Cgminer won't run (solved, kinda)
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I’m trying to get started mining; I’ve tried following the guides, but I don’t think I’m familiar enough with some of the things they talk about to follow all the steps correctly…
I downloaded cgminer 3.7 (windows 64 bit), set up a worker on nut2pools, and tried to run it but got an error about OpenCL.dll missing. So I downloaded that and put it in the same folder and tried it again, but now I’m getting this message:
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32626868/Pictures/apperror.PNG[/img]
This is the command I entered in the command prompt:
[code]cgminer.exe --scrypt -o
stratum+tcp://us.nut2pools.com:5525 -u workername -p password -o stratum+tcp://
ny.nut2pools.com:5525 -u workername -p password[/code]
I also tried opening the command prompt as an administrator with the same result. Any tips?
For the record, I’m trying to mine with my cpu; I’ve had bad experiences with trying to mess with my gpu, so I’d rather avoid that route. I don’t have any fancy rig or anything, just my laptop. I know I may not get much out of it, but I’d still like to try it out for fun.
Thanks! -
If that’s the exact code you’re inputting, you’re throwing too many arguments at the program… the pool info, username, and password are all listed twice.
As for not finding the OpenCL.dll, that will be provided with your graphics card driver, so make sure it is up to date.
CPU mining is not worth it, BTW. You’ll spend more in electric than you’ll mine. Why don’t you want to use the GPU?
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I was going off the example listed here: [url=https://anc.nut2pools.com/index.php?page=gettingstarted]https://anc.nut2pools.com/index.php?page=gettingstarted[/url] which lists the pool info, username, and pw twice. I assumed it would try the first pool (in Kansas) first, and then the second (in New York) if the first was not available. I tried it without the second one, and I get the same error.
Like I said, I’d rather not mess with my gpu because I’ve run into trouble in the past. I don’t have an expensive rig; just my laptop, which I also use for other things, and the last time I tried setting things up to mine with my gpu things got messed up pretty bad and I counted myself lucky I had made a system restore point before doing so to get things back to normal. In short, I don’t know what I’m doing, and none of the guides that I’ve found on the internet have near enough detail for a beginner of my level. They all assume that the reader knows how to do things that I clearly do not.
I’m more of a hobbyist than a profit-seeker at this point. I just want to get things up and running before I try something more advanced. -
Finally realized that cgminer uses gpu and I was trying to do cpu mining. I managed to get cpuminer up and running. Yay! Thanks anyway. :-)