Topic: New poclbm GUI Miner Mac .app [now with bfgminer + cpuminer] - page 3. (Read 35241 times)

Ah the problem will be with litecoin, poclbm doesn't support scrypt mining which you need for litecoin unfortunately.

I'm probably going to package bfgminer with the miner I put on the app store though which should work for the various other currencies too.

Personally I'm still mining BTC with my MBP in the hope that the price will keep rising over the long term and eventually the return will be worthwhile 

Thx for the quick reply.
I'm trying to mine some litecoin using coinotron.  I used mine bitcoin using slush's pool, but the difficulty is just too high for bitcoin.  Slush's pool works fine, therefore my issue must be with litecoin and/or coinotron.
Again, thx for the very easy to understand help. I think I got it, now.
Lakehead

Hey, thanks for the feedback, I should have added some extra info

This app was made using py2app (same as the 2011 version someone else put together back then)

That means that you can launch the poclbm process mining with your settings but you're not able to alter them once it's started, and you have to force quit when you want it closed.

The date comes from the poclbm gui project on github, I don't think there's an undated version.. I just bundled their project in to a mac .app with py2app, it works a bit better if you install the project and the dependencies the linux way and launch it from the terminal, but this should work for people who don't want to do that.

I'm running exactly the same setup as you with the same results, but the pool (slush) shows the results. I would recommend setting the pool to 'other' and entering all the settings manually, I didn't change the included pool list so some of them might be out of date (slush's definitely was, it had the old url listed which changed when it moved over to stratum).

If you're using other already are your settings server coinotron.com port 3333 with user/pass that's working on another miner?


As an aside, I'm close to finishing a version of poclbm with a native Mac interface (rather than wxpython) which I'm going to put on the App store, which will let you quit etc.

And I should and a third issue: the work doesn't show in the pool, coinotron.  Shares are being accepted, and my rate is showing 66 Mhash/s.

Again, thx for your efforts.
Lakehead

Thx for doing this, but I'm having some trouble with it.
1) I can't change settings
2) It will not quit

I'm running a Macbook Pro 2.2 i7 with an AMD Radeon HD 6750M, OS X 8.3

My question... is there an undated version? The one I have is dated v2012 -11-18.

Lakehead

Sorry, that one didn't have python or poclbm etc. included, find a working version here:
http://fabulouspanda.co.uk/guiminer.app.zip

(original post will be updated with the working link!)

This thread has been replaced and may not be up to date. Please check here:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/the-official-macminer-thread-btcltc-cpugpufpgaasic-197110

The last one was from 2011 so I figured perhaps someone would appreciate a binary of a the latest version (with stratum support) to get mining without having to drop down to the command line and install some dependencies…

http://fabulouspanda.co.uk/guiminer/guiminer.app.zip (requires 10.8 )

edit: or try my new native mac GUI - choose from poclbm, bfgminer or cpuminer for scrypt in the 'View' menu:
http://fabulouspanda.co.uk/MacMiner10.8-1.0.2.pkg (Mac OS 10.8 )

http://fabulouspanda.co.uk/MacMiner10.7-1.0.2.pkg (Mac OS 10.7)

^Both signed with my developer ID. always get the app from fabulouspanda.co.uk or the github: https://github.com/fabulouspanda/MacMiner
(I recommend MacMiner as it doesn't require a force quit and you can stop the poclbm process without using activity monitor - although currently if you don't stop it before you quit you still need to do it that way - it won't keep mining once you've quit, but having several instances of poclbm running idle bugs me personally. Will update to stop on quit soon.)

Known issues: if you don't press 'stop' on any miner you start in the app, they keep running after you quit and need taking care of in Activity Monitor (in your utilities folder)

Notes: While I find poclbm is very good at finding the right operating temperature on a MBP with default settings, I take no responsibility if you overheat your computer with this software! Don't blame me if you set the intensity high up and it burns out your graphics card! My 17"MBP doesn't seem to have a problem with it (in cold english winter weather) but if your GPU is less tolerant of heat (specific tolerances vary even with the same models) it could potentially burn out your gpu, and at least one person on the board has reported leaving a work iMac running a miner overnight and finding the gpu non-functional the next day. Don't push it too hard!

Set fans to rev up with something like smcFancontrol
www.eidac.de

Keep an eye on those temperatures with iStat Pro:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/status/istatpro.html

If you're extra generous, throw a bit my way  

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(original poclbm only MacMiner: http://fabulouspanda.co.uk/MacMiner.app.zip ) (req. 10.8 )