Mac Os graphics hangs while using the computer for other tasks

dentatar commented 5 years ago

Hello. I have a weird issue, not only with your miner, but also with xmrig and xmr-stack. I got continuous graphics freeze several times a second when trying to mine. The only error in console is: void IOAccelFenceMachine::fence_timeout(IOTimerEventSource *): AMDRadeonAccelerator prodding blockFenceInterrupt Same issue with benchmark mode also, but reported hashrate is normal.

Tried latest Ethminer versions 0.16.1 and 0.17 alpha.
Mac Os 10.14.1 (Hackintosh actually, using latest Clover bootloader and latest WhatEverGreen patches)
RX560 4Gb

Additional info: Same issue in Mac Os 10.13.X and with RX580

AndreaLanfranchi commented 5 years ago

It's pretty normal. Miner pushes GPU flat-out. Ethminer specifically is meant for dedicated rigs.

dentatar commented 5 years ago

So why maintain an official darwin version lol? Just drop it because of inefficiency and lack of support

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Mac Os graphics hangs while using the computer for other tasks #1678