Topic: TECHNOBIT's HEX16A in hand - first impressions / mining software - page 4. (Read 24188 times)

thanks for the tutorial 2GOOD!

After a substantial amount of time on this forum (and others) I tried to get my Technobit HEX16 to work on a Raspberry. It works on a Windows machine in combination with HEXminer but I am not impressed by it's stability...

Being a total newbie on Linux I followed several "tutorials" I found on the fora. The one I had the "best" result with (and being quoted by others as working) is this one described by you (BIG thank you once more for that one 2GOOD, BTW!).

But after I:

sudo apt-get update

and I:

sudo apt-get install autoconf yasm pkg-config make libusb-1.0-0-dev libusb-1.0-0 libcurl4-openssl-dev libncurses5-dev libudev-dev

succesfully, then I:

Download the build cgminer-hex16a-3.6.1.tar.gz with: wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8082585/cg/cgminer-hex16a-3.6.1.tar.gz 

I extract the archive with: tar -xvf cgminer-hex16a-3.6.1.tar.gz

But the tutorial then says to "Edit cgminer.conf - it is preconfigured for speeds 480Mhz @ 1440mV"
I have no idea what to do so I type: "edit cgminer.conf" and all it says is:

Warning: unknown mime-type for "cgminer.conf" -- using "application/octet-stream"
Error: no "edit" mailcap rules found for type "application/octet-stream"

I change directory by: cd cgminer-hex16a-3.6.1 and try again, but with the same result

Assuming I need some sort of editor to do this AND assuming that the preconfigured file should be OK for now I run cgminer with:
sudo ./cgminer -c ./cgminer.conf

But I get this message:
./cgminer: 1: ./cgminer: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

Undeterred I continue with the tutorial (thinking maybe I should run the patch before this actually works), and I: cd

Then I: apt-get install autoconf libtool libcurl4-openssl-dev libncurses5-dev pkg-config yasm make

AND HERE IT STOPS FOR ME WITH THE MESSAGE:
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?



Just to be complete, the rest of the tutorial says to:
wget https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer/archive/v3.6.1.tar.gz
tar -xvf v3.6.1.tar.gz
cd cgminer-3.6.1
wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8082585/cg/cgminer_3_6_1_rev_fe5da9672767e18116444dad18db54638936490a.patch
patch < cgminer_3_6_1_rev_fe5da9672767e18116444dad18db54638936490a.patch
./autogen.sh --disable-opencl --disable-adl --enable-avalon --enable-hexminer --enable-bflsc --enable-icarus
make
sudo ./cgminer -n
to check the HEX board is detected

Could you please help me get this Technobit HEX16 on a Raspberry with a clean install of Raspbian / Debian to work?

I start cgminer like this in minepeon:

 #!/bin/bash
sleep 10
/usr/bin/screen -dmS miner /opt/minepeon/bin/cgminer -c /opt/minepeon/etc/miner.conf

when I enter:

sudo ./cgminer -c /opt/minepeon/etc/miner.conf

I get command not found.

You should start cgminer with:

sudo ./cgminer -c /opt/minepeon/etc/miner.conf

this way it will read the conf file.

Yes, I'm sure I saved the file.
Just tried a sudo nano, but still no changes, they stay at 4GH/s...

are yu sure you saved the conf file?
Maybe you need to use the "sudo" command?

When you changed the file, ctr+x and than you need to confirm the changes by pressing "y"

I have 3 Hex16A boards, they are running stable for about a week now. Getting them installed wasn't easy as a total Linux/Raspberry/programming noob, but thanks to all the great tutorials here I got them mining.
BUT, they are only putting out about 4.3GH/s instead of 7GH/s.
I'm using a Pi with minepeon and the patched cgminer.

When following the tutorial it says:

add following lines to opt/minepeon/etc/miner.conf

"hexminer­options" : "16:450",
 "heminer­voltage" : "1390",

If I do this, nothing changes. Maby I'm doing something wrong I don't know.

I open a session in Putty
I type: nano opt/minepeon/etc/miner.conf
and add the lines

I save the file, reboot my Pi and restart the miners, but nothing changes...Am I adding the lines at the wrong place, or anything else I'm doing wrong?

Well, fast response, thank you
Will report back

You have to compile cgminer yourself. Follow my linux guide with this one:
http://andarazoroflove.org/compiling-cgminer-with-scrypt-on-osx-mountain-lion-for-gpu-mining-ltc/

as you use mine ./configure command.

Good Luck

I have 5 of those, i wonder if i can make them work under MacOS
(I mean w/o the router, directly usb on the macbook)

Has anyone tried it? If yes
any guides?

Great

I did some (hopefully helpfull) tutorial how to setup the miner on W7.
Sorry for the bad sound quality, but i does not have a better one.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9SgoVm16Sw&feature=youtu.be

@2Good: Would be nice if you could post the video in your tutorial section.

Regards.

If you ordered thet in our shop you have.
If not it is like this :
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-8M-Meter-HI-SPEED-USB-2-0-CABLE-LEAD-A-MALE-TO-MINI-B-5-PIN-CAMERA-PC-/310555329418?pt=UK_Computing_USB_Cables&hash=item484e8a438a

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ nice rig 

Can someone confirm if I will need to purchase usb cables or if they come with it. If so what type of usb are they?

Thanx

First, .... a big Tnx to 2GOOD for explanation in first post...

Miners work well under ubuntu x64

here is my apiary :

http://img-cdn.filefactory.com/embed/m/1viijf716tu1.jpg

P.S. - i have some boards not working still

Will ask Marto74 for help these days...

WBR, DebeliaMark, BG

Do yo have Teamviewer
If so give me log and pass
connect the boards and I'll show you

downloads here
http://technobit.eu/index.php?id_product=19&controller=product&id_lang=1

Plugged it into my other computer and it looks like the usb driver works there.

Now my problem is that i dont get the program working.
Can anyone please post a picture with youre options how to run this thing ?

The Straum options does not work for me either.

Is there anyone who is possible to convert the cgminer version to windows ?

Regards

I cant download the mining software there ?
Any other download links ?

My Windows does have problems communicating with the device and installing the driver.
Is it possible to load this drivers manually ?

Regards

Still waiting for my miner.
Will let you know once I receive it.
Any day now.

A question for the Linux specialists.

When the HEX16A is started without the SUDO command, you get following errors ;


Is there a way to get rid of these errors by giving the necessary authorities to a folder, file, etc. ?

Update:

After some research on the internet i found the solution.

In cgminer folder you'll find a file named '01-cgminer.rules'.
Add following line into file '01-cgminer.rules' and copy the updated file to /etc/udev/rules.d


After a reboot of the raspi, i was able to start cgminer without the SUDO command.

I have my miner in hand, and trying to configure now