Thanks jedi! I just released 1.4.19 then came here to announce it and realised I forgot to change that but I'll add your server and elizium.name in the next one probably tomorrow!
Sorry for the delay in this release, just a few little things I had to do after moving my development environment to 10.9
•Updates bfgminer to 3.6
•Fixes CPU/GPU Miner settings
Topic: The official MacMiner thread [BTC/LTC-CPU/GPU/FPGA/ASIC] - page 23. (Read 166756 times)
I'm seeing periodic "[2013-11-22 09:53:26] Failed to connect to stratum on nogleg.com:9332" messages on CGMiner with MacMiner 1.4.18.
That's not a problem with CGMiner or MacMiner. That's because zvs decided to close shop and gave up on P2Pool. Nogleg.com p2pool is no more. Check the main P2Pool thread and zvs' recent posts for details. You should remove them from your backup pool list.
BitBacco - I suggest you remove nogleg from your backup p2pool default list in light of zvs' posts since the node is dead.
If you want, you could add mine as backup
galactica.geekgalaxy.com:9332But In all honesty though, you're probably safer using a strong p2pool node like Elizium.name as backup.
I'm seeing periodic "[2013-11-22 09:53:26] Failed to connect to stratum on nogleg.com:9332" messages on CGMiner with MacMiner 1.4.18.
Latest BFGMiner has GPU disabled by default now when you have ASICs or FPGAs detected. To enable you have to set -S opencl:auto
So... adding '-S opencl:auto' to the "Manual flags" section of MacMiner certainly seems to resolve this and gets the GPU involved, but... bfgminer is still using all available CPU (100%). Seems the -t switch sets the number of CPU threads to run, and NOT having the CPU run at 100% results in a higher Mh average (likely because the CPU's not waiting to then process what the GPU has sent it). So I'm running with the following in "Miner Settings > Manual flags":
-S opencl:auto -t 0
I did try it with -t 1 and, again, average Mh was quite a bit lower.
Latest BFGMiner has GPU disabled by default now when you have ASICs or FPGAs detected. To enable you have to set -S opencl:auto
So... adding '-S opencl:auto' to the "Manual flags" section of MacMiner certainly seems to resolve this and gets the GPU involved, but... bfgminer is still using all available CPU (100%). Seems the -t switch sets the number of CPU threads to run, and NOT having the CPU run at 100% results in a higher Mh average (likely because the CPU's not waiting to then process what the GPU has sent it). So I'm running with the following in "Miner Settings > Manual flags":
-S opencl:auto -t 0
I did try it with -t 1 and, again, average Mh was quite a bit lower.
I have tried reinstalling and all of the above and it still says this:
dyld: Library not loaded: /Applications/MacMiner.app/Contents/Resources/bfgminer/lib/libblkmaker-0.1.0.dylib
Referenced from: /Users/TR4L/Downloads/MacMiner.app/Contents/Resources/bfgminer/lib/libblkmaker_jansson-0.1.0.dylib
Reason: image not found
dyld: Library not loaded: /Applications/MacMiner.app/Contents/Resources/bfgminer/lib/libblkmaker-0.1.0.dylib
Referenced from: /Users/TR4L/Downloads/MacMiner.app/Contents/Resources/bfgminer/lib/libblkmaker_jansson-0.1.0.dylib
Reason: image not found
Please move MacMiner to the applications folder and make sure it's named MacMiner.app and it should work for you!
Drewage: did you install any drivers? I'll update bfgminer for you and hopefully that'll get things working!
The release notes said MacMiner restarts bfgminer if bfgminer quits unexpectedly, but the feature to start automatically when MacMiner is opened hasn't been built in yet
TR4L I'm guessing the device may have changed name, have you set -S all or the specific device? If the latter try
cd /dev/
ls -l cu.*
unsure about the fury devices yet, support is built in to bfgminer but not sure about usb drivers, please do let me know what you find when it turns up!
TR4L I'm guessing the device may have changed name, have you set -S all or the specific device? If the latter try
cd /dev/
ls -l cu.*
unsure about the fury devices yet, support is built in to bfgminer but not sure about usb drivers, please do let me know what you find when it turns up!
I have tried reinstalling and all of the above and it still says this:
dyld: Library not loaded: /Applications/MacMiner.app/Contents/Resources/bfgminer/lib/libblkmaker-0.1.0.dylib
Referenced from: /Users/TR4L/Downloads/MacMiner.app/Contents/Resources/bfgminer/lib/libblkmaker_jansson-0.1.0.dylib
Reason: image not found
I'm trying to run a Blue Fury usb miner using ver. 1.4.18. Using the FPGA/ASIC window, the device is recognized as "[2013-11-16 17:53:07] Found BPM 0 at /dev/cu.usbmodemfdXXXX" and MacMiner proceeds to contact the pool and commence mining but it crashes within 5-10 seconds and restarts bfgminer. Any ideas?
The release notes said MacMiner restarts bfgminer if bfgminer quits unexpectedly, but the feature to start automatically when MacMiner is opened hasn't been built in yet
TR4L I'm guessing the device may have changed name, have you set -S all or the specific device? If the latter try
cd /dev/
ls -l cu.*
unsure about the fury devices yet, support is built in to bfgminer but not sure about usb drivers, please do let me know what you find when it turns up!
