Bitcoin GPU-based Mining Machines good for BOINC / SETI?

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Kissagogo27 Send message Joined: 6 Nov 99 Posts: 716 Credit: 8,032,827 RAC: 62	Message 1960079 - Posted: 13 Oct 2018, 17:17:09 UTC there is some driver limit in registry, in the past some mod will help like here https://lbr.id.lv/6xgpu_mod/6xGPU_mod.html https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=712228.0 ID: 1960079 · Reply Quote

eng4hire Send message Joined: 25 Dec 10 Posts: 490 Credit: 34,584,466 RAC: 0	Message 1960086 - Posted: 13 Oct 2018, 18:06:01 UTC Well, I have Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS (Xenial Xerus) as TBar suggests burned onto ta DVD and this libwebkitgtk thing mentioned. A new SSD HD. I have not used Linux in a very long time so here goes. Guess I gotta go figure out how to get 7Zip installed first ?? I'm going to try it on the MINER first.... ID: 1960086 · Reply Quote

Tom M Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Nov 02 Posts: 5124 Credit: 276,046,078 RAC: 462	Message 1960088 - Posted: 13 Oct 2018, 18:15:51 UTC - in response to Message 1960086. Well, I have Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS (Xenial Xerus) as TBar suggests burned onto ta DVD and this libwebkitgtk thing mentioned. A new SSD HD. I have not used Linux in a very long time so here goes. Guess I gotta go figure out how to get 7Zip installed first ?? I'm going to try it on the MINER first.... Looks like the Miner hasn't made contact with the Seti server in near 3 hours. HOPE! You are making progress. I haven't tried any of the other ways to install it because they looked complicated. And I had one that worked on 4 machines. Tom A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association). ID: 1960088 · Reply Quote

eng4hire Send message Joined: 25 Dec 10 Posts: 490 Credit: 34,584,466 RAC: 0	Message 1960089 - Posted: 13 Oct 2018, 18:29:03 UTC - in response to Message 1960088. Thats odd! I'm still collecting bits for the install. I left it working! Hummm.... ID: 1960089 · Reply Quote

eng4hire Send message Joined: 25 Dec 10 Posts: 490 Credit: 34,584,466 RAC: 0	Message 1960090 - Posted: 13 Oct 2018, 18:29:36 UTC - in response to Message 1960088. I am assuming I need to install the Linus version of the Nvidia GPU driver right?? ID: 1960090 · Reply Quote

eng4hire Send message Joined: 25 Dec 10 Posts: 490 Credit: 34,584,466 RAC: 0	Message 1960091 - Posted: 13 Oct 2018, 19:09:50 UTC I was sitting in front of the miner and it was stuck getting GPU work units again! Seems like a popular issue. ID: 1960091 · Reply Quote

TBar Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 22 May 99 Posts: 5204 Credit: 840,779,836 RAC: 2,768	Message 1960092 - Posted: 13 Oct 2018, 19:10:04 UTC - in response to Message 1960090. Last modified: 13 Oct 2018, 19:16:13 UTC The easiest driver to install is the one from the repository. Open System Settings and go to Software & Updates/Additional Drivers. You want the highest NVIDIA Driver they have. There are problems with using different Platforms in Linux, it's Best to just have One type of Card installed. If you have any AMD cards connected you might want to remove them. In fact, it usually works better if you disconnect all but the one card you intent to run the display before running the installer. It usually works with a couple of cards, no idea how it would work with more. Once you have the system and Driver installed, then you can start adding cards. ID: 1960092 · Reply Quote

eng4hire Send message Joined: 25 Dec 10 Posts: 490 Credit: 34,584,466 RAC: 0	Message 1960093 - Posted: 13 Oct 2018, 19:11:00 UTC The miner just made a big dump... ID: 1960093 · Reply Quote

eng4hire Send message Joined: 25 Dec 10 Posts: 490 Credit: 34,584,466 RAC: 0	Message 1960094 - Posted: 13 Oct 2018, 19:11:48 UTC - in response to Message 1960092. Got it! Thanks TBar! Not exactly sure how to get there but here it goes... ID: 1960094 · Reply Quote

eng4hire Send message Joined: 25 Dec 10 Posts: 490 Credit: 34,584,466 RAC: 0	Message 1960095 - Posted: 13 Oct 2018, 19:12:22 UTC Also, I am NOT going to mix the cards NVID/AMD for the Linux test... ID: 1960095 · Reply Quote

