OFFICIAL CGMINER mining software thread for linux/win/osx/mips/arm/r-pi 4.11.0 - page 664.

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Quote from: SAC on February 09, 2012, 06:09:04 PM

Quote from: gnar1ta$ on February 09, 2012, 06:04:23 PM

Didn't' forget about this Tongue

I ran 2.1.2 with no errors for 18 hours then started 2.2.3 yesterday with the same flags and got this:

Weird how las initialised is slightly after start time, but it wasn't disabled for a few hours. You might be on to something here.

Both 2.2.2 and 2.2.3 will not even start on the machine I compile on they fail to initialize the GPUs never tried on the others I have.

Just an aside ... don't try to use 2.2.2

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something to add to my issue:

1) autologin is enabled on that rig

2) if a display is attached, i can remote controll it with vnc (ubuntu/debian integrated)
3) if no display is attached, that wont work

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Anyone know how to solve rcocchiararo's "no protocol specified" issue? I've reformatted a couple rigs cuz I couldn't figure that one out. Sometimes host + works, but usually not.

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Quote from: Endeavour79 on February 09, 2012, 06:14:13 PM

Quote from: -ck on February 09, 2012, 06:12:11 PM

Quote from: Endeavour79 on February 09, 2012, 06:06:51 PM

Thanks for the reply ckolivas and again thanks for the good work..
If I remember right, with version 1.5.1 or a bit later you've upgraded the kernels and again with version 2.2.1or3. I don't blame you for the performance decrease ckolivas! I just want to find out what other users do for best performance, what the best config is.
Btw.. do you still support SDK 2.1, in your FAQ you mention 2.4/2.5 only.

The kernel updates recently were purely bugfixes for platforms they wouldn't work Tongue

SDK 2.1 should work fine for 5x cards with poclbm. I don't think they work with phatk.

Thanks. Will try 11.6 with SDK 2.1 then. Post an update soon..
Btw.. 1.5.x was best performance ever.. Tongue

I seriously cannot see how that can happen...

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Quote from: -ck on February 09, 2012, 06:12:11 PM

Quote from: Endeavour79 on February 09, 2012, 06:06:51 PM

Thanks for the reply ckolivas and again thanks for the good work..
If I remember right, with version 1.5.1 or a bit later you've upgraded the kernels and again with version 2.2.1or3. I don't blame you for the performance decrease ckolivas! I just want to find out what other users do for best performance, what the best config is.
Btw.. do you still support SDK 2.1, in your FAQ you mention 2.4/2.5 only.

The kernel updates recently were purely bugfixes for platforms they wouldn't work Tongue

SDK 2.1 should work fine for 5x cards with poclbm. I don't think they work with phatk.

Thanks. Will try 11.6 with SDK 2.1 then. Post an update soon..
Btw.. 1.5.x was best performance ever.. Tongue

-ck

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Quote from: Endeavour79 on February 09, 2012, 06:06:51 PM

Thanks for the reply ckolivas and again thanks for the good work..
If I remember right, with version 1.5.1 or a bit later you've upgraded the kernels and again with version 2.2.1or3. I don't blame you for the performance decrease ckolivas! I just want to find out what other users do for best performance, what the best config is.
Btw.. do you still support SDK 2.1, in your FAQ you mention 2.4/2.5 only.

The kernel updates recently were purely bugfixes for platforms they wouldn't work Tongue

SDK 2.1 should work fine for 5x cards with poclbm. I don't think they work with phatk.

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Quote from: gnar1ta$ on February 09, 2012, 06:04:23 PM

Didn't' forget about this Tongue

I ran 2.1.2 with no errors for 18 hours then started 2.2.3 yesterday with the same flags and got this:

Weird how las initialised is slightly after start time, but it wasn't disabled for a few hours. You might be on to something here.

Both 2.2.2 and 2.2.3 will not even start on the machine I compile on they fail to initialize the GPUs never tried on the others I have.

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Quote from: -ck on February 09, 2012, 05:56:21 PM

Quote from: Endeavour79 on February 09, 2012, 05:54:11 PM

Over time, with new CGMINER versions, never kernels and for sure updated drivers/app sdk the performance is lower and lower.

Currently with 12.1 driver and APP SDK 2.5 I only get around 280Mhash with poclbm and worksize 128 (I8) (tried many settings and different kernels and this works out best).

See this is the thing. You're saying it's the newer kernels and the updated drivers and sdk.... but there have been no updated kernels. They are essentially unchanged for 7 months now. So look at the other things you've blamed instead.

