Topic: Smartcoin Linux mining administration. [MULTI-MACHINE SUPPORT NOW IN!] - page 32. (Read 105029 times)

sojolly:
It looks like CentOS is using a different version of read that doesn't use the -i parameter (the -i parameter lets me set the initial value to what is already in the database).  I wonder if CentOS has an alternate read package.. Beyond that, maybe you'll have to look up GNU read and compile it yourself?  Perhaps somebody in the CentOS community knows?

Tried this on my CENTOS 5.6 setup.

When i run $./smartcoin.sh and then pick option 7 --> add i get a continuous set of lines that say:

Invalid selection. Please try again.
/home/sysadmin/smartcoin/smartcoin_ops.sh: line 507: read: -i: invalid option
read: usage: read [-ers] [-u fd] [-t timeout] [-p prompt] [-a array] [-n nchars] [-d delim] [name ...]

Thoughts on how to fix this?

Sojolly

press "CTRL + A", release, "1" for status monitor

to get back to options:

press "CRTL + A", release, "0"

One quick question. How do I get to the monitor screen? I've launched smartcoin and completed all the configuration, but there's no entry in the menu to get to the monitoring screen.

I'm using

DISPLAY=0

or

DISPLAY=0.1 sudo aticonfig --od-enable --odsc 900,300 (GPU Clock, RAM Clock)

or --odgt or whatever you might do with aticonfig.

That works for all my three rigs.

New updates are available:
- Added current revision number to the header at the top of the screen
- Hopefully fixed the bug where GPU display gets out of order on some systems (as pointed out by echo465)
- Log files moved to smartcoin folder
- LogRotate implemented. On a new session of smartcoin, smartcoin.log is moved to smartcoin.log.previous, and smartcoin.log starts fresh
- Improved logging - converted a lot of echo'd feedback into Log entries
- I'm trying something new with exporting the DISPLAY variable
- The database is backed up to smartcoin.db.backup upon update. This way, if an update patch modifies the database, you still have the original backed up in case something doesn't work
- Various other cleanup of the code

echo465: Let me know if the newest  update fixes the out of order GPU display. Also, the pause after starting miner1 is to make sure screen successfully loaded before attempting to load the rest (thats what fixed the bug where you would get the error that the screen session wasn't found)

kripz: I'll look into the aticonfig error. I know this is one of the remaining issues, and its a pretty complex one.  I export DISPLAY=:0 before the aticonfig calls, so that shouldn't be the issue.  For some reason, depending on the install, here is what I have found:
A) On some systems, aticonfig will only run correctly if run with superuser permissions
B) On some systems, aticonfig will not run unless the call is directly preceeded by DISPLAY:0
C) On some systems, aticonfig will only run if export DISPLAY=:0 preceeds all aticonfig calls.

Unfortunately, I haven't found a way where it wants to run reliably on all systems yet (though I just commit a change here, so maybe it will be what we need), though I'm working on it still.  Any suggestions on this are welcome!

i'm getting an error on the 2nd tab, it flashes too quickly so i dont know what it is. looks like something related to aticonfig.

How do i change which display it's using? Mine runs on display=:0

Well, this looks better, after updating to 279...


But I'm still showing the card to be not working. (and it looks like BTCGuild is having issues tonight (hey! good reason to be using smartcoin!), confirmed in IRC)

The devices all look correct in option 9.  I'm not sure what the device table in the DB should look like, but:

Not sure if it's relevant or not, but there was a several second pause between miner.1 starting and the rest of them.

One thing to mention:
If for some reason there isn't a Miner screen session running
(you can tell by running:)

Chances are, your miner launch string is invalid for some reason.  Double check it in the Configure Miners option.

I believe i just fixed both bugs (just committed the changes a second ago)
Run an update, and restart smartcoin. Hopefully this will do it

No, still have this error after starting up smartcoin.



That anybody would also still be me You still have my data? I leave the machine on, will go to bed now.

Just make sure you write down the phoenix startup line within the 4 screens (basically the same, just device), kill them, test around with smartcoin, and bring them back on if smartcoin won't start.

Thx for the continuous hard work!

Cu tomorrow,
Alan

Thanks for all the info guys,  I had a busy day today so I just got a chance to get on here.
Thank you to the LinuxCoin crew for the excellent info that will help getting this running smoother on LinuxCoin!

Just committed the new updates. They include:
- bc is not installed with the install script
- Hopefully, I fixed the "No screen session found." bug. I think what is happening, on some machines, is that after the miner screen session starts, my first call to command the screen session is coming too early (Not giving screen enough time to start up on some systems). There is now a 2 second delay after starting the session before pounding it with commands
- Started adding some of the local feedback to the log file.

Again, how to update:
prior to r273:
For those after r273, just use the update option from the control screen.




Is anybody having problems after a reboot with errors regarding files in the /tmp folder?  I do have a few reports of this, just wanted to see if it was localized to a few people, or if its common.

I think I had this issue. Verify that your Devices (option 9 I think from the control menu) are each lined up with an OpenCL device/GPU. I had only 3 out of the 4 5830s working from the start and I had to manually add the fourth card before all 4 started working.

*edit* I also recall making a new profile, but I'm not sure if this step was necessary. Hope this helps!

You are welcome! Btw, I added some of my other LinuxCoin findings to the LinuxCoin thread.

thank you!

"sudo apt-get install bc" fixed the status update problem!

I forgot to mention that LinuxCoin does not currently come with "bc" installed so:


That will help the status to update properly.

I'm having an issue with smartcoin not using one of my GPU's.  This is a 4x5830 box.  Notice that GPU[3] in the top section is idle, but GPU[0] in the bottom sections:


I believe the issue is with screen, but I don't know how to fix it:


Help?

ANNOUNCEMENT:
The smartcoin update system is now complete.  Here is what you need to do:

Kill smartcoin, then run
then start smartcoin back up.

From that point on, all updates should be done via the control screen (there is a new option 11) Update )
The update system is much more than just automatically running svn update.  The update system will split off into a stable branch, and an experimental branch (default stable).  It will grab the updates from the appropriate repository as needed.  It also has a post-update patching system.
What this does, is allow me to apply local patches against specific revision numbers.  For example, if at revision 300, I add a new setting entry to the database for a master email address for email reports,  then I can be sure that when you update, that the entry gets added to the database (a backup will be created each time before modifying the database so that you are safe in case of a bug etc).  This allows me to make major revision changes, without making all the users start with a fresh install.  It will also allow me to automatically notify you in the future when updates are available.

This is why it is very important that once you update up to revision 273, that you only use the built-in update system.  I won't use any of the advanced features of the update system for a while, to give everyone time to get to the current version, so if you forget and run a manual svn update for the next week or so, no big deal.  But please get into the habit of using the built-in update system!

I will be adding stats for poclbm and diable before too long.  I'm still experimenting on the best way to do this! (currently I'm experimenting with a background script that tails the output and converts it into a phoenix-like output).. This would keep me from having to have a bunch of different looking displays, and I would like if smartcoins display was consistent regardless of miner used.


Regarding a problem with the Kill comand on the control screen. I've never had a problem with it, but will look into it.  What svn revision are you running?
will tell you

Ohhh, thanks guys. Yeah, I was using poclbm instead of phoenix.