Hi everybody,
here is a little how-to that explains how to run BU on a RPi and USB ASIC's...
I used the latest source code from the boinc git to build the wrapper and cgminer version 4.5.0 sources. All was done with raspbian running on the RPi.
1) As always it is good to have the RPi up to date, the following commands will help
2) install boinc on the RPi, we will use the version from the raspbian repository
And answer the question with y(es)
3) So far the user 'boinc' is not allowed to access the USB devices, we will change that now. To do so we need to change the udev rules (or better add one)
As root (sudo....) create a file in the directory /etc/udev/rules.d/ the filename is 50-group.rules, with the following content
This will add a rule that whenever a usb device is added the group for the device-file is set to 'plugdev'. This group already exists on the RPi and the user 'pi' is already a member of that group.
To activate the rule the 'udev' service needs to be restarted
Now unplug the miner devices, wait a little bit and replug them into the RPi.
Now we need to add the user 'boinc' to the group 'plugdev'
4) to make boinc accessible from your main computer, add your main computers IP adress to the file /etc/boinc-client/remote-hosts.cfg
5) change the host in your boinc client (main computer) Menu 'Extra'-->'Choose computer' and enter the IP adress of your RPi, connect to BU project
Should work now.... hopefully, please report when you've tried it.
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Support for the following ASIC's was build into cgminer
Antminer.S1.Bitmain..: Disabled
Antminer.S2.Bitmain..: Disabled
Avalon.ASICs.........: Enabled
Avalon2.ASICs........: Enabled
BlackArrowMinion.ASIC: Disabled
BlackArrow.ASICs.....: Disabled
BFL.ASICs............: Enabled
BitForce.FPGAs.......: Enabled
BitFury.ASICs........: Enabled
Cointerra.ASICs......: Enabled
Spond-sp10.ASICs.....: Disabled
Spond-sp30.ASICs.....: Disabled
Bitmine-A1.ASICs.....: Disabled
Drillbit.BitFury.....: Enabled
Hashfast.ASICs.......: Enabled
Hashratio.ASICs......: Enabled
Icarus.ASICs/FPGAs...: Enabled
Klondike.ASICs.......: Enabled
KnC.ASICs............: Disabled
ModMiner.FPGAs.......: Enabled
All that are disabled rty to access the device during start-up of cgminer and stop with an error message if the device is not present.
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Hi,
i am running a Butterflylabs Jalapeno 5Gh/s (slightly modificated ;-) with my raspberry pi typ B.
This How To works for me. Thank you very much.
Mining @ 9,3Gh/s http://www.bitcoinutopia.net/bitcoinutopia/results.php?hostid=4981
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Hi,
i am running a Butterflylabs Jalapeno 5Gh/s (slightly modificated ;-) with my raspberry pi typ B.
This How To works for me. Thank you very much.
Mining @ 9,3Gh/s http://www.bitcoinutopia.net/bitcoinutopia/results.php?hostid=4981
Thanks for the feedback.... anybody else?
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I followed the instructions and using lsusb, my pi can see the device:
Bus 001 Device 016: ID 10c4:ea60 Cygnal Integrated Products, Inc. CP210x UART Bridge / myAVR mySmartUSB light
Added BU to BOINC (already running) and created a new set of preferences for my pi, enabling Campaigns 3 and 4. Got some WUs
But no blue light :(
I have an RBOX 35GH/s which runs fine on an ancient XP laptop.
Is my BOINC version too old?
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@Steve Hawker*
I have RBoxes here too, so that should work in that version of cgminer.
As you get some WU's BOINC is working and the one from the repository is 7.0.27 so that is not the problem.
Can you run cgminer alone to see what happens?
Thanks
Markus
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@Steve Hawker*
I have RBoxes here too, so that should work in that version of cgminer.
As you get some WU's BOINC is working and the one from the repository is 7.0.27 so that is not the problem.
Can you run cgminer alone to see what happens?
Thanks
Markus
Good to know, thanks.
How do I run cgminer alone? I didn't install it separately as I was assuming it was now folded into the app.
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can someone edit this windows app_info.xml to work under ARM linux?
i like to use it with my raspberry pi to overclock the antminer u2. thanks
<app_info>
<app>
<name>C-cgminer</name>
</app>
<file_info>
<name>wrapper_26011_windows_intelx86.exe</name>
<executable/>
</file_info>
<file_info>
<name>C-cgminer_win32_00003.zip</name>
</file_info>
<file_info>
<name>job_C-cgminer_win32_00003.xml</name>
</file_info>
<app_version>
<app_name>C-cgminer</app_name>
<version_num>3</version_num>
<platform>windows_intelx86</platform>
<file_ref>
<file_name>wrapper_26011_windows_intelx86.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
<file_ref>
<file_name>C-cgminer_win32_00003.zip</file_name>
<open_name>C-cgminer_win32_00003.zip</open_name>
</file_ref>
<file_ref>
<file_name>job_C-cgminer_win32_00003.xml</file_name>
<open_name>job.xml</open_name>
</file_ref>
<!-- anu-freq 250 = overclock Antminer U2 from 1.7 to 2.0 GH --->
<cmdline>--anu-freq 350</cmdline>
</app_version>
</app_info>
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You could use the app_config.xml only.
