new drivers for the 79xx series cards, I also heard it took a while for a stable driver to appear, but yeah troll the threads, it doesn't hurt to try as long as you ain't over volting lol
moved it up to 7 BTC
I am stuck using windoz until I can get linuxcoin to load drivers for the 79xx series cards.
I know a little about the linux operating system, enough to get myself in trouble.
I could figure this out but do not have the time.
offering a 7 btc bounty for the first step by step instructions to make a 7970 run on linuxcoin linuxcoin-v0.2-final.iso.
you can leave out the steps for installing cgminer.
edit: 50 bucks is not enough??? how about 75. bounty raised to 15btc
edit: bounty upped to 20 btcs
I know a little about the linux operating system, enough to get myself in trouble.
I could figure this out but do not have the time.
offering a 7 btc bounty for the first step by step instructions to make a 7970 run on linuxcoin linuxcoin-v0.2-final.iso.
you can leave out the steps for installing cgminer.
edit: 50 bucks is not enough??? how about 75. bounty raised to 15btc
edit: bounty upped to 20 btcs
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