Thanks for the reply ckolivas and again thanks for the good work..
If I remember right, with version 1.5.1 or a bit later you've upgraded the kernels and again with version 2.2.1or3. I don't blame you for the performance decrease ckolivas! I just want to find out what other users do for best performance, what the best config is.
Btw.. do you still support SDK 2.1, in your FAQ you mention 2.4/2.5 only.

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Quote from: -ck on February 08, 2012, 09:09:28 AM

Quote from: gnar1ta$ on February 08, 2012, 09:07:49 AM

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Hello ck!

Apparently the problem with "OFF" decreased but not disappeared completely:

Same here. Ran 18 hrs and got 3 of 4 cards showing OFF with 2.2.3. Started 2.1.2 with the same flags last night, I'll check it in 8 hours. Are you using --auto-fan? Not using auto-fan seemed to solve it in 2.2.1, until my power crashed anyway.

Can you check in the menu when the GPUs were "last initialised" ?

Didn't' forget about this Tongue

I ran 2.1.2 with no errors for 18 hours then started 2.2.3 yesterday with the same flags and got this:

Code:

cgminer version 2.2.3 - Started: [2012-02-08 22:52:08]

GPU 2:  74.0C 1801RPM | OFF  / 36.9Mh/s | A: 545 R:  2 HW:0 U: 0.48/m I: 8

GPU 2: 0.0 / 37.1 Mh/s | A:545  R:2  HW:0  U:0.48/m  I:8
74.0 C  F: 31% (1805 RPM)  E: 157 MHz  M: 200 Mhz  V: 0.950V  A: 0% P: 0%
Last initialised: [2012-02-08 22:52:12]
Intensity: 8
Thread 4: 0.0 Mh/s Disabled ALIVE
Thread 5: 0.0 Mh/s Disabled ALIVE

Log entry:

Code:

[2012-02-09 00:48:34] Device 2 idle for more than 60 seconds, GPU 2 declared SICK!
[2012-02-09 00:48:34] Attempting to restart GPU
[2012-02-09 00:48:34] Thread 4 still exists, killing it off
[2012-02-09 00:48:34] Thread 5 still exists, killing it off
[2012-02-09 00:48:35] Thread 4 restarted
[2012-02-09 00:48:35] Thread 5 restarted
[2012-02-09 00:48:36] Thread 4 being disabled
[2012-02-09 00:48:36] Thread 5 being disabled

Weird how las initialised is slightly after start time, but it wasn't disabled for a few hours. You might be on to something here.

rcocchiararo

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./configure said OpenCL and ADL sdks where available. (i have fought long enough with compiling cgminer xD)

Code:

adrian@mine01:~$ export DISPLAY=:0
adrian@mine01:~$ cgminer
[2012-02-09 19:57:58] Started cgminer 2.2.3
No protocol specified
[2012-02-09 19:57:58] Error: Getting Device IDs (num)
[2012-02-09 19:57:58] clDevicesNum returned error, no GPUs usable
All devices disabled, cannot mine!
adrian@mine01:~$

Also

Code:

adrian@mine01:~/cgminer-2.2.3$ export DISPLAY=:0.0
adrian@mine01:~/cgminer-2.2.3$ cgminer
[2012-02-09 20:01:01] Started cgminer 2.2.3
No protocol specified
[2012-02-09 20:01:02] Error: Getting Device IDs (num)
[2012-02-09 20:01:02] clDevicesNum returned error, no GPUs usable
All devices disabled, cannot mine!
adrian@mine01:~/cgminer-2.2.3$ aticonfig --pplib-cmd "set fanspeed 0 65"
No protocol specified
aticonfig: This program must be run as root when no X server is active
adrian@mine01:~/cgminer-2.2.3$ sudo aticonfig --pplib-cmd "set fanspeed 0 65"
[sudo] password for adrian:
No protocol specified
No protocol specified
ati_pplib_cmd: Unable to open display `:0.1'.
aticonfig: parsing the command-line failed.

i have a 5850 and a 5830 on this machine.

-ck

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Quote from: Endeavour79 on February 09, 2012, 05:54:11 PM

Over time, with new CGMINER versions, never kernels and for sure updated drivers/app sdk the performance is lower and lower.

Currently with 12.1 driver and APP SDK 2.5 I only get around 280Mhash with poclbm and worksize 128 (I8) (tried many settings and different kernels and this works out best).