TR4L I'm guessing the device may have changed name, have you set -S all or the specific device? If the latter try
cd /dev/
ls -l cu.*
unsure about the fury devices yet, support is built in to bfgminer but not sure about usb drivers, please do let me know what you find when it turns up!
TR4L, did you reinstall MacMiner?
If so and to no avail, did you try throwing away MacMiner and the .plist file in User -> Library -> Preferences and then reinstalling?
There's also a folder in User -> Library -> Application Support you should trash if you're going that route.
I don't do support for MacMiner, but I would try those things if I was having the trouble you're describing.
If so and to no avail, did you try throwing away MacMiner and the .plist file in User -> Library -> Preferences and then reinstalling?
There's also a folder in User -> Library -> Application Support you should trash if you're going that route.
I don't do support for MacMiner, but I would try those things if I was having the trouble you're describing.
My wife turned on her hairdryer this morning and it popped the circuit breaker that my my BFL Asic was on. Now, macminer won't work! I installed windows on a separate partition and I know it's not the miner because it works fine on bfgminer on the windows side. I tried to update and now it comes up with an error and then the indeed window every few seconds..
Has anyone tried running Blue Fury USB miners on their Mac with MacMiner?
I've not heard anyone talk about it but the version of bfgminer included does have bit fury support - I just can't find the info on whether they need usb-serial drivers installed - anyone know that?
I recently purchased a RedFury and was wondering if anyone tried or knows if they work with the Mac Miner?
Hmmm, I thought one of the release notes said that the miners would automatically restart when you restarted the app. I'm not seeing that though...
My mac mini is set to automatically reboot once per week (headless server that runs a lot of apps... some of which have leaks or get stuck), and has all my relevant apps set to start automatically after the restart. But MacMiner just launches and shows the BFG Miner window in a stopped state, rather than the FPGA Miner in a 'running' state.
My mac mini is set to automatically reboot once per week (headless server that runs a lot of apps... some of which have leaks or get stuck), and has all my relevant apps set to start automatically after the restart. But MacMiner just launches and shows the BFG Miner window in a stopped state, rather than the FPGA Miner in a 'running' state.
You're a good man, BitBacco, and thanks for all the work with MacMiner. It's been a godsend to me.
BitBacco: Ever think of doing a Mac GUI client for P2Pool just like you did for BFG/CGMiner?
It hadn't come to mind yet, to tell the truth I run the fabulous panda p2pool node on Linux because it makes a better server - I don't think I will make a GUI for p2pool mainly because it's written in Python which makes it a bit of a PITA and I have no use for it personally whereas I use MacMiner 24/7. If there was a lot of demand for it I might consider it because it would be good for p2pool.
BitBacco: Ever think of doing a Mac GUI client for P2Pool just like you did for BFG/CGMiner?
Thanks for the info. I'll play around with it.
Another cool option would be the ability to add new instances of the mining engines (with a new window and config file for each). That would obviate the remaining advantages of the command line miners for OS X. It's super easy for me to suggest that, but I bet it wouldn't be all that super easy to do.
You could call that MacMiner Pro and charge directly for it.
I keep adding features as I can, and that would be a good one so it's on the list now! I probably won't charge for it, I like keeping it open source, I did think about doing some themes for it and charging for those as an optional extra but right now the list of useful features is too long for me to be focusing that much on the appearance! Another cool option would be the ability to add new instances of the mining engines (with a new window and config file for each). That would obviate the remaining advantages of the command line miners for OS X. It's super easy for me to suggest that, but I bet it wouldn't be all that super easy to do.
You could call that MacMiner Pro and charge directly for it.
if you add --load-balance in miner options it makes some judgement of which pool to use based on efficiency, but I've heard it has some problems.
I should add the preference to set different config files for each window rather than one for each which should let you do what you want to.
Thanks for the reports, I'm hoping to make the 1.4 branch the old stable version to the forthcoming 1.5 branch!
I should add the preference to set different config files for each window rather than one for each which should let you do what you want to.
Thanks for the reports, I'm hoping to make the 1.4 branch the old stable version to the forthcoming 1.5 branch!
Thanks for the info. I'll play around with it.
Another cool option would be the ability to add new instances of the mining engines (with a new window and config file for each). That would obviate the remaining advantages of the command line miners for OS X. It's super easy for me to suggest that, but I bet it wouldn't be all that super easy to do.
You could call that MacMiner Pro and charge directly for it.
LTC are worth about 1% of BTC, but that means there are fewer people mining them. So, relatively modest resources might net a complete LTC or two per month. At $3.51 per coin (at this moment), that might pay for electricity and wear and tear on your GPU, or it might not. The more efficient your GPU, the more chance of it being profitable.
If you want a side gamble that LTC will rise in value, then whether or not it's profitable now might be less important. As Bitbacco said, however, scrypt mining is hard on your system. It also doesn't seem to like Nvidia GPUs.
If you want a side gamble that LTC will rise in value, then whether or not it's profitable now might be less important. As Bitbacco said, however, scrypt mining is hard on your system. It also doesn't seem to like Nvidia GPUs.
How energy efficient is this? Would it be actually worth mining Litecoins
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