Ver 1.5.5a hangs, does nothing

[Angel996]

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. CUDA 9.2.

DL'ded the 1.5.5a today (vs. 1.3.0 used previously), here is the output:

sudo /usr/bin/excavator -u 3xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.RIG05 -a equihash
[sudo] password for user:

=========================== www.nicehash.com =========================
           Excavator v1.5.5a_nvidia GPU Miner for NiceHash.
           Copyright (C) 2018 NiceHash. All rights reserved.
=========================== www.nicehash.com =========================

Build time: 2018-06-14 14:32:32+02:00
Build number: 3287280602
[11:16:13][0x00007f9b6932f740][info] Log started
[11:16:13][0x00007f9b6932f740][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
[11:16:13][0x00007f9b6932f740][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
[11:16:13][0x00007f9b6932f740][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
[11:16:13][0x00007f9b6932f740][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
[11:16:13][0x00007f9b6932f740][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
[11:16:13][0x00007f9b6932f740][info] api | Listening on 127.0.0.1:3456
[11:16:13][0x00007f9b6932f740][info] core | Initialized!

/usr/bin/excavator -u 3xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.RIG10 -a lyra2rev2

=========================== www.nicehash.com =========================
           Excavator v1.5.5a_nvidia GPU Miner for NiceHash.
           Copyright (C) 2018 NiceHash. All rights reserved.
=========================== www.nicehash.com =========================

Build time: 2018-06-14 14:32:32+02:00
Build number: 3287280602
[11:33:26][0x00007f760fdbd740][info] Log started
[11:33:26][0x00007f760fdbd740][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 980
[11:33:26][0x00007f760fdbd740][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 980
[11:33:26][0x00007f760fdbd740][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 980
[11:33:27][0x00007f760fdbd740][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 980
[11:33:27][0x00007f760fdbd740][info] api | Listening on 127.0.0.1:3456
[11:33:27][0x00007f760fdbd740][info] core | Initialized!

Tried equihash and lyra2rev2. Just nothing happens. Power consumption stays low meaning GPUs aren't even getting initialized. The rig runs fine other miners (ethminer, dstm, bminer etc).

[t4nja]

From version 1.4.0 up excavator doesn't support command line parameters for algorithms and user anymore. You have to run excavator using config file: excavator -c path_to_config_file.json

Here is an example of config file to run equihash on first GPU: https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/blob/master/default_command_file.json

To run equihash on all 4 GPUs, your config file should look like this (if you want to run lyra2rev2, just change parameters in algorithm.add and worker.add methods from equihash to lyra2rev2):

[
    {"time":0,"commands":[
        {"id":1,"method":"subscribe","params":["nhmp.usa.nicehash.com:3200","btc-addr.workerName"]}
    ]},
    {"time":2,"commands":[
            {"id":1,"method":"algorithm.add","params":["equihash"]}
        ]},
    {"time":3,"commands":[
        {"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["equihash","0"]},
        {"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["equihash","1"]},
        {"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["equihash","2"]},
        {"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["equihash","3"]}
    ]},
    {"time":10,"loop":10,"commands":[
        {"id":1,"method":"worker.print.speeds","params":[]},
        {"id":1,"method":"algorithm.print.speeds","params":[]}
    ]}
]

Please take a look at API documentation: https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/tree/master/api#methods

[Angel996]

Thanks for the info.

Maybe it would be a good idea to display some message to user in this case?

Whats nhmp subdomain on Nicehash? Auto-switch pool? I can't find any info on that on NH website. Thanks!

[t4nja]

Maybe it would be a good idea to display some message to user in this case?

You're right, we'll add a cmd message in case of incorrect startup parameters.

Whats nhmp subdomain on Nicehash? Auto-switch pool?

From version 1.5.0 up we implemented our own stratum protocol - nhmp (nicehash miner protocol). Stratum servers that support nhmp protocol are located at nhmp.LOCATION.nicehash.com:3200. We're using the same port for all algorithms. It's similar to old stratum addresses which were algorithm specific (e.g equihash.LOCATION.nicehash.com:3357).

[Angel996]

Ok, still nothing happens.

sudo excavator -c ./excavator-lyra2v2.json

Build time: 2017-11-21 16:44:49+00:00 Build number: 1 [18:44:15][0x00007f59e7235740][info] Log started [18:44:15][0x00007f59e7235740][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB [18:44:15][0x00007f59e7235740][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB [18:44:15][0x00007f59e7235740][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB [18:44:15][0x00007f59e7235740][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB [18:44:15][0x00007f59e7235740][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB [18:44:15][0x00007f59e7235740][info] core | Found CUDA device: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB [18:44:15][0x00007f59e7235740][info] api | Listening on 127.0.0.1:3456 [18:44:15][0x00007f59e7235740][info] core | Initialized! [18:44:18][0x00007f59e1862700][warning] core | Command exec: stoi

Contents of json file:

[
    {"time":0,"commands":[
        {"id":1,"method":"subscribe","params":["nhmp.eu.nicehash.com:3200","3P**********************************ux.RIG04"]}
    ]},
    {"time":2,"commands":[
        {"id":1,"method":"algorithm.add","params":["lyra2rev2"]}
        ]},
    {"time":3,"commands":[
        {"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["lyra2rev2","0"]},
        {"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["lyra2rev2","1"]},
        {"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["lyra2rev2","2"]},
        {"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["lyra2rev2","3"]}
    ]},
    {"time":10,"loop":10,"commands":[
        {"id":1,"method":"worker.print.speeds","params":[]},
        {"id":1,"method":"algorithm.print.speeds","params":[]}
    ]}
]

[t4nja]

Hm, this should work just fine. Can you run excavator with -d 0 flag and c/p the cmd output here (excavator -c excavator-lyra2v2.json -d 0) ?

[t4nja]

@Angel996 I noticed you're using old version of excavator.

Build time: 2017-11-21 16:44:49+00:00 Build number: 1

Make sure you're running the 1.5.* version.

[Angel996]

Got it working on the 6x 1060 rig, thanks!

Is the nhmp protocol intended for yet to be released auto-switch version of Linux miner for Nicehash? We'd love to have something like that on Linux. :)

[t4nja]

Auto-switching on Linux will be supported through NiceHash OS (currently is available in beta testing).