OFFICIAL CGMINER mining software thread for linux/win/osx/mips/arm/r-pi 4.11.0 - page 227.

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Quote from: tk1337 on September 10, 2013, 10:17:35 PM

It appears that the API is reporting a different number of accepted shares than what is being shown on the output. Not sure if this is intentional for some reason or if this is an already known issue (sorry, not going through 600+ pages). Small example: CGMiner Output screen says 8105 accepted shares, the API returns 6786 for said device (1319 difference, seems to be across the board for each device).

Please let me know if you would like me to supply the data from the API vs. data on the output.

Maybe you're using a pool with variable difficulty and you're at a hashrate that keeps you bouncing around between difficulty 1 and 2 shares?

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Quote from: kano on September 10, 2013, 10:28:35 PM

Quote from: tk1337 on September 10, 2013, 10:17:35 PM

It appears that the API is reporting a different number of accepted shares than what is being shown on the output. Not sure if this is intentional for some reason or if this is an already known issue (sorry, not going through 600+ pages). Small example: CGMiner Output screen says 8105 accepted shares, the API returns 6786 for said device (1319 difference, seems to be across the board for each device).

Please let me know if you would like me to supply the data from the API vs. data on the output.

Nope, I don't see it on any of my 4 instances.
You'll need to provide more info.
Also ... try java API summary and java API devs and compare those outputs to the screen.

CGMiner API summary reports a total accepted as 47634, CGMiner output shows the total as 57407, a difference of 9773 divide that by the number of devices (7), looking at a difference of around 1396 per device.

I'm falling asleep here, but I'll post screenshots & data to back up this tomorrow morning.

Edit: This is on linux (MinePeon distro) with ASIC USB Erupters only, however others are reporting an error with BFL devices as well on the same distro, I wrote a stand alone call (separate from MinePeon's WebUI) to see if there was any difference in what the WebUI was getting from CGMiner API versus what the WebUI was showing. Turns out, there is no difference in the WebUI on MinePeon's side, but it appears the difference is coming from CGMiner's API, as at the time of the call the numbers are off from what what the output screen is displaying.

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Quote from: tk1337 on September 10, 2013, 10:17:35 PM

It appears that the API is reporting a different number of accepted shares than what is being shown on the output. Not sure if this is intentional for some reason or if this is an already known issue (sorry, not going through 600+ pages). Small example: CGMiner Output screen says 8105 accepted shares, the API returns 6786 for said device (1319 difference, seems to be across the board for each device).

Please let me know if you would like me to supply the data from the API vs. data on the output.

Nope, I don't see it on any of my 4 instances.
You'll need to provide more info.
Also ... try java API summary and java API devs and compare those outputs to the screen.

tk1337

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It appears that the API is reporting a different number of accepted shares than what is being shown on the output. Not sure if this is intentional for some reason or if this is an already known issue (sorry, not going through 600+ pages). Small example: CGMiner Output screen says 8105 accepted shares, the API returns 6786 for said device (1319 difference, seems to be across the board for each device).

Please let me know if you would like me to supply the data from the API vs. data on the output.

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hey there folks,

i`m having the TIMEOUT warning on 2 of my block erupters. I`ve had a search of this thread and I can only find reference to it in relation to Linux. As i`m running a window 7 pc, are there any steps i can take to rectify the error? I`ve read about the libusb file being correct in cgminer 3.4.2 and that this file may be the issue. do I have to place this file else where to work?

Thanks guys

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After I installed the latest libudev-dev package, the linux froze at the beginning of start up, two leds on keyboard just flashes and no response from keyboard/mouse. I can never enter the system anymore, even with ssh

The prompt at frozen point is:

/init: line 318: can't open /root/dev/console: no such file (only part of the text were displayed, see below)

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Quote from: spacebob on September 10, 2013, 07:43:49 AM

Quote from: -ck on September 10, 2013, 07:31:44 AM

Quote from: spacebob on September 10, 2013, 07:23:33 AM

So I got a kinda weird issue.