See this is the thing. You're saying it's the newer kernels and the updated drivers and sdk.... but there have been no updated kernels. They are essentially unchanged for 7 months now. So look at the other things you've blamed instead.

-ck

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Quote from: rcocchiararo on February 09, 2012, 04:03:03 PM

but i cant start mining, except with cpu only (on 2.1.2, 2.2.3 has no cpu support i think), it tells me that there is no valid gpu available.

What did ./configure show when you built it?
Also, when running remotely:

Code:

export DISPLAY=:0

then start it.

Endeavour79

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Hi @ll,

first I want to say CGMINER is a fantastic app and I really appreciate all the work and time in it. I already donated Grin

One thing I notices since version 1.5 (when I started to use it)..

I have a 4xHD5830 Windows x64 rig with clocks at 960@300 and had in the beginning constant hashrates around 315MHash or more.
Over time, with new CGMINER versions, never kernels and for sure updated drivers/app sdk the performance is lower and lower.

Currently with 12.1 driver and APP SDK 2.5 I only get around 280Mhash with poclbm and worksize 128 (I8) (tried many settings and different kernels and this works out best).
I am wondering what may be the issue here? What settings do you currently use for best performance and what driver-app sdk combination.

Any recommendations would be nice. (Remember Windows OS please.)

Thanks!! Cool

rcocchiararo

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Quote from: jjiimm_64 on February 09, 2012, 04:11:25 PM

Quote from: rcocchiararo on February 09, 2012, 04:03:03 PM

i had an ubuntu box that was ok running phoenix

but i like cgminer more, so i wanted to compile it (it has ubuntu x86)

I tried, but failed, because ncurses version was not correct.

I then upgraded from 10.04 to 10.11 (all through ssh)

After reinstalling the drivers (ssh -X), i was able to compile cgminer.

but i cant start mining, except with cpu only (on 2.1.2, 2.2.3 has no cpu support i think), it tells me that there is no valid gpu available.

I tried automatically starting cgminer with screen and upstart (like i was told arroung page 178 to 180).

It gives the same error.

i then tried with the same trick i used on debian, and nothing happens.

Im not sure if this PC with ubuntu has any trouble with not having a display connected.

did you accept the 'sdk license?'

when, where and how am i supposed to do that ? don't remember doing it on my debian machine.

This ubuntu pc is at my parents house (i moved last week xD), and has no display attached right now.

Important to mention tho, is that right now, i can't use phoenix either.

And ati commands for OC and such, fail as the "normal user" telling me that i MUST start X if i want to run them without being "su", and if i run them with "sudo", they fail too.

I guess that my only choice is to go back, plug a display, and see what happens Tongue

-ck

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Quote from: Diapolo on February 09, 2012, 02:25:36 PM

Hey Con,

I looked again through every kernel argument and compared line by line with my Python code. I found 2 small differences and 2 brackets, that are not needed (see last commit https://github.com/Diapolo/cgminer/commit/68e36c657318fbe1e7714be470cf954a1d512333), but I guess they don't fix the persisting problem with false-positive nonces (perhaps you can give it a try - I have no compiler or IDE setup to test it by myself). The argument order is exactly as DiaKGCN awaits it, so that can't be the problem either.

It could be a problem of your changes to the output code in the kernel, a problem with the base-nonces, who are passed to the kernel or something with the output-buffer in the CGMINER host code ... :-/. Where resides the output-buffer processing? As I said my kernel used ulong * natively, which I changed to uint * in one commit of my fork, I guess I need to look at it.

Edit: OMFG, I introduced a bug with one of my former commits, which changed the type of the output buffer from uint * to int * ... fixed that one! It's time for another try Con Cheesy

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Dia

Diapolo... I appreciate the effort you're putting in, and I realise you're new to this collaborative coding and source control management, but probably a good idea to see your code actually compiles before you ask someone to test it. Usually people compile and test their own code before asking someone else to test it for them.

Anyway... I fixed the !(find) in my local copy and it still produces hardware errors.

edit: It doesn't matter what vectors or worksize I try this with.

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Quote from: rcocchiararo on February 09, 2012, 04:03:03 PM

i had an ubuntu box that was ok running phoenix

but i like cgminer more, so i wanted to compile it (it has ubuntu x86)

I tried, but failed, because ncurses version was not correct.

I then upgraded from 10.04 to 10.11 (all through ssh)

After reinstalling the drivers (ssh -X), i was able to compile cgminer.

but i cant start mining, except with cpu only (on 2.1.2, 2.2.3 has no cpu support i think), it tells me that there is no valid gpu available.