TBar Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 22 May 99 Posts: 5204 Credit: 840,779,836 RAC: 2,768	Message 1960096 - Posted: 13 Oct 2018, 19:29:06 UTC - in response to Message 1960095. It looks as though Windows just trashed all the CUDA50 tasks again. If you intend to keep running Windows, I would suggest you Use Anonymous platform so it only sends you the SoG tasks. Otherwise it's just going to keep trashing those Old CUDAs. I'd give up on Windows if it were me. Looking at the OSes on the front page should convince you, https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/top_hosts.php Which driver did Linux install, you need a 390 driver for the App to work. ID: 1960096 · Reply Quote

eng4hire Send message Joined: 25 Dec 10 Posts: 490 Credit: 34,584,466 RAC: 0	Message 1960097 - Posted: 13 Oct 2018, 19:41:30 UTC - in response to Message 1960096. I'm not savvy enough to have caught that but I will get there. Linux install on the miner in progress... ID: 1960097 · Reply Quote

eng4hire Send message Joined: 25 Dec 10 Posts: 490 Credit: 34,584,466 RAC: 0	Message 1960098 - Posted: 13 Oct 2018, 19:43:52 UTC Okay, its getting there... ID: 1960098 · Reply Quote

eng4hire Send message Joined: 25 Dec 10 Posts: 490 Credit: 34,584,466 RAC: 0	Message 1960101 - Posted: 13 Oct 2018, 19:49:30 UTC I sure hope 60 Gigs is a big enough HD for this... Its updating as it goes... ID: 1960101 · Reply Quote

TBar Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 22 May 99 Posts: 5204 Credit: 840,779,836 RAC: 2,768	Message 1960103 - Posted: 13 Oct 2018, 20:18:18 UTC - in response to Message 1960101. Last modified: 13 Oct 2018, 20:24:01 UTC 60 GB is plenty, unless you intend to become a Developer. Some People run it on a 32GB USB Stick...for some reason. Once the Installer is done you need to run the Updates, there will be Many, besides what the installer installs. If the Updater doesn't pop up in a few minutes, hit the top left button in the dock (Search) and type, software. That should bring up the Software Updater App, click on it to launch the Updater. A few other commands to run from the Terminal to install a few things, sudo apt-get install dkms sudo apt-get install gksu sudo apt-get install nautilus sudo apt-get install p7zip sudo apt-get install libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 sudo apt-get install synaptic To find the Terminal, hit the search button and type Term Once running, right click the Terminal Icon in the Dock and tell it to Lock to Launcher After installing all the updates and rebooting, install the Driver from Additional Drivers, preferably driver 390 or higher. ID: 1960103 · Reply Quote

eng4hire Send message Joined: 25 Dec 10 Posts: 490 Credit: 34,584,466 RAC: 0	Message 1960107 - Posted: 13 Oct 2018, 20:29:09 UTC - in response to Message 1960103. Cant seem to get past the graphics card error... Tried the default mode but it loops around back to the error... Now what? ID: 1960107 · Reply Quote

TBar Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 22 May 99 Posts: 5204 Credit: 840,779,836 RAC: 2,768	Message 1960108 - Posted: 13 Oct 2018, 20:32:16 UTC - in response to Message 1960107. What Graphics card Error? I don't get those on My machines. What card do you have installed? One recent card shouldn't give any errors. ID: 1960108 · Reply Quote

eng4hire Send message Joined: 25 Dec 10 Posts: 490 Credit: 34,584,466 RAC: 0	Message 1960109 - Posted: 13 Oct 2018, 20:32:44 UTC - in response to Message 1960108. I have 10 1060's installed... ID: 1960109 · Reply Quote

eng4hire Send message Joined: 25 Dec 10 Posts: 490 Credit: 34,584,466 RAC: 0	Message 1960111 - Posted: 13 Oct 2018, 20:34:49 UTC Maybe I should just start with one... ID: 1960111 · Reply Quote

TBar Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 22 May 99 Posts: 5204 Credit: 840,779,836 RAC: 2,768	Message 1960112 - Posted: 13 Oct 2018, 20:36:22 UTC - in response to Message 1960109. I suggest you disconnect All but one Card, as I suggested. I think that's pretty much standard, disconnect all but the basic items to install an OS. ID: 1960112 · Reply Quote

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