Topic: Vanitygen: Vanity bitcoin address generator/miner [v0.22] - page 94. (Read 1153383 times)

Works good! Have used it several times with Ubuntu to generate some midly long adresses.
Such a nice thing this exists. It's not needed but it's nice to have.
Much love to the developer who made this!

tried this: env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./sdklib ./oclvanitygen -D 0:0 -D 0:1 -D 0:2 -D 0:3 -k 1Nastyyy

didn't work also. Same problem. ( i always right -D , i made a mistake in the post )
if i try this:
env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./sdklib ./oclvanitygen -D 0:1 -k 1Nastyyy
it starts using the CPU   :s
im gonna try to detect the vgaÇ

EDIT: ~/vanitygen $ glxinfo | grep OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon R9 200 Series                          
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.3.12798 Core Profile Context 13.35.1005
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.30
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 4.3.12798 Compatibility Profile Context 13.35.1005
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.30
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: compatibility profile
OpenGL extensions:

dont understand but i see "r9 200" there... but only 1?

if i omit -D 0:1 like this:
~/vanitygen $ env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./sdklib ./oclvanitygen -D 0:0 -D 0:2 -D 0:3 -k 1Nastyyy
Difficulty: 873388193410
Could not open device '0:2', ignoring
Could not open device '0:3', ignoring
[26.81 Mkey/s][total 222298112][Prob 0.0%][50% in 6.3h]

u.u starting to hate linux

Had tried that. But the problem is that it starts working and does not produce any keys or anything just crunching numbers n saying random stuff on it like it is meant to be doing something but its not out putting prive key or any results. Guess got some more digging to do to get this R280x working lol

first, nothing to do with "VGA".
second, use the appropriate option! its -D not -d.
example:
next time check the --help

Try looking this thread : Find Graphics Card/Driver Details.

   ~~MZ~~

(they are not in crossfire, i will try to install drivers again i think ). I dont know how to check in linux if the pc reads 4 vga. Is there any program for that? like... aida64? but for linux :p
i followed the guide in page 75, meaby is something wrong wrriten here:

# This is the procedure to get oclvanitygen running with AMD Raedon 7xxx
# on a fresh install of Ubuntu 64-bit. (tested with Ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04)

# install tools, dependencies and driver
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) restricted"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential git libssl-dev libpcre3-dev opencl-headers fglrx-dev
sudo reboot

# get source and compile oclvanitygen
git clone https://github.com/samr7/vanitygen.git
cd vanitygen
wget https://nastyfans.org/download/patch-oclvanitygen-amd.diff
patch -p1 < patch-oclvanitygen-amd.diff
wget https://nastyfans.org/download/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.7-lib-lnx64.tar.gz
mkdir sdklib
tar -xzvf AMD-APP-SDK-v2.7-lib-lnx64.tar.gz -C sdklib
make oclvanitygen

# run oclvanitygen (from inside vanitygen directory)
env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./sdklib ./oclvanitygen -D 0:0 -k 1Nasty

Did you check the drivers? Is everything updated? Does your PC detects 3 VGAs?

   ~~MZ~~

is D 0:1 device x2 270 in crossfire?

~/vanitygen $ env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./sdklib ./oclvanitygen -d 0:1 -d 0:2 -d 0:3 -k 1Nasty
Difficulty: 259627881
Pattern: 1Nasty                                                               
Address: 1Nastyf64qw5xXuBD6ybVLvTVhncLmU9zb
Privkey: 5JizejJoHntiZbG6JHofV97559RjeeYGbHKAwUj63tNrMrMpWri
[25.01 Mkey/s][total 96468992][Prob 9.2%][50% in 6.2s][Found 1]                ^C
~/vanitygen $

didn't work still the program sees 1 vga only.

i did this to see what the programs sees:
~/vanitygen $ env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./sdklib ./oclvanitygen -d 3:1 -k 1Nasty
Difficulty: 259627881
Available OpenCL platforms:
0: [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
  0: [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] Tahiti
  1: [AuthenticAMD] AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 270 Processor
~/vanitygen $

it sees 1 vga only? :/

Add -D 0:1 -D 0:2. If you are using more, increase the number.


It was in last page(#98).

   ~~MZ~~

quick question
i have 3 vga 7970 all in the same motherboard. I start oclvanitygen but it only looks with 1, this is the command line:

env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./sdklib ./oclvanitygen -D 0:0 -k 1Nasty

what should i change to use multiple vga?
i read like 20 pages of the post here and couln't find the answer

not that im aware of. you would have to port regex to OpenCL first.

Anyone working on getting regex to work on oclvanitygen vs vanitygen64

everything is possible, thats not the question/problem.

Anybody know the possibility of getting regex -r to work on the oclvanitygen  It is way to slow to use regex finder on the cpu vanitygen64 only. 

And, you will have to run oclvanitygen to use GPU(s).

   ~~MZ~~

I've never had to jump through hoops to get things working - lucky that way, I suppose; I know there's plenty of people with issues getting it working, having to mess with drivers, etc.
As you now mention 280x (as opposed to x280 - I wish they wouldn't both use similar model numbers ), check out the lifeboat version and start reading at this post:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.3898427

Might also read around in that thread (and this one) in general.  Pretty sure there's other musings about getting things running on the 280x

How did you get it working with GPU. What GPU are you running it on mabye it does not like the 280x series and maybe too new to use with vanity gen.

I haven't had any issues getting it to work with the GPUs I've got - but it wouldn't be too surprising if the OpenCL code needs adjustments for some hardware (as it has in the past for AMD cards).

But as far as ASICs go - not going to work.  ASIC mining equipment performs a very specific task, and that task is not part of address generation.  You'd have to develop an ASIC for vanity mining, which is not cost-effective at all.  You *might* be able to get somewhere with FPGAs, but I suspect it's still not cost-effective compared to an off-the-shelf GPU.

Would be nice if van would get updated to support asic equipment or to use GPU. I have had Van working with gpu in the past but it never presented any results and seems only can use CPu currently. Anyone actually made to supprt x280 gpus or to allow asics.?