I started mining on my Raspberry Pi (O/S: Raspian) with 5 Block Eruptors on a DLink DUB-7 on August 19th using cgminer 3.3.4 and followed the included instructions on how to compile the libusb libraries myself. It worked great and it ran non-stop for a few weeks. The other day I decided to update cgminer to 3.4.2. After mining for about 20 minutes the Pi seemed to locked up. My SSH session died and I couldn't ping the Pi anymore. I figured it was just a fluke so I restarted the Pi but, again, after mining for about 20 minutes the Pi locks up.

I figured that this must have just been an issue with the newest version of cgminer so I went back to 3.3.4 with no luck. 3.3.4 now causes the Pi to lock up as well. I thought that maybe the Pi was overheating so I tried doing something else intensive; watching a 1080p movie over my LAN for 2hrs+ but it worked great and never locked up. I also tried mining just with 1 miner but the Pi still locked up.

Perhaps there is an issue with the newest packages for the Pi? How can I provide some more detailed info to see what is going on? Anything else I can try to resolve the issue?

If going back to the previous version doesn't resolve the issue, how can the new version be responsible?

I'm not saying the newest version is responsible for the issue. I was just describing what I've tried so far.

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Perhaps there is an issue with the newest packages for the Pi

What I meant by this is maybe updating my Pi's firmware and packages are causing the issue.

No idea then sorry. Perhaps your Pi is coincidentally failing or as you say, some upgraded other package is responsible.

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Watch out for the "Neg-Rep-Dogie-Police".....

Quote from: -ck on September 09, 2013, 06:43:00 PM

Quote from: PatMan on September 09, 2013, 09:55:08 AM

SOLVED! (sort of, eventually)

Conclusion:

Nvidia should stick to GFX chipsets.

Xubuntu 13.04 performed poorly compared to 12.04 (I reinstalled 12.04)

I need to learn more Grin

Thanks for investigating. Having coded parts of kernels that report CPU usage, I should point out that the CPU usage is not as clear as you may think, so while it appears that 13.04 is worse than 12.04 (37 vs 33% you said), it may be a measuring artefact difference, whereas 12% vs 33% is more likely to be significant.

You're welcome! And thanks for the reply. Yeah, I've been really happy with 12.04 - the thinking behind trying 13.04 was that maybe the drivers for my usb controllers had been updated and/or improved in the newer version, but if they had it didn't seem to cure the problem, the opposite in fact. I liked the new desktop look though..... Cheesy

Another thing that put me off a little was that the installation no longer fitted on a CD, not that it makes much difference since as soon as I install an OS I immediately set about uninstalling everything that isn't needed for mining anyway - gimp, Thunderbird, gstreamer etc. I run the OS on a small 40GB ssd & keep all the wallet data (5 different coins ATM) on a separate, larger & faster ssd in an effort to decrease latency.
It still strikes me as a little funny that the expensive super duper nvidia chipset was outclassed & outperformed by a £8 amazon cheap n' cheerful add-on card.... Cheesy

As you say, it's a case of horses for courses, I'll be sticking with 12.04 for the time being, but if I decide on upgrading the mobo to a non-nvidia chipset type I might try 13.04 again.

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Quote from: -ck on September 10, 2013, 07:31:44 AM

Quote from: spacebob on September 10, 2013, 07:23:33 AM

So I got a kinda weird issue.

I started mining on my Raspberry Pi (O/S: Raspian) with 5 Block Eruptors on a DLink DUB-7 on August 19th using cgminer 3.3.4 and followed the included instructions on how to compile the libusb libraries myself. It worked great and it ran non-stop for a few weeks. The other day I decided to update cgminer to 3.4.2. After mining for about 20 minutes the Pi seemed to locked up. My SSH session died and I couldn't ping the Pi anymore. I figured it was just a fluke so I restarted the Pi but, again, after mining for about 20 minutes the Pi locks up.

I figured that this must have just been an issue with the newest version of cgminer so I went back to 3.3.4 with no luck. 3.3.4 now causes the Pi to lock up as well. I thought that maybe the Pi was overheating so I tried doing something else intensive; watching a 1080p movie over my LAN for 2hrs+ but it worked great and never locked up. I also tried mining just with 1 miner but the Pi still locked up.