I tried automatically starting cgminer with screen and upstart (like i was told arroung page 178 to 180).

It gives the same error.

i then tried with the same trick i used on debian, and nothing happens.

Im not sure if this PC with ubuntu has any trouble with not having a display connected.

did you accept the 'sdk license?'

rcocchiararo

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i had an ubuntu box that was ok running phoenix

but i like cgminer more, so i wanted to compile it (it has ubuntu x86)

I tried, but failed, because ncurses version was not correct.

I then upgraded from 10.04 to 10.11 (all through ssh)

After reinstalling the drivers (ssh -X), i was able to compile cgminer.

but i cant start mining, except with cpu only (on 2.1.2, 2.2.3 has no cpu support i think), it tells me that there is no valid gpu available.

I tried automatically starting cgminer with screen and upstart (like i was told arroung page 178 to 180).

It gives the same error.

i then tried with the same trick i used on debian, and nothing happens.

Im not sure if this PC with ubuntu has any trouble with not having a display connected.

Diapolo

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Hey Con,

I looked again through every kernel argument and compared line by line with my Python code. I found 2 small differences and 2 brackets, that are not needed (see last commit https://github.com/Diapolo/cgminer/commit/68e36c657318fbe1e7714be470cf954a1d512333), but I guess they don't fix the persisting problem with false-positive nonces (perhaps you can give it a try - I have no compiler or IDE setup to test it by myself). The argument order is exactly as DiaKGCN awaits it, so that can't be the problem either.

It could be a problem of your changes to the output code in the kernel, a problem with the base-nonces, who are passed to the kernel or something with the output-buffer in the CGMINER host code ... :-/. Where resides the output-buffer processing? As I said my kernel used ulong * natively, which I changed to uint * in one commit of my fork, I guess I need to look at it.

Edit: OMFG, I introduced a bug with one of my former commits, which changed the type of the output buffer from uint * to int * ... fixed that one! It's time for another try Con Cheesy

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Dia

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Quote from: bulanula on February 09, 2012, 08:28:25 AM

This on what OS ?

Thanks !

Xubuntu linux 11.04. I have not been able to recreate the problem again since I posted. The pool also has come back online now. When the problem was occurring it was easily recreated by disabling/enabling the pool. At first I thought it was a problem with my machine so I shut it off and made sure the cards were all seated properly, then turned it back on. When cgminer ran again at startup, the problem recurred. I was able to fix it by disabling the dead pool again.

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Quote from: -ck on February 09, 2012, 08:57:43 AM

Quote from: Diapolo on February 09, 2012, 07:44:14 AM

Wohoo, looks good so far ...

I forked cgminer and set diakgcn as branch, added a remote for the diakgcn branch in your repo. I now can edit files and do commits Cheesy

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Con, if you are now doing commits to your diakgcn branch, can I merge them via "git fetch upstream" and "git merge upstream/diakgcn" afterwards?

Can you have a look at https://github.com/Diapolo/cgminer/commits/diakgcn ... I now need to figure out how to create a pull request for the branch diakgcn.

Thanks,
Dia

I just tested it. Now instead of producing no shares at all, it is only producing hardware errors... Still needs work I expect. Likely something in the API is broken. Check the code in findnonce.c in precalc hash to see what variables are being used and then the code in device-gpu.c for what parameters are being passed to your kernel in queue_diakgcn_kernel in what order. It should make sense.

I checked how you precompute the kernel parameters yesterday, every parameter looked good. I will investigate further, did you use vectors or no vectors? Would be best to first get the non vectors code working ...

Edit: I need some input, the values A to H in findnonce.c are "mixed" via R() into new values, so I guess A to H correspond to state2 in my Python code and ctx_a - ctx_h would be state0 in my Python code. If this is the case, I have to recheck all kernel arguments ... I'm a bit confused right now Cheesy

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Code:

self.state  = np.array(unpack('IIIIIIII', nonceRange.unit.midstate), dtype=np.uint32)
self.state2 = np.array(unpack('IIIIIIII', calculateMidstate(nonceRange.unit.data[64:80] + '\x00\x00\x00\x80' + '\x00' * 40 + '\x80\x02\x00\x00', nonceRange.unit.midstate, 3)), dtype=np.uint32)
self.state2 = np.array(list(self.state2)[3:] + list(self.state2)[:3], dtype=np.uint32)

Dia

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