Joshrandom becomes number 2 cruncher in the UK !!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **Woodles** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 8:32 am

Last night James captured the number two spot in the UK!

Congratulations James

:wav: :cheers:

Post by **UBT - Chris** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 6:11 pm

Congratulations to James!

3 of UBT are in the top 10, with 2 in the top 3! Congrats, guys (and gals)!

Post by **UBT-mark3346** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 6:15 pm

:wav: Congratulations :wav:

Joshrandom · Post by **Joshrandom** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 8:44 pm

Thanks guys, I hadn't even noticed.

James.

Post by **UBT - Chris** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:18 pm

Haha, James - that's a big thing not to notice

And the next stop is beating Mark and claiming first place

Post by **Woodles** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:34 pm

UBT - Chris wrote:And the next stop is beating Mark and claiming first place

Don't worry, I'm watching him :D

Mark

Post by **UBT - Chris** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 4:30 pm

Haha, Mark - I bet you are

Joshrandom · Post by **Joshrandom** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 8:02 pm

Woodles wrote:
UBT - Chris wrote:And the next stop is beating Mark and claiming first place
Don't worry, I'm watching him :D

Mark

I very much doubt you can even see me from your lofty vantage point Mark. :D

Anyhow, it's Tim that we both need to keep an eye out for (on the off chance that he ever gets his office internet connection sorted out).

James.

Post by **Woodles** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:46 am

Joshrandom wrote:Anyhow, it's Tim that we both need to keep an eye out for (on the off chance that he ever gets his office internet connection sorted out).

James.

Good point, best to build up as much of a lead as possible while we can

Mark

Post by **UBT - Chris** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:05 pm

Haha - Tim'll be mortified to hear you two plotting AGAINST him!

Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 3:19 pm

Congrats James....

Nice to see that you've got a good reward for your considerable efforts.

As for me, I'm just recovering from a spot of man-flu....and this has meant I've not spent any time at work, cuddling up to my little work farm.

As for the internet connection, I've now sorted out that we do indeed have a physical landline wired into the office (I wasn't sure previously), though it's not connected yet.

So, step 1 sorted, and step 2 on it's way in due course....even if it's a crappy 2Mb connection (which is the best I can get, unless I go for fibre, which I can't justify at present).

Then I can do some more 24/7 crunching

regards
Tim

Post by **UBT - Chris** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 4:59 pm

Hope you're better now, Tim

and 24/7 crunching sounds good

- my Pi is sat in my room going round the clock - in a week, it has about 1000 credits (although it wasn't round the clock all week), so I could easily get 52,000 a year from it (not many, but Every Little Helps)

Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 1:38 pm

UBT - Chris wrote:Hope you're better now, Tim and 24/7 crunching sounds good - my Pi is sat in my room going round the clock - in a week, it has about 1000 credits (although it wasn't round the clock all week), so I could easily get 52,000 a year from it (not many, but Every Little Helps)

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the kind words.

Y'know you can use your Pi with an ASIC and do some Bitcoin WU's - which will earn you more credits

- more energy efficient too, than using a PC or laptop

I got a Pi when they first came out and when I get a few mins, I want to try it out with some R-Boxes....

regards

Tim

Post by **UBT - Chris** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 2:09 pm

Hi, Tim - I like the sound of that - Ill try it now - one sec...

Just checked it out - the tasks have downloaded (so, so far so good, but they don't seem to be getting very far - 0.000% in 2 mins... and remaining (estimated) is 5 hours - as long as I get the credits, though

)

I'll try it and let you know how it goes - thanks for the idea - it never crossed my mind to use the Pi to do that...

EDIT: So far, so bad - the Pi is running the tasks, and the ASICs are on (red lights), but the green light that shows it is working isn't flashing - any ideas why?

scole of TSBT · Post by **scole of TSBT** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 7:39 pm

UBT - Chris wrote:Hi, Tim - I like the sound of that - Ill try it now - one sec...

Just checked it out - the tasks have downloaded (so, so far so good, but they don't seem to be getting very far - 0.000% in 2 mins... and remaining (estimated) is 5 hours - as long as I get the credits, though )

I'll try it and let you know how it goes - thanks for the idea - it never crossed my mind to use the Pi to do that...

EDIT: So far, so bad - the Pi is running the tasks, and the ASICs are on (red lights), but the green light that shows it is working isn't flashing - any ideas why?

Describe how everything is connected and the BOINC install process you followed. (It's not as straight forward as getting it to run on Windows)

Post by **UBT - Chris** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 7:08 am

Did the sudo apt-get command and BOINC has been up and running for a week. Then attached BU and plugged my ASICs in, then waited for it to download a WU.

EDIT: Still need to download the siftware that recognises the ASICs - the one whose name begins with a Z... I also think that that was my problem on my laptop - I'll check it out when I have a sec later. What was the software called again? - it's been that long since I last installed it, and it's a different laptop, so I have know way of knowing.. :roll:

Post by **Woodles** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:48 am

The program you're talking about Chris is Zadig http://zadig.akeo.ie/ but I don't know if it's used on the Pi as it's a Windows program?

Scoles would have a much better idea of the steps you need to go through.

Mark

scole of TSBT · Post by **scole of TSBT** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:47 pm

To run BU on Raspberry Pi, see this post...http://www.dunadd.co.uk/seti/forum/view ... 113&t=2474

Post by **UBT - Chris** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 5:07 pm

That;s the one, Mark, and thanks Scole

Post by **UBT - Chris** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 5:28 pm

Hi, scole - how do I add a new file - Im new to programming, and the /etc/udev/rules.d/ folder says "permission denied" whenever I try to add a new file...

scole of TSBT · Post by **scole of TSBT** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 5:50 pm

Use the sudo command to run your statement...
sudo<space><rest of command line>

Are you logged in as root? To me, that's the easiest way. That way you have to worry about using sudo. Don't think so anyway?

Post by **UBT - Chris** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 6:26 pm

Thanks, and no - I wasn't logged in as root, but the sudo command works (so far)...

rich2000k · Post by **rich2000k** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 8:14 am

Well done James....I'll go get an oxygen tank, the air must be pretty thin up there.

Post by **UBT - Chris** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 9:27 am

Good idea, Rich

If you keep going at your rate, you'll be there soon too!