Perhaps there is an issue with the newest packages for the Pi? How can I provide some more detailed info to see what is going on? Anything else I can try to resolve the issue?

If going back to the previous version doesn't resolve the issue, how can the new version be responsible?

I'm not saying the newest version is responsible for the issue. I was just describing what I've tried so far.

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Perhaps there is an issue with the newest packages for the Pi

What I meant by this is maybe updating my Pi's firmware and packages are causing the issue.

-ck

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Quote from: spacebob on September 10, 2013, 07:23:33 AM

So I got a kinda weird issue.

I started mining on my Raspberry Pi (O/S: Raspian) with 5 Block Eruptors on a DLink DUB-7 on August 19th using cgminer 3.3.4 and followed the included instructions on how to compile the libusb libraries myself. It worked great and it ran non-stop for a few weeks. The other day I decided to update cgminer to 3.4.2. After mining for about 20 minutes the Pi seemed to locked up. My SSH session died and I couldn't ping the Pi anymore. I figured it was just a fluke so I restarted the Pi but, again, after mining for about 20 minutes the Pi locks up.

I figured that this must have just been an issue with the newest version of cgminer so I went back to 3.3.4 with no luck. 3.3.4 now causes the Pi to lock up as well. I thought that maybe the Pi was overheating so I tried doing something else intensive; watching a 1080p movie over my LAN for 2hrs+ but it worked great and never locked up. I also tried mining just with 1 miner but the Pi still locked up.

Perhaps there is an issue with the newest packages for the Pi? How can I provide some more detailed info to see what is going on? Anything else I can try to resolve the issue?

If going back to the previous version doesn't resolve the issue, how can the new version be responsible?

spacebob

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So I got a kinda weird issue.

I started mining on my Raspberry Pi (O/S: Raspian) with 5 Block Eruptors on a DLink DUB-7 on August 19th using cgminer 3.3.4 and followed the included instructions on how to compile the libusb libraries myself. It worked great and it ran non-stop for a few weeks. The other day I decided to update cgminer to 3.4.2. After mining for about 20 minutes the Pi seemed to locked up. My SSH session died and I couldn't ping the Pi anymore. I figured it was just a fluke so I restarted the Pi but, again, after mining for about 20 minutes the Pi locks up.

I figured that this must have just been an issue with the newest version of cgminer so I went back to 3.3.4 with no luck. 3.3.4 now causes the Pi to lock up as well. I thought that maybe the Pi was overheating so I tried doing something else intensive; watching a 1080p movie over my LAN for 2hrs+ but it worked great and never locked up. I also tried mining just with 1 miner but the Pi still locked up.

Perhaps there is an issue with the newest packages for the Pi? How can I provide some more detailed info to see what is going on? Anything else I can try to resolve the issue?

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works ty

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Quote from: abbeytim on September 10, 2013, 12:29:02 AM

I want to mine on a gpu on the same pc in a different pool that my asics are on but I try --disable-Icarus it crashes is there another command??

That's cause there is no such command. Try --usb :0

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I want to mine on a gpu on the same pc in a different pool that my asics are on but I try --disable-Icarus it crashes is there another command??

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Quote from: Trongersoll on September 09, 2013, 07:34:29 PM

yeah when to upgrade is always a tough call.

Strictly speaking, I move to the latest Ubuntu 3 months after it is released, and 2 releases are usually binary compatible, which means they get a year of binary compatibility before I move on. 13.04 came out in April and 13.10 is due out in a month (as per the .04 .10 nomenclature).