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to use app_config.xml i need boinc version 7.0.40 or above. but only 7.0.24 is installed. i dont know how to update because there is only this version for download.
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to use app_config.xml i need boinc version 7.0.40 or above. but only 7.0.24 is installed. i dont know how to update because there is only this version for download.
You can always get any version of Boinc here:
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/?C=M;O=D
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You can always get any version of Boinc here:
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/?C=M;O=D
That's right, but i really dont know how to get this to work under linux running on ARM.
Maybe its easier someone can make the app_info file? ;-D
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You can always get any version of Boinc here:
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/?C=M;O=D
That's right, but i really dont know how to get this to work under linux running on ARM.
Maybe its easier someone can make the app_info file? ;-D
<app_info>
<app>
<name>C-cgminer</name>
</app>
<file_info>
<name>wrapper_26011_arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf</name>
<executable/>
</file_info>
<file_info>
<name>job_cgminer_4_arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf_00003</name>
</file_info>
<app_version>
<app_name>C-cgminer</app_name>
<version_num>3</version_num>
<platform>arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf</platform>
<file_ref>
<file_name>wrapper_26011_arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
<file_ref>
<file_name>job_cgminer_4_arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf_00003</file_name>
<open_name>job.xml</open_name>
</file_ref>
<!-- anu-freq 250 = overclock Antminer U2 from 1.7 to 2.0 GH --->
<cmdline>--anu-freq 350</cmdline>
</app_version>
</app_info>
Try this. Check some red lines in message log. I cannot test it but need some tweaks perhaps.
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Thanks rebirther. Got it working with this:
<app_info>
<app>
<name>C-cgminer</name>
</app>
<file_info>
<name>wrapper_26011_arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf</name>
<executable/>
</file_info>
<file_info>
<name>cgminer-v2_arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf</name>
</file_info>
<file_info>
<name>job_C-cgminer_arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf_00003.xml</name>
</file_info>
<app_version>
<app_name>C-cgminer</app_name>
<version_num>3</version_num>
<platform>arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf</platform>
<file_ref>
<file_name>wrapper_26011_arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
<file_ref>
<file_name>cgminer-v2_arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf</file_name>
<open_name>cgminer-v2_arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf</open_name>
</file_ref>
<file_ref>
<file_name>job_C-cgminer_arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf_00003.xml</file_name>
<open_name>job.xml</open_name>
</file_ref>
<!-- anu-freq 250 = overclock Antminer U2 from 1.7 to 2.0 GH --->
<cmdline>--anu-freq 450</cmdline>
</app_version>
</app_info>
some 4GH/s Antminer experience ;-)
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@Steve Hawker*
I have RBoxes here too, so that should work in that version of cgminer.
As you get some WU's BOINC is working and the one from the repository is 7.0.27 so that is not the problem.
Can you run cgminer alone to see what happens?
Thanks
Markus
Good to know, thanks.
How do I run cgminer alone? I didn't install it separately as I was assuming it was now folded into the app.
Hi,
I wrote a PN to you, were you able to follow the instructions in it?
Markus
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You can always get any version of Boinc here:
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/?C=M;O=D
The current version of the sources you can get from this URL: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/gitweb/?p=boinc-v2.git;a=summary
for Raspian i have build version boinc_7.4.21_armv6l-raspian.sh
for BU you need only this cc_config.xml (no app_info or app_config is needed):
<cc_config>
<options>
<alt_platform>arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf</alt_platform>
<report_results_immediately>1</report_results_immediately>
<use_all_gpus>1</use_all_gpus>
<coproc>
<type>miner_asic</type>
<count>1</count>
</coproc>
</options>
</cc_config>
The user that runs BOINC must have the right to access the USB-devices (e.g. see former posts how to manage this)
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I'm a Linux newbie, can you please tell me how to install/compile this new boinc version for my raspi?
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I'm a Linux newbie, can you please tell me how to install/compile this new boinc version for my raspi?
thanks
As a newbie to linux you should not try to compile BOINC from the sources. To much pain for a newbie.
So you have 2 possibilities:
1. you can install BOINC (v 7.0.27) with synaptic, or
...
2. you can download the current version from here:
http://www.rechenaugust.de/boinc/boinc_7.4.22_armv6l-raspian.sh
boinc-manager requires an additional package (libwebkit-1.0), ... to install use:
sudo apt-get install libwebkitgtk-1.0
move to the folder where you have downloaded the file boinc_7.4.22_armv6l-raspian.sh
unpack the downloaded software: sh boinc_7.4.22_armv6l-raspian.sh
now you have a BOINC folder
move to the BOINC folder
start the manager with ./run_manager
.
.
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For my own installation i use a start/stop script located in /etc/init.d ....but this is another thread.
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I used apt-get install boinc and it installed 7.0.27. If I follow the instructions for installing 7.4.22, will it replace the 7.0.27 installation or be an additional installation?
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I used apt-get install boinc and it installed 7.0.27. If I follow the instructions for installing 7.4.22, will it replace the 7.0.27 installation or be an additional installation?
Should be replaced.
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