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Phoenix1969

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Quote from: texaslabrat on October 28, 2013, 12:04:13 PM

Quote from: Phoenix1969 on October 28, 2013, 11:57:38 AM

Quote from: cognoscente on October 28, 2013, 11:55:43 AM

Quote from: FeedbackLoop on October 28, 2013, 10:29:09 AM

For those bound on risk I wonder if the removed USB port is possible to be soldered back to copy over these files. Probably the biggest risk would be warranty wise?

Should be a lot safer just to buy another BBB & copy the image over.

huh? it's simple enough using putty, why would we need a bbb?... lol

his code is stored in RAM anyway... right?
a cold restart works fine.... at least it did for my 3 sats...

the location of the .factory file was mentioned early on... surely folks made a backup of it?

can't use putty if the machine won't come up on the network due to deleted critical files. And since the USB has been disabled...the number of choices is sort of whittled down. Best solution is to, of course, not delete the files in the first place Wink

And how does one restore said backup if one can't access the machine Wink

Cklovas nor any rep never ever instructed anyone to erase the .factory files.
Don't know why someone would do such a thing.

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Quote from: Phoenix1969 on October 28, 2013, 11:57:38 AM

Quote from: cognoscente on October 28, 2013, 11:55:43 AM

Quote from: FeedbackLoop on October 28, 2013, 10:29:09 AM

For those bound on risk I wonder if the removed USB port is possible to be soldered back to copy over these files. Probably the biggest risk would be warranty wise?

Should be a lot safer just to buy another BBB & copy the image over.

huh? it's simple enough using putty, why would we need a bbb?... lol

his code is stored in RAM anyway... right?
a cold restart works fine.... at least it did for my 3 sats...

the location of the .factory file was mentioned early on... surely folks made a backup of it?

can't use putty if the machine won't come up on the network due to deleted critical files. And since the USB has been disabled...the number of choices is sort of whittled down. Best solution is to, of course, not delete the files in the first place Wink

It has nothing to do with the BFG or "improved" cgminer..it's that some people have been deleting these files (apparently) on the advice of other people for some reason. Advice given (if I were a cynical person) hoping that people would disable their own machines thus eliminate some competition.

And how does one restore said backup if one can't access the machine Wink

I said it before and I'll reiterate it here: If someone's not comfortable in the linux command line, s/he shouldn't be logging onto these devices except through direction of knc support. Bad things can happen in a hurry as root if you are not careful..there is no "are you sure?" dialog that pops up when you delete stuff.

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Quote from: cognoscente on October 28, 2013, 11:55:43 AM

Quote from: FeedbackLoop on October 28, 2013, 10:29:09 AM

For those bound on risk I wonder if the removed USB port is possible to be soldered back to copy over these files. Probably the biggest risk would be warranty wise?

Should be a lot safer just to buy another BBB & copy the image over.

huh? it's simple enough using putty, why would we need a bbb?... lol

the live part of his code is stored in RAM anyway... right?
a cold restart works fine.... at least it did for my 3 sats...

the location of the .factory file was mentioned early on... surely folks made a backup of it?

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Quote from: FeedbackLoop on October 28, 2013, 10:29:09 AM

For those bound on risk I wonder if the removed USB port is possible to be soldered back to copy over these files. Probably the biggest risk would be warranty wise?

Should be a lot safer just to buy another BBB & copy the image over.

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I had the same experience lastnight.... sll 3 sats just shut down for no apparent reason on the cklovas release, a cold restart fixed it luckily....

but he higher temps sure are helping

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Quote from: btc_uzr on October 28, 2013, 11:31:04 AM

Quote from: timmmers on October 28, 2013, 10:57:09 AM

Is there a way to mine using a PC running mining software to control it? Not using the BBB and it's formware at all as standalone?

as far as I understood it the BBB is nothing without KnC's controller-board containing a FPGA for controlling the ASICs
beside this, your PC is more efficient than a BBB or what's the intention behind this question ?

In general it should be possible to connect your mainboard to the FPGA-controller through sth. like BBB's expansion headers somehow
http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=Cape_Expansion_Headers
With KnC open-source code you might even figure out how the communication is done - have fun

Just for the future really, I was thinking more along the lines of replacing the BBB and gaining access via the ports that aren't available as it stands, USB for example.

I wouldn't touch it when it's running and under warranty, but it could be useful to be able to later on possibly.

Just a thought though

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Quote from: timmmers on October 28, 2013, 10:57:09 AM

Is there a way to mine using a PC running mining software to control it? Not using the BBB and it's formware at all as standalone?

as far as I understood it the BBB is nothing without KnC's controller-board containing a FPGA for controlling the ASICs
beside this, your PC is more efficient than a BBB or what's the intention behind this question ?

In general it should be possible to connect your mainboard to the FPGA-controller through sth. like BBB's expansion headers somehow
http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=Cape_Expansion_Headers
With KnC open-source code you might even figure out how the communication is done - have fun

DigginDeep

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Quote from: -ck on October 28, 2013, 04:58:40 AM

Quote from: djcoin on October 28, 2013, 04:52:11 AM

Fixing typo in the example above, -c

Code:

screen -dm ./cgminer -c /config/cgminer.conf

Edited original post, thanks.

Thanks again for all the help! Amazing!
Though on side note is original post still wrong?

