Topic: OFFICIAL CGMINER mining software thread for linux/win/osx/mips/arm/r-pi 4.11.0 - page 298. (Read 5805537 times)
June 12, 2013, 07:21:00 PM
How to connect 50 ZTEX 1.15y boards to cgminer? Any ideas....
June 12, 2013, 06:40:27 PM
Here, give this a shot 
C:\cgminer\cgminer-nogpu.exe -o [pool]:[port] -u [username].[worker] -p [password] --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S //./COM3 -S //./COM4 -S //./COM5 -S //./COM6
C:\cgminer\cgminer-nogpu.exe -o [pool]:[port] -u [username].[worker] -p [password] --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S //./COM3 -S //./COM4 -S //./COM5 -S //./COM6
this dont help. Same problem. Cgminer answer with -S unrecognized option
June 12, 2013, 06:29:37 PM
Here, give this a shot
C:\cgminer\cgminer-nogpu.exe -o [pool]:[port] -u [username].[worker] -p [password] --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S //./COM3 -S //./COM4 -S //./COM5 -S //./COM6
C:\cgminer\cgminer-nogpu.exe -o [pool]:[port] -u [username].[worker] -p [password] --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S //./COM3 -S //./COM4 -S //./COM5 -S //./COM6
June 12, 2013, 06:13:39 PM
HI guys
I have tryed cgminer 3.2.1 for my ZTEX 1.15y on Windows 7
WinUSB driver installed with Zadig.
But i have a problem to start cgminer with more then 4 boards. Program dont want start if i connect 5 and more boards.
Please help
I have tryed cgminer 3.2.1 for my ZTEX 1.15y on Windows 7
WinUSB driver installed with Zadig.
But i have a problem to start cgminer with more then 4 boards. Program dont want start if i connect 5 and more boards.
Please help
June 12, 2013, 05:31:59 PM
current cgminer (git):
SEM: Icarus USB failed to release '/tmp/cgminer-usb-2-7' err (11) Resource temporarily unavailable
on USB block erupter
Edit: the worst part isn't the fact that there are zombies, it's that sometimes, one stops working, the green light comes on, and it never recovers again.
[2013-06-12 18:30:14] AMU0: Comms error (werr=-9 amt=0)
[2013-06-12 18:30:14] AMU 0 failure, disabling!
[2013-06-12 18:30:14] Thread 0 being disabled
[2013-06-12 18:30:16] AMU0: Comms error (rerr=-9 amt=0)
[2013-06-12 18:30:16] SEM: Icarus USB failed to release '/tmp/cgminer-usb-2-3' err (11) Resource temporarily unavailable
[2013-06-12 18:30:16] FAIL: USB remove not already in use (2:3)
SEM: Icarus USB failed to release '/tmp/cgminer-usb-2-7' err (11) Resource temporarily unavailable
on USB block erupter
Edit: the worst part isn't the fact that there are zombies, it's that sometimes, one stops working, the green light comes on, and it never recovers again.
[2013-06-12 18:30:14] AMU0: Comms error (werr=-9 amt=0)
[2013-06-12 18:30:14] AMU 0 failure, disabling!
[2013-06-12 18:30:14] Thread 0 being disabled
[2013-06-12 18:30:16] AMU0: Comms error (rerr=-9 amt=0)
[2013-06-12 18:30:16] SEM: Icarus USB failed to release '/tmp/cgminer-usb-2-3' err (11) Resource temporarily unavailable
[2013-06-12 18:30:16] FAIL: USB remove not already in use (2:3)
June 12, 2013, 05:02:07 PM
Right, i use "--failover-only", and then "switchpool" command to set which pool i want to mine at. The logs and display show that its only mining the pool i want it to. and if this pool is down, it failsover to something else. Works like i want it to, I dont "feel" there is any issue in terms of payouts or smthn...
I believe failover-only still communicates with the failover pools. You can verify this with netstat. Switches depend on OS and what you know about the output / want to see.Hmm makes sense http://pastie.org/private/c2qa7mv7dsncpnyxkcryoa is from a pool thats not "currently active".
Code:
'Status': u'Alive',
'Stratum Active': False,
When i switch to this pool it uses stratum only. But here its showing it as Alive, and stratum to be inactive. Will need to tcpdump to see if difficulty info is being passed along for inactive pools or not.
I have been using wallet to get difficulty information, but would like to remove wallet dependency. I use raspberry pi to mine which is incapable of running wallets. Currently i run the wallet on my desktop, but I want to shut down the desktop for few weeks.
The difficulty from block explorer sites (basically getdifficulty method) shows the difficulty of the last block mined, not the current network difficulty.
