Any one tried 11.10 which is released on 31st oct?
I am not mining now, so cant test how 11.10 behaves with cpu usage.
Topic: OFFICIAL CGMINER mining software thread for linux/win/osx/mips/arm/r-pi 4.11.0 - page 750. (Read 5805728 times)
November 02, 2011, 10:59:37 AM
November 02, 2011, 10:52:01 AM
I have a simple startup script to launch cgminer on restart (Ubuntu) and have 2>cglog.txt to generate a log. Of course it overwrites on every restart, which isn't exactly useful. Is there a way to make it change the name of the log on every restart so it doesn't overwrite?
You could do this with a system variable if there was a dynamic one. You could probably also drop in some random data from /dev/urandom using dd in a subcommand if you wanted to. However, first, I would try 2>>cglog.txt to see if that works for appending to the existing file or have the script rename the existing file to somethiing else before starting cgminer (after deleting the something else from the previous startup). 
November 02, 2011, 10:39:39 AM
I have a simple startup script to launch cgminer on restart (Ubuntu) and have 2>cglog.txt to generate a log. Of course it overwrites on every restart, which isn't exactly useful. Is there a way to make it change the name of the log on every restart so it doesn't overwrite?
November 02, 2011, 09:26:09 AM
On Windows (7 x64) 11.9 completely fixed the issue regardless of intensity you are using.
November 02, 2011, 12:13:16 AM
I believe people found that 11.9 fixed the CPU bug with one GPU on windows only when the intensity was low. If the intensity is cranked up, the CPU goes up.
Me, I'm still using 11.6 on linux, last good one for CPU usage
Me, I'm still using 11.6 on linux, last good one for CPU usage
November 02, 2011, 12:11:47 AM
Hmm, I'm using Catalyst 11.6 and tried it with that version and also 11.7 and neither could do it, plus the 11.7 has the high CPU utilization issue.
If you get a chance take a peek at which version Catalyst your using drop me a note and I'll give it a whirl.
If you get a chance take a peek at which version Catalyst your using drop me a note and I'll give it a whirl.
Last time I tried 11.9, it didn't have the 100% CPU utilisation bug either in windows or Linux. In Linux, however, my KDE desktop became a little too crashy for my tastes and the hashing speed went down slightly. I didn't have either problem in windows, but then I don't run it much.
I don't know about the dummy plugs/desktop extending issue, but it might be worth a try.
1 GPU or 2+ GPU.
11.9 fixed 100% bug but only w/ 1 GPU according to AMD forums.
I see. Only one GPU as this is a laptop, not a mining rig.
November 02, 2011, 12:08:29 AM
Hmm, I'm using Catalyst 11.6 and tried it with that version and also 11.7 and neither could do it, plus the 11.7 has the high CPU utilization issue.
If you get a chance take a peek at which version Catalyst your using drop me a note and I'll give it a whirl.
If you get a chance take a peek at which version Catalyst your using drop me a note and I'll give it a whirl.
Last time I tried 11.9, it didn't have the 100% CPU utilisation bug either in windows or Linux. In Linux, however, my KDE desktop became a little too crashy for my tastes and the hashing speed went down slightly. I didn't have either problem in windows, but then I don't run it much.
I don't know about the dummy plugs/desktop extending issue, but it might be worth a try.
1 GPU or 2+ GPU.
11.9 fixed 100% bug but only w/ 1 GPU according to AMD forums.
November 02, 2011, 12:05:50 AM
Hmm, I'm using Catalyst 11.6 and tried it with that version and also 11.7 and neither could do it, plus the 11.7 has the high CPU utilization issue.
If you get a chance take a peek at which version Catalyst your using drop me a note and I'll give it a whirl.
If you get a chance take a peek at which version Catalyst your using drop me a note and I'll give it a whirl.
Last time I tried 11.9, it didn't have the 100% CPU utilisation bug either in windows or Linux. In Linux, however, my KDE desktop became a little too crashy for my tastes and the hashing speed went down slightly. I didn't have either problem in windows, but then I don't run it much.
I don't know about the dummy plugs/desktop extending issue, but it might be worth a try.
November 01, 2011, 04:35:42 PM
They drove a dumptruck full of money and unloaded it on my front lawn. I'm not made of stone. It's not quite true, but some people are still donating (thanks!!), and the alleged other uses for longpoll on the same block were valid.
I'm using --donate 5 right now. Please don't confuse that with supporting Merged Mining, because I don't.
Thanks for your great work.
Sam
November 01, 2011, 02:54:50 PM
Yep, I'm currently a Windoze user for mining. What's the CLI command for setting processor affinity?
Code:
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /C start [b]/affinity 8 [/b] /d c:\bitcoin\cgminer\ c:\bitcoin\cgminer\cgminer.exe
The affinity flag is binary
CPU core 1 = 1
CPU core 2 = 2
CPU core 3 = 4
CPU core 4 = 8
It is that way in case you wanted (which we don't) to restrict an app to multiple cores (i.e. affinity 6 would restrict process to 2nd & 3rd core).
I took notes and will make use of them when I fire up my Win7 install again for testing.
Thanks,
Sam
on my machine i have it set to core 8 = 80
November 01, 2011, 02:17:52 PM
Yep, I'm currently a Windoze user for mining. What's the CLI command for setting processor affinity?
Code:
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /C start [b]/affinity 8 [/b] /d c:\bitcoin\cgminer\ c:\bitcoin\cgminer\cgminer.exe
The affinity flag is binary
CPU core 1 = 1
CPU core 2 = 2
CPU core 3 = 4
CPU core 4 = 8
It is that way in case you wanted (which we don't) to restrict an app to multiple cores (i.e. affinity 6 would restrict process to 2nd & 3rd core).
I took notes and will make use of them when I fire up my Win7 install again for testing.
Thanks,
Sam
November 01, 2011, 12:10:59 PM
Yep, I'm currently a Windoze user for mining. What's the CLI command for setting processor affinity?
Code:
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /C start [b]/affinity 8 [/b] /d c:\bitcoin\cgminer\ c:\bitcoin\cgminer\cgminer.exe
The affinity flag is binary
CPU core 1 = 1
CPU core 2 = 2
CPU core 3 = 4
CPU core 4 = 8
It is that way in case you wanted (which we don't) to restrict an app to multiple cores (i.e. affinity 6 would restrict process to 2nd & 3rd core).
November 01, 2011, 11:58:03 AM
I believe it's different for XP and Win7. Hit up Google for specific examples...that's where I got mine from 
Will do.
Thanks,
Sam
November 01, 2011, 11:54:30 AM
I believe it's different for XP and Win7. Hit up Google for specific examples...that's where I got mine from
November 01, 2011, 11:24:02 AM
I am currently running 11.8 across the board and yes, still 100% CPU issue, but mainly (only) on 5xxx multi-card rigs from what I can tell..
And 5xxx cards is what I have. Does the 100% CPU utilization cause much extra heat and electricity usage?
I currently have two hard drives setup for this system. One with Win7 32bit and the other with WinXP, which is what I currently running. Maybe I should revisit the Win7 config with the newer Catalyst.
Thanks for the input guys.
Sam
If you want to 'solve' this (somewhat), simply launch CGMiner with a bat file, in which you can also assign CPU affinity, overclock/underclock core & mem, set fan speeds etc, all at the same time.....it's a decent solution to the problem and you won't have to worry about it on any of your muti-thread/core machines once setup in the bat file. Throw a shortcut to the bat file into your 'All users' startup folder (assuming you are a Windows user, like myself...lol), set the machine to auto-login.... and have everything fire up at bootup and call it a day. DONE & DONE.
Yep, I'm currently a Windoze user for mining. What's the CLI command for setting processor affinity? Didn't know that could be done from the command line.
Thanks again,
Sam
November 01, 2011, 11:11:47 AM
I am currently running 11.8 across the board and yes, still 100% CPU issue, but mainly (only) on 5xxx multi-card rigs from what I can tell..
And 5xxx cards is what I have. Does the 100% CPU utilization cause much extra heat and electricity usage?
I currently have two hard drives setup for this system. One with Win7 32bit and the other with WinXP, which is what I currently running. Maybe I should revisit the Win7 config with the newer Catalyst.
Thanks for the input guys.
Sam
If you want to 'solve' this (somewhat), simply launch CGMiner with a bat file, in which you can also assign CPU affinity, overclock/underclock core & mem, set fan speeds etc, all at the same time.....it's a decent solution to the problem and you won't have to worry about it on any of your muti-thread/core machines once setup in the bat file. Throw a shortcut to the bat file into your 'All users' startup folder (assuming you are a Windows user, like myself...lol), set the machine to auto-login.... and have everything fire up at bootup and call it a day. DONE & DONE.
November 01, 2011, 10:26:24 AM
I am currently running 11.8 across the board and yes, still 100% CPU issue, but mainly (only) on 5xxx multi-card rigs from what I can tell..
And 5xxx cards is what I have. Does the 100% CPU utilization cause much extra heat and electricity usage?
I currently have two hard drives setup for this system. One with Win7 32bit and the other with WinXP, which is what I currently running. Maybe I should revisit the Win7 config with the newer Catalyst.
Thanks for the input guys.
Sam
November 01, 2011, 09:49:40 AM
Hmm, I'm using Catalyst 11.6 and tried it with that version and also 11.7 and neither could do it, plus the 11.7 has the high CPU utilization issue.
If you get a chance take a peek at which version Catalyst your using drop me a note and I'll give it a whirl.
Thanks,
Sam
If you get a chance take a peek at which version Catalyst your using drop me a note and I'll give it a whirl.
Thanks,
Sam
I will double check I think it may be 11.7. I reduce the effect of the 100% bug (which I also had on 11.5 & 11.6 but maybe because I wasn't extending desktop) by using a batch file which launches cgminer limited to a single CPU by affinity.
November 01, 2011, 09:41:44 AM
I was just about to post the same thing...lol
No 'extending' required since 11.7
One GPU shows up in display properties, but all 4 are seen and used by CGMiner in my quad-card setups.
No more dummy plugs either.....
No 'extending' required since 11.7
One GPU shows up in display properties, but all 4 are seen and used by CGMiner in my quad-card setups.
No more dummy plugs either.....
So, is your CPU utilization high with 11.7?
Sam
I am currently running 11.8 across the board and yes, still 100% CPU issue, but mainly (only) on 5xxx multi-card rigs from what I can tell..
I have since given up on an actual fix and resorted to either scripted or manual affinity settings to a single CPU thread for CGMiner on 5xxx series cards (which seem to be the worst), as none of my 69xx multiple card machines are affected (or atleast not 100% pegged CPU on them anyways).
Oddly enough, For a brief while I ran a machine with 2x 6950's and a single 5830 together....and NO 100% bug, so I guess it's only multiple 5xxx cards that trigger it.
November 01, 2011, 09:31:50 AM
I was just about to post the same thing...lol
No 'extending' required since 11.7
One GPU shows up in display properties, but all 4 are seen and used by CGMiner in my quad-card setups.
No more dummy plugs either.....
No 'extending' required since 11.7
One GPU shows up in display properties, but all 4 are seen and used by CGMiner in my quad-card setups.
No more dummy plugs either.....
So, is your CPU utilization high with 11.7?
Sam
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