ethminer-scripts

Ethminer scripts because my machine is a wee bit too unstable

I installed all the following on a latest copy of Ubuntu 17.04. Friends asked me why I do not use the LTS version, but well.

My mining rig consists of the following:

1. AsRock H110 BTC+ Pro motherboard - supports 13 PCI-E cards, and super stable
2. Intel Pentium CPU G4400 processor @ 3.30 GHz
3. 4GB Crucial RAM
4. Some really old 120GB SSD
5. Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 1070 x 03
6. Asus ROG Strix Radeon RX570 x 01

The rig currently churns out an average of 104 MH/s, with power consumption of about 540W.

Overall rig cost SGD 4k, and I expect to break even after 2 years on a basis of zero inflation.

https://ethermine.org/miners/a04954b34a5d54715b03d732caa9bc05ef4d6df5

Instructions to follow:

• http://1stminingrig.com/best-mining-rig-hardware-mine-2017/
• https://github.com/ethereum-mining/ethminer
• https://forum.ethereum.org/discussion/7780/gtx1070-linux-installation-and-mining-clue-goodbye-amd-welcome-nvidia-for-miners

1. After installing ubuntu (I have a tendency to use the server version) on the SSD, reboot

2. Run the following commands to upgrade the machine:

    sudo apt-get update 
    sudo apt-get -f -y dist-upgrade 
    sudo apt-get install -y \
        opencl-headers \
        build-essential \
        protobuf-compiler \
        libprotoc-dev \
        libboost-all-dev \
        libleveldb-dev \
        hdf5-tools \
        libhdf5-serial-dev \
        libopencv-core-dev \
        libopencv-highgui-dev \
        libsnappy-dev \
        libsnappy1 \
        libatlas-base-dev \
        cmake \
        libstdc++6-4.8-dbg \
        libgoogle-glog0 \
        libgoogle-glog-dev \
        libgflags-dev \
        liblmdb-dev \
        git \
        python-pip \
        gfortran \
        python-twisted \
        gcc-4.9 \
        g++-4.9
    sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.9 60 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.6
    sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ethereum/ethereum
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install ethereum
    curl -O cuda-repo-ubuntu1604-8-0-local-ga2_8.0.61-1_amd64-deb https://developer.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/8.0/Prod2/local_installers/cuda-repo-ubuntu1604-8-0-local-ga2_8.0.61-1_amd64-deb
    sudo dpkg -i cuda-repo-ubuntu1604-8-0-local-ga2_8.0.61-1_amd64-deb
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install -y cuda nvidia-375 
    mkdir $HOME/src
    cd $HOME/src
    git clone https://github.com/ethereum-mining/ethminer.git
    cd ethminer
    mkdir build
    cmake .. -DETHASHCUDA=ON
    cmake --build .
    sudo make install
    sudo mv /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.Accounts.service /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.Accounts.service.disabled
    sudo systemctl disable snapd
    sudo systemctl disable lvm2-lvmetad
    sudo systemctl disable atd
   

3. Copy all the files here into the relevant directory

4. Add the following to crontab -e on root - TODO: Move this to a file in /etc/cron.d and test properly

    */5 * * * * /bin/bash /usr/local/bin/monitorFarm.sh 0
    */5 * * * * /bin/bash /usr/local/bin/monitorFarm.sh 1
   

5. Part of the installation includes a .tmux.conf which must be used to replace your $HOME/.byobu/.tmux.conf

6. Another change you need to make is to the files which currently all point to /home/st_lim which is probably a different directory for all of you guys.

    find . -type f -exec sed -e 's/\/home\/st_lim/\/home\/<yourid>/g' {} \;