June 12, 2013, 04:47:49 PM
Right, i use "--failover-only", and then "switchpool" command to set which pool i want to mine at. The logs and display show that its only mining the pool i want it to. and if this pool is down, it failsover to something else. Works like i want it to, I dont "feel" there is any issue in terms of payouts or smthn...
I believe failover-only still communicates with the failover pools. You can verify this with netstat. Switches depend on OS and what you know about the output / want to see. June 12, 2013, 04:45:44 PM
Right, i use "--failover-only", and then "switchpool" command to set which pool i want to mine at. The logs and display show that its only mining the pool i want it to. and if this pool is down, it failsover to something else. Works like i want it to, I dont "feel" there is any issue in terms of payouts or smthn...
I believe failover-only still communicates with the failover pools. You can verify this with netstat. Switches depend on OS and what you know about the output / want to see. June 12, 2013, 04:44:13 PM
But he's only got one active pool at a time via the API, (at least I asusme it's just one pool), so does this warning still stand?
Depends on his definition of "active". If the other pools are all disabled and cgminer isn't communicating with them, it would work fine, in theory. However, in any other scenario, where cgminer is communicating with them, it will see new blocks that aren't part of the chain it is mining. June 12, 2013, 04:43:02 PM
I am using cgminer with multiple pools for different coins.
Taken straight from the first paragraph of the README:
Quote
Do not use on multiple block chains at the same time!
Right, i use "--failover-only", and then "switchpool" command to set which pool i want to mine at. The logs and display show that its only mining the pool i want it to. and if this pool is down, it failsover to something else. Works like i want it to, I dont "feel" there is any issue in terms of payouts or smthn...
June 12, 2013, 04:30:59 PM
I am using cgminer with multiple pools for different coins.
Taken straight from the first paragraph of the README:
Quote
Do not use on multiple block chains at the same time!
June 12, 2013, 04:10:26 PM
I am using cgminer with multiple pools for different coins.
Taken straight from the first paragraph of the README:
Quote
Do not use on multiple block chains at the same time!
Hmm.. i thought adding "--failover-only" makes any pool mixup go away? havent noticed any issues doing it this way... and restarting cgminer takes minutes (~4 seconds per fpga each configured serially).
June 12, 2013, 03:46:11 PM
I am using cgminer with multiple pools for different coins.
Taken straight from the first paragraph of the README:
Quote
Do not use on multiple block chains at the same time!
June 12, 2013, 03:20:53 PM
How to get the network difficulty per coin or pool?
I am using cgminer with multiple pools for different coins. Then using the API to control which pool is currently active (all sha256). But, I want to query a particular coins current difficulty. Is it possible?
the pool command gives output like http://pastie.org/private/c2qa7mv7dsncpnyxkcryoa for each pool. No difficulty.
the coin command gives
Which i presume belongs to the current active pool (ppcoin).
Q1: Is it possible to get 'Network Difficulty' in pool output?
Q2: Is it possible to create our own "coin" objects and associate pools to a coin? If so how?
Apologies if its been asked before, i couldn't find a solution.
I am using cgminer with multiple pools for different coins. Then using the API to control which pool is currently active (all sha256). But, I want to query a particular coins current difficulty. Is it possible?
the pool command gives output like http://pastie.org/private/c2qa7mv7dsncpnyxkcryoa for each pool. No difficulty.
the coin command gives
Code:
{u'COIN': [{u'Current Block Hash': u'xxxxSNIPxxxx',
u'Current Block Time': 1371063749.732006,
u'Hash Method': u'sha256',
u'LP': True,
u'Network Difficulty': 295934.4819144}],
u'STATUS': [{u'Code': 78,
u'Description': u'cgminer 3.1.1',
u'Msg': u'CGMiner coin',
u'STATUS': u'S',
u'When': 1371064803}],
u'id': 1}Which i presume belongs to the current active pool (ppcoin).
Q1: Is it possible to get 'Network Difficulty' in pool output?
Q2: Is it possible to create our own "coin" objects and associate pools to a coin? If so how?
Apologies if its been asked before, i couldn't find a solution.
June 12, 2013, 01:05:45 PM
[2013-06-12 09:04:10] Failed to resolve (?wrong URL) us.eclipsemc.com:3333/
[2013-06-12 09:04:10] Failed to resolve (?wrong URL) mint.bitminter.com:3333/
Get rid of the trailing slashes. [2013-06-12 09:04:10] Failed to resolve (?wrong URL) mint.bitminter.com:3333/
June 12, 2013, 12:13:01 PM
I went to switch back to Bitcoin mining yesterday on a box that had been mining altcoins with cgminer 3.2.1 (built on an amd64 Gentoo box with a source tarball pulled from https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer/archive/v3.2.1.tar.gz. I have these pools configured in cgminer.conf:
The config file was unchanged from when I last used it. cgminer 3.2.1 produces this error on startup:
When I downgraded to cgminer 3.1.0, it runs like a champ. I've used cgminer 3.2.1 to mine altcoins on stratum pools...but I just noticed that the URLs for those pools don't have trailing slashes, while the ones for the Bitcoin pools do:
I think cgminer 3.2.1 might not like the trailing slash, while previous versions didn't care.