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Quote from: -ck on September 09, 2013, 07:21:55 PM

Quote from: Trongersoll on September 09, 2013, 07:09:04 PM

is there a reason that you moved from ubuntu 12.04 to 13.04? it seems like every time i try and do something simple, like upgrade cgminer, i have to jump through hoops. I'm running cgminer 3.3.1. i'm having trouble adding a new Hub and more ASICminer erupters. i've got about 34 running, one in the new hub works but any more gets errors and not recognised. at one point i had 3 working in the new hub, but repowering it dropped me down to one. I figured if i asked for help you would just tell me to use the latest cgminer. so i downloaded your prebuilt one. I noticed the 13.04 but figured it was a typo. So now i have to upgrade my Ubuntu version or rebuild the package for 12.04? If i try and rebuild it am i going to run into another "gotcha". I was so happy with 3.3.1, i just downloaded it and it worked. Sad

I've been building with 13.04 for ages. It just so happens that previous builds worked on 12.04->13.04 simply because all the libraries matched and now do not that I added the latest version of libusb. When exactly should I upgrade to a newer operating system? Well that's the nature of heavy development. If you find a version that works for you and your hardware, stick with it, but mining is a very fluid environment that is still in massive flux and development where the hardware, protocol and expectations continue to change. If you're on linux, you'll always be much better off building it for yourself, and I only reluctantly offer binaries - it is actually not hard to build it yourself. Windows is a totally different world where building the binary is hard work, so I try to make one binary work on as many different versions as possible. People newer to the linux world use their windows experience but that's not the best way to use linux.

yeah when to upgrade is always a tough call. I'm just afraid that if try and recompile it for 12.04 I'm going to run into a whole bunch of incompatibilities. I just wish this whole USB thing worked like it is supposed to. nothing is ever easy. well, sometimes it is easy, but we forget those times.

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Quote from: Trongersoll on September 09, 2013, 07:09:04 PM

is there a reason that you moved from ubuntu 12.04 to 13.04? it seems like every time i try and do something simple, like upgrade cgminer, i have to jump through hoops. I'm running cgminer 3.3.1. i'm having trouble adding a new Hub and more ASICminer erupters. i've got about 34 running, one in the new hub works but any more gets errors and not recognised. at one point i had 3 working in the new hub, but repowering it dropped me down to one. I figured if i asked for help you would just tell me to use the latest cgminer. so i downloaded your prebuilt one. I noticed the 13.04 but figured it was a typo. So now i have to upgrade my Ubuntu version or rebuild the package for 12.04? If i try and rebuild it am i going to run into another "gotcha". I was so happy with 3.3.1, i just downloaded it and it worked. Sad

I've been building with 13.04 for ages. It just so happens that previous builds worked on 12.04->13.04 simply because all the libraries matched and now do not that I added the latest version of libusb. When exactly should I upgrade to a newer operating system? Well that's the nature of heavy development. If you find a version that works for you and your hardware, stick with it, but mining is a very fluid environment that is still in massive flux and development where the hardware, protocol and expectations continue to change. If you're on linux, you'll always be much better off building it for yourself, and I only reluctantly offer binaries - it is actually not hard to build it yourself. Windows is a totally different world where building the binary is hard work, so I try to make one binary work on as many different versions as possible. People newer to the linux world use their windows experience but that's not the best way to use linux.

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is there a reason that you moved from ubuntu 12.04 to 13.04? it seems like every time i try and do something simple, like upgrade cgminer, i have to jump through hoops. I'm running cgminer 3.3.1. i'm having trouble adding a new Hub and more ASICminer erupters. i've got about 34 running, one in the new hub works but any more gets errors and not recognised. at one point i had 3 working in the new hub, but repowering it dropped me down to one. I figured if i asked for help you would just tell me to use the latest cgminer. so i downloaded your prebuilt one. I noticed the 13.04 but figured it was a typo. So now i have to upgrade my Ubuntu version or rebuild the package for 12.04? If i try and rebuild it am i going to run into another "gotcha". I was so happy with 3.3.1, i just downloaded it and it worked. Sad

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Quote from: PatMan on September 09, 2013, 09:55:08 AM

SOLVED! (sort of, eventually)

Conclusion:

Nvidia should stick to GFX chipsets.

Xubuntu 13.04 performed poorly compared to 12.04 (I reinstalled 12.04)

I need to learn more Grin

Thanks for investigating. Having coded parts of kernels that report CPU usage, I should point out that the CPU usage is not as clear as you may think, so while it appears that 13.04 is worse than 12.04 (37 vs 33% you said), it may be a measuring artefact difference, whereas 12% vs 33% is more likely to be significant.

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