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I’ve got it running now and built to handle the ASIC USB devices I run on Windows and PC now.

56 is a slower speed and, coupled with a fan, lets the chip run without overheating. When running too fast, it would get hot and enter a zombie state. The bxm-bits argument is one I found to control speed. Working out the command line was something I had worked out a few weeks back getting it going on OSX and Windows: I created a bash script (another first for me) to avoid having to type the long command line to actually run CGMiner. Sudo ./configure –enable-bitfury –enable-ants1

#Gridseed cgminer setup install#

Sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev libusb-1.0-0 libcurl4-openssl-dev libncurses5-dev libudev-dev autoconf libtool Be prepared: some steps take a very long time (the first time, subsequently it’s much less time consuming). This took quite a lot of figuring out but in the end, these were the commands I ran to pull it off. Unlike on Mac or Windows, you don’t appear to be able to download a built version and instead must build the program yourself. Now I could plug it in and have it come right up with tightVNC loaded so that I could just plug it in, wait a couple minutes and then be able to access it via a VNC client on my Mac (I use iTeleport).įinally, I was ready to run CGMiner only to discover it was not that easy. I was still having to enter credentials at startup so I set it up for automatic login using the instructions found at

#Gridseed cgminer setup how to#

The instructions at the link mentioned above also explain how to have it start automatically. The only speed bump here was that the instructions made it sound as if the port number was to be 1 but is actually 5901. I reserved an IP for the Raspberry Pi for consistency so I could always connect remotely by the same IP. I tried a couple before I found these simple instructions:

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I wanted to do this anyway so I wouldn’t need to plug it into a TV (or a mouse and keyboard for that matter). As I needed one USB slot for WiFi, I had to switch between a mouse and keyboard until I managed to get a VNC server installed. I attempted to glue a micro-SD adapter into place as a fix so I could just insert and remove the micro SD card as needed but I was unsuccessful and ended up buying another Raspberry Pi. It is pretty easy to break so be careful. Without the SD card port, the board is useless and looking for a solution I found that many experience this problem. I think 3 was the magic number, but the default and better quality is to just go with HDMI so I recommend an HDMI cable.Īt this point I managed to break the SD card holder on the board while trying to get it into a plastic case I purchased for it. Turns out, you have to hit 1, 2, or 3 on your keyboard to switch between video sources as the board is not sending video more than one output at a time. I first tried plugging it into a television using a standard composite video cable but got nothing. It was free and easy, just took a couple of minutes. I did have to download the SD formatter utility mentioned in the article after trying first without formatting the card. You really are just downloading files and copying them to the card. Apparently you can actually by an SD card with NOOB installed, but it is by far the easiest step so if you get stuck here, give up. I really don’t know but a few simple Unix commands so it was a painful process, but here are the steps and links I took to make it happen.įirst I grabbed an 8gb SD card and copied the NOOB Setup files as described at. Getting CGMiner running on Raspberry Pi was a fun challenge.