Code:
"pools" : [
{
"url" : "stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:3333/",
"user" : "salfter_lanbox",
"pass" : "**redacted**"
},
{
"url" : "stratum+tcp://us.eclipsemc.com:3333/",
"user" : "salfter_lanbox",
"pass" : "**redacted**"
}
]
The config file was unchanged from when I last used it. cgminer 3.2.1 produces this error on startup:
Code:
[2013-06-12 09:04:09] Started cgminer 3.2.1
[2013-06-12 09:04:09] Started cgminer 3.2.1
[2013-06-12 09:04:09] Loaded configuration file /home/salfter/.cgminer/cgminer.
conf
[2013-06-12 09:04:10] Probing for an alive pool
[2013-06-12 09:04:10] Failed to resolve (?wrong URL) us.eclipsemc.com:3333/
[2013-06-12 09:04:10] Failed to resolve (?wrong URL) mint.bitminter.com:3333/
When I downgraded to cgminer 3.1.0, it runs like a champ. I've used cgminer 3.2.1 to mine altcoins on stratum pools...but I just noticed that the URLs for those pools don't have trailing slashes, while the ones for the Bitcoin pools do:
Code:
salfter@lanbox ~ $ grep stratum .cgminer/cgminer.conf.*
.cgminer/cgminer.conf.bitcoin: "url" : "stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:3333/",
.cgminer/cgminer.conf.bitcoin: "url" : "stratum+tcp://us.eclipsemc.com:3333/",
.cgminer/cgminer.conf.digitalcoin: "url" : "stratum+tcp://dgcpool.com:3333",
.cgminer/cgminer.conf.digitalcoin: "url" : "stratum+tcp://pool.digicoinpool.com:3344",
.cgminer/cgminer.conf.feathercoin: "url" : "stratum+tcp://stratum.wemineftc.com:4444",
.cgminer/cgminer.conf.feathercoin: "url" : "stratum+tcp://pool.fcpool.com:3334",
.cgminer/cgminer.conf.feathercoin: "url" : "stratum+tcp://feathercoin.is-a-geek.com:3333",
.cgminer/cgminer.conf.litecoin: "url" : "stratum+tcp://us.wemineltc.com:80",
.cgminer/cgminer.conf.litecoin: "url" : "stratum+tcp://eu.wemineltc.com:3333",
.cgminer/cgminer.conf.worldcoin: "url" : "stratum+tcp://wdc-eu.epools.org:3334",
I think cgminer 3.2.1 might not like the trailing slash, while previous versions didn't care.
June 12, 2013, 11:24:06 AM
The --usb command gives you finer control over this. The --device command only takes one set of values now (-d 0-1 instead of -d 0 -d 1) and only works for usb devices since version 3.2.1, and it is a coarse command.
I went ahead and tried it now.
"--usb 5:1,5:2" in one instance
"--usb 3:1,3:2" in the other instance
Both hashing away just fine. Now I can more objectively compare pools.
Thanks,
Sam
Is that all that is necessary to run multiple instances or is there other "secret sauce"? What do the number mean?
i believe the number is bus:device.
so "5:1" means device 1 on bus 5. on linux lsusb shows you the bus and device number for each usb device.
June 12, 2013, 11:16:41 AM
The --usb command gives you finer control over this. The --device command only takes one set of values now (-d 0-1 instead of -d 0 -d 1) and only works for usb devices since version 3.2.1, and it is a coarse command.
I went ahead and tried it now.
"--usb 5:1,5:2" in one instance
"--usb 3:1,3:2" in the other instance
Both hashing away just fine. Now I can more objectively compare pools.
Thanks,
Sam
Is that all that is necessary to run multiple instances or is there other "secret sauce"? What do the number mean?
June 12, 2013, 09:48:22 AM
Are there any reasons to update from 3.1.1 to 3.2.1 if you are only using gpus ?
June 12, 2013, 08:01:44 AM
The --usb command gives you finer control over this. The --device command only takes one set of values now (-d 0-1 instead of -d 0 -d 1) and only works for usb devices since version 3.2.1, and it is a coarse command.
I went ahead and tried it now.
"--usb 5:1,5:2" in one instance
"--usb 3:1,3:2" in the other instance
Both hashing away just fine. Now I can more objectively compare pools.
Thanks,
Sam
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