Code:

screen -dm ./cgminer -c cgminer.conf

What worked was

Code:

screen -dm ./cgminer -c /config/cgminer.conf

AS djcoin stated, Im new to this whole lunix/putty thing so just in case someone else is having issues,
Thank you so much for your hard work!

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Is there a way to mine using a PC running mining software to control it? Not using the BBB and it's formware at all as standalone?

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Quote from: FUKT on October 28, 2013, 04:00:53 AM

Quote from: Nemo1024 on October 28, 2013, 03:28:36 AM

Judging by this https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/kncminer-list-of-orders-october-delivery-249065 , the latest hosted order that got deployed was 38xx for yuriygeorge on the 25th of October
The latest shipped order was 586x for DobZombie

My hosted order is 39xx still has "Paid" status.

I am now watching like a hawk if faetos and dunchy (400x and 421x) would report their hosted units as deployed.

If that happens, I'll be demanding refund.

I know of a hosted order 42XX that is up and running . . . if it helps.

I sent them yet another e-mail... It's still unanswered and Monday is over.
Order 39xx is still in the "Paid" domain.

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Quote from: dwdoc on October 28, 2013, 10:36:41 AM

Quote from: sbfree on October 28, 2013, 10:21:22 AM

Quote from: plasmoske on October 28, 2013, 09:44:39 AM

https://www.kncminer.com/news/news-58

OUCH!

Anyone here had that problem? Ckolivas, is there a way to use your code without changing the kncminer boot files?

Using bfgminer or cgminer alternatives don't involve directly touching those files, its just people deleting them by accident thats causing the problem.

I'd hazard to guess that its the network.conf.factory thats causing the problem, if deleted the miner won't be able to get a dhcp address probably because it turns on dhcp.

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Quote from: btc_uzr on October 28, 2013, 10:08:39 AM

regarding the latest news I'm really wondering how many customers have put themselves out of mining the last days ?

Quote from: https://www.kncminer.com/news/news-58

(...)
The missing files are causing critical issues, and the miner is no longer able to complete its boot sequence.
The files concerned, are;
Cgminer.conf.factory
Network.conf.factory
(...)

Further more I'm not pleased to read that a missing default config file, stored on a persistent partition where users might modify or even delete it, causes a complete boot failure of $k hw used for btc-mining.
Seriously ?!

Without having deeper knowledge of the exact technical reasons which lead KnC's devs to this decision:
How about a simple 'check if file exists if not skip it or copy some default-config from system-image' ?
Or as alternative put those files in a place a user can not damage (all dirs except '/config')..

You risk it by SSH'ing to the device, basically don't do it unless you are 100% sure you won't mess up. I don't blame KnC for taking this stance.

After all on the devices web interface it warns "KnCMiner products are carefully engineered and are not designed to be user serviceable in hardware or software other than when specifically directed by a member of the KncMiner team."

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Quote from: sbfree on October 28, 2013, 10:21:22 AM

Quote from: plasmoske on October 28, 2013, 09:44:39 AM

https://www.kncminer.com/news/news-58

OUCH!

Anyone here had that problem? Ckolivas, is there a way to use your code without changing the kncminer boot files?

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Quote from: btc_uzr on October 28, 2013, 10:08:39 AM

regarding the latest news I'm really wondering how many customers have put themselves out of mining the last days ?

Quote from: https://www.kncminer.com/news/news-58

(...)
The missing files are causing critical issues, and the miner is no longer able to complete its boot sequence.
The files concerned, are;
Cgminer.conf.factory
Network.conf.factory
(...)

Further more I'm not pleased to read that a missing default config file, stored on a persistent partition where users might modify or even delete it, causes a complete boot failure of $k hw used for btc-mining.
Seriously ?!

Without having deeper knowledge of the exact technical reasons which lead KnC's devs to this decision:
How about a simple 'check if file exists if not skip it or copy some default-config from system-image' ?
Or as alternative put those files in a place a user can not damage (all dirs except '/config')..

That's is a pity.

For those bound on risk I wonder if the removed USB port is possible to be soldered back to copy over these files. Probably the biggest risk would be warranty wise?

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Quote from: plasmoske on October 28, 2013, 09:44:39 AM

https://www.kncminer.com/news/news-58

OUCH!

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Quote from: CYPER on October 28, 2013, 09:54:55 AM

Just spoke with Anna and she told me my miners are ready and to be picked up by DHL today very shortly Lips sealed

That's tomorrow to you in the UK most likely. Mine took almost exactly a day. Good to hear.

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regarding the latest news I'm really wondering how many customers have put themselves out of mining the last days ?

Quote from: https://www.kncminer.com/news/news-58

(...)
The missing files are causing critical issues, and the miner is no longer able to complete its boot sequence.
The files concerned, are;
Cgminer.conf.factory
Network.conf.factory
(...)

Further more I'm not pleased to read that a missing default config file, stored on a persistent partition where users might modify or even delete it, causes a complete boot failure of $k hw used for btc-mining.
Seriously ?!

Without having deeper knowledge of the exact technical reasons which lead KnC's devs to this decision:
How about a simple 'check if file exists if not skip it or copy some default-config from system-image' ?
Or as alternative put those files in a place a user can not damage (all dirs except '/config')..

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Odd trick from my rig then, it stopped talking to me. No KNC homescreen, no ssh, no putty. Restarted it and it's ok. Not sure when it started or what caused it ..or what it was up to while I couldn't see. You're a bit lost if you can't communicate or see what it's doing. Can't update anything without being able to login to it either. Hope it's a glitch.

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