add non-interactive mode so csminer can run using systemd autostart

[ghost]

This might be a dumb question, but how create a systemd-unit file for csminer? I want to make csminer run automatically on every boot.

I am trying this:

[Unit]
Description=csminer
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/<dir>/csminer -user=<user>

But I get an error on startup:

ERROR(miner.go,171): Scanning terminated
FATAL(csminer.go,134): Miner failed: didn't expect keyboard scanning to terminate

Apparently, csminer expects to be launched from the terminal, where you can send commands. But it doesn't seem to happen when running through systemd.

[cryptonote-social]

Hmm actually it's a very good question. csminer was designed for its interactive features so it expects keyboard input, and I guess running it non-interactively as a startup script confuses it. It should be easy to add a non-interactive mode, but I guess I figured most folks who require such a feature might prefer to use xmrig. I'll leave this issue open and consider it a feature request. There may also be some unix utility that fools it into believing keyboard scanning is active, but don't know of anything off the top of my head.

[kkarhan]

Personally, I think a non-interactive use should be enabled and supported, at least according to the arguments found in the README.txt included in the shipped version.

Re: systemd services: every executeable / shell script can be turned into a systemd service easily. https://linuxhandbook.com/create-systemd-services/

[kkarhan]

A potential solution to the whole "unattended use" case would be to work with a config file. For example xmrig uses a config.json file that can be easily customized with a web assistant.

Tho for some reason neither it nor csminer seem to accept donation percentages < 1 [%], and instead ignore values like 0.1337 [0,1337%] or 0.42069 [0,42069%], which is sad cuz someone may be more tempted to choose 0,1%, 0,01% or even 0,001% if that was possible instead of >1% [or 0,5% in csminer] and 0%...

After all, even the smallest amount counts...

[cryptonote-social]

You definitely can leave donation percentages less than 1 %....

./csminer -tls -config="donate=.001" -user=someuser -wallet=44SqRf9gxV....

Tagging the request to add non-interactive mode as enhancement request.

[kkarhan]

I guess with the shutdown of cryptonote.social's Monero pool this point is kinda moot now.

Still good to see that miners get paid out tho.