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doc: update faq and windows build docs
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Q: I'm having an issue. What debugging information should I provide?
A: Start sgminer with your regular commands and add -D -T --verbose and provide
the full startup output and a summary of your hardware, operating system, ATI
driver version and ATI stream version.
the full startup output and a summary of your hardware, operating system, AMD
driver version and AMD stream version.
Q: Why don't you provide win64 builds?
A: Win32 builds work everywhere and there is precisely zero advantage to a
@ -85,12 +85,7 @@ A: sgminer will compile on OSX, but the performance of GPU mining is
compromised due to the opencl implementation on OSX, there is no temperature
or fanspeed monitoring, and the cooling design of most MACs, despite having
powerful GPUs, will usually not cope with constant usage leading to a high
risk of thermal damage. It is highly recommended not to mine on a MAC unless
it is to a USB device.
Q: I'm trying to mine litecoin but sgminer shows MH values instead of kH and
submits no shares?
A: Add the --scrypt parameter.
risk of thermal damage. It is highly recommended not to mine on a MAC.
Q: I switch users on windows and my mining stops working?
A: That's correct, it does. It's a permissions issue that there is no known
@ -116,19 +111,8 @@ it fail when php is installed properly but I only get errors about Sockets not
working in the logs?
A: http://us.php.net/manual/en/sockets.installation.php
Q: What is a PGA?
A: At the moment, sgminer supports 3 FPGAs: BitForce, Icarus and ModMiner.
They are Field-Programmable Gate Arrays that have been programmed to do Bitcoin
mining. Since the acronym needs to be only 3 characters, the "Field-" part has
been skipped.
Q: What is an ASIC?
A: sgminer currently supports 2 ASICs: Avalon and BitForce SC devices. They
are Application Specify Integrated Circuit devices and provide the highest
performance per unit power due to being dedicated to only one purpose.
Q: Can I mine scrypt with FPGAs or ASICs?
A: No.
A: As of Jan 15 2014, no.
Q: What is stratum and how do I use it?
A: Stratum is a protocol designed for pooled mining in such a way as to
@ -162,13 +146,6 @@ Q: Can I make a donation in litecoin?
A: Yes, see SCRYPT-README for the address, but the author prefers bitcoin if
possible.
Q: My keyboard input momentarily pauses or repeats keys every so often on
windows while mining?
A: The USB implementation on windows can be very flaky on some hardware and
every time sgminer looks for new hardware to hotplug it it can cause these
sorts of problems. You can disable hotplug with:
--hotplug 0
Q: What should my Work Utility (WU) be?
A: Work utility is the product of hashrate * luck and only stabilises over a
very long period of time. Assuming all your work is valid work, bitcoin mining

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@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ Extract the share\git-core folder and place it into \MinGW\share.
After the previous step you should have a folder called \MinGW\share\git-core.
To test if it is working, open a MinGW shell and type the following:
git config -–global core.autocrlf false (note: one time run only)
git clone git://github.com/ckolivas/sgminer.git
git clone git://github.com/veox/sgminer.git
If you simply just want to update the source after you have already cloned, type:
git pull
@ -191,65 +191,13 @@ From now on when your current working directory is the sgminer source directory
You can simