Topic: OFFICIAL CGMINER mining software thread for linux/win/osx/mips/arm/r-pi 4.11.0 - page 795. (Read 5805728 times)
legendary
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August 24, 2011, 10:57:48 AM
I have no problem with curl, pkg-config is the problem and its weird if the previous versions had no problems.
August 24, 2011, 10:12:28 AM
Another thing. Since which version is pkg-config required? since 1.5.7 or earlier?
Quite a while back. I just hadn't put that into the documentation till recently since the patch to require it came from Ycros who helped get it working on multiple platforms originally.Mr November,
You probably stumbled into the same problem as i did.
I am running a few boxes with an OLD Linux version (Red Hat 4.x).
On these machines v1.5.6 installs fine but v1.5.7-.8 doesnt find curl.
I am using a from source compiled curl 7.21.7 and installed with make install.
It was found by v1.5.6(or was it .2) but not 1.5.7.
When looking at the configure script the curl detect code has changed drastically.
So i just did an ugly hack and
"copied ./curl-7.21.7/libcurl.pc to /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libcurl.pc"
"And removed the URL line in libcurl.pc since its not supported by this version of pkg-config"
Then it all worked like a charm..
Just updated all machines to 1.5.8 and i think im seeing fewer rejected packets from my cpu miner threads.
/GoK
legendary
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August 24, 2011, 09:35:15 AM
Another thing. Since which version is pkg-config required? since 1.5.7 or earlier?
Quite a while back. I just hadn't put that into the documentation till recently since the patch to require it came from Ycros who helped get it working on multiple platforms originally.
August 24, 2011, 07:02:29 AM
Another thing. Since which version is pkg-config required? since 1.5.7 or earlier?
Quite a while back. I just hadn't put that into the documentation till recently since the patch to require it came from Ycros who helped get it working on multiple platforms originally. legendary
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August 24, 2011, 06:59:29 AM
Another thing. Since which version is pkg-config required? since 1.5.7 or earlier?
August 24, 2011, 05:06:58 AM
For the record, when I went from 1.5.3 to 1.5.6 it would consistentsy lock up my GPU (and pretty much my computer) within an hour (sometimes in minutes) until I lowered my OC settings. I am now getting a higher MHash/s and higher efficiency with lower OC settings. This was true on a multi-day run with 1.5.6 (over the weekend, so at least three days) and appears to be holding true for 1.5.8 (installed yesterday) as well. Giving up may not be to your advantage in the long run.
I'm actually very pleased to hear this because people are very quick to blame the software the provokes the problem rather than the problem itself. Thanks for reporting this. August 24, 2011, 04:48:08 AM
I'm using -I 4 and I get hardware errors with 1.5.8
like 300 hardware errors when I was at the gym and some accepted
changing kernels (as in killing 1.5.8 and starting 1.5.6) also locks up my computer :/
I'll use the newer version a little bit more and investigate
I just rebooted and got two more hardware errors while posting and I'm kinda giving up
For the record, when I went from 1.5.3 to 1.5.6 it would consistentsy lock up my GPU (and pretty much my computer) within an hour (sometimes in minutes) until I lowered my OC settings. I am now getting a higher MHash/s and higher efficiency with lower OC settings. This was true on a multi-day run with 1.5.6 (over the weekend, so at least three days) and appears to be holding true for 1.5.8 (installed yesterday) as well. Giving up may not be to your advantage in the long run. like 300 hardware errors when I was at the gym and some accepted
changing kernels (as in killing 1.5.8 and starting 1.5.6) also locks up my computer :/
I'll use the newer version a little bit more and investigate
I just rebooted and got two more hardware errors while posting and I'm kinda giving up
August 24, 2011, 01:40:43 AM
OK, I'm going to try cgminer in Linux via Linuxcoin and using Smartcoin to manage the windows/screens.
No way! You mean you're actually going to put in some effort yourself to get it working the way you want to? 
No, seriously, I'm also running it on Linuxcoin, same resolution, if it's of any help: you should be able to fit 4 windows next to each other on the same screen easily.I noticed that Linuxcoin the release version comes with cgminer 1.5.5. What is the best way to upgrade it to 1.5.8 on Linuxcoin?
Best way: Download source & compile it.
Easiest: Download 64bit Ubuntu binary from first post, works like a charm.
I'm trying lol.
Yeah I got it thanks. I used the Ubuntu binary and put it in /usr/bin along with the .cl files.
Gonna try smartcoin first as it has gpu temps and I can toggle between the screens for more detail.
August 24, 2011, 12:33:01 AM
OK, I'm going to try cgminer in Linux via Linuxcoin and using Smartcoin to manage the windows/screens.
No way! You mean you're actually going to put in some effort yourself to get it working the way you want to? No, seriously, I'm also running it on Linuxcoin, same resolution, if it's of any help: you should be able to fit 4 windows next to each other on the same screen easily.I noticed that Linuxcoin the release version comes with cgminer 1.5.5. What is the best way to upgrade it to 1.5.8 on Linuxcoin?
Best way: Download source & compile it.
Easiest: Download 64bit Ubuntu binary from first post, works like a charm.
August 23, 2011, 09:26:56 PM
OK, I'm going to try cgminer in Linux via Linuxcoin and using Smartcoin to manage the windows/screens.
I noticed that Linuxcoin the release version comes with cgminer 1.5.5. What is the best way to upgrade it to 1.5.8 on Linuxcoin?
I noticed that Linuxcoin the release version comes with cgminer 1.5.5. What is the best way to upgrade it to 1.5.8 on Linuxcoin?
August 23, 2011, 07:02:17 PM
I'm using -I 4 and I get hardware errors with 1.5.8
like 300 hardware errors when I was at the gym and some accepted
changing kernels (as in killing 1.5.8 and starting 1.5.6) also locks up my computer :/
I'll use the newer version a little bit more and investigate
I just rebooted and got two more hardware errors while posting and I'm kinda giving up
like 300 hardware errors when I was at the gym and some accepted
changing kernels (as in killing 1.5.8 and starting 1.5.6) also locks up my computer :/
I'll use the newer version a little bit more and investigate
I just rebooted and got two more hardware errors while posting and I'm kinda giving up
August 23, 2011, 06:09:50 PM
1.5.8 keeps crashing on me at random times.. and then i cant restart it without a reboot.
If it requires a reboot, then that's NOT cgminer but the driver that's crashing. A few people have found their overclocks have had to be relaxed with the latest versions of phatk. Personally I fixed all my instability issues by tossing out the 11.8 and 11.7 drivers and going back to 11.6.Hmm I have no problem with phatk 2.1 or 2.2 or the diablo builds any date with my other software
and i threw out 11.8 and 11.7 a while ago and went back to straight old 11.6 no B included.
but thanks for the info I will play with clocks a little(i'm also barely overclocked.. i dont like pushing it that hard)
August 23, 2011, 05:56:17 PM
1.5.8 keeps crashing on me at random times.. and then i cant restart it without a reboot.
If it requires a reboot, then that's NOT cgminer but the driver that's crashing. A few people have found their overclocks have had to be relaxed with the latest versions of phatk. Personally I fixed all my instability issues by tossing out the 11.8 and 11.7 drivers and going back to 11.6.Hmm I have no problem with phatk 2.1 or 2.2 or the diablo builds any date with my other software
and i threw out 11.8 and 11.7 a while ago and went back to straight old 11.6 no B included.
but thanks for the info I will play with clocks a little(i'm also barely overclocked.. i dont like pushing it that hard)
August 23, 2011, 04:52:32 PM
Would it be possible to not have cgminer try to restart a SICK gpu? Doing so locks my machine completely. This is the last thing I see:
[2011-08-23 16:50:05] Accepted 0427cc9b GPU 0 thread 3 pool 0
[2011-08-23 16:50:36] Thread 2 idle for more than 60 seconds, GPU 2 declared SICK!
[2011-08-23 16:50:36] Attempting to restart GPU
[2011-08-23 16:50:36] Thread 2 still exists, killing it off
[2011-08-23 16:50:36] Thread 5 still exists, killing it off
[2011-08-23 16:50:05] Accepted 0427cc9b GPU 0 thread 3 pool 0
[2011-08-23 16:50:36] Thread 2 idle for more than 60 seconds, GPU 2 declared SICK!
[2011-08-23 16:50:36] Attempting to restart GPU
[2011-08-23 16:50:36] Thread 2 still exists, killing it off
[2011-08-23 16:50:36] Thread 5 still exists, killing it off
August 23, 2011, 11:29:15 AM
I found some hardware that I can reproduce the slowdown on and have found the offending change. It was actually unintentional. I've pushed the fix to git and it will be in the next version.
Thank you for the fix. I lost about 14% with the update to cgminer-1.5.7
Running Gentoo Linux, vid card is 6950, x11-drivers/ati-drivers-11.6 and ati-stream-sdk-v2.3
EDIT: cgminer-1.5.8 is back to normal 371Hhs
August 23, 2011, 10:18:20 AM
Multiple 69xx; Linux 2.6.38; Cat 11.6/SDK 2.4; cgminer 1.5.8 == fantastic.
I wasn't thrilled with Cat 11.7/8 processor usage and saw no discernible performance improvement with SDK 2.5 over 2.4. The 1.5.8 build maintains the same Mhash/s but utility is about 0.5% higher over several hours. No changes have been made to clock speeds or any other hardware settings since 1.5.3.
I wasn't thrilled with Cat 11.7/8 processor usage and saw no discernible performance improvement with SDK 2.5 over 2.4. The 1.5.8 build maintains the same Mhash/s but utility is about 0.5% higher over several hours. No changes have been made to clock speeds or any other hardware settings since 1.5.3.
legendary
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August 23, 2011, 08:12:01 AM
Partially because of my laziness, i will stay with what i've got for now. I.e 1.5.3
August 23, 2011, 07:04:42 AM
Conman, can you tell me how to get pkg-config? I did the usual: mingw-get install pkg-config, but no dice.
See: http://www.mingw.org/wiki/FAQfor: How do I get pkg-config installed?
It's still not easy to get it compiling under mingw32, but at least the dependencies are sorted out.
legendary
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Reverse engineer from time to time
August 23, 2011, 07:00:16 AM
Conman, can you tell me how to get pkg-config? I did the usual: mingw-get install pkg-config, but no dice.
August 23, 2011, 01:56:17 AM
1.5.8 keeps crashing on me at random times.. and then i cant restart it without a reboot.
If it requires a reboot, then that's NOT cgminer but the driver that's crashing. A few people have found their overclocks have had to be relaxed with the latest versions of phatk. Personally I fixed all my instability issues by tossing out the 11.8 and 11.7 drivers and going back to 11.6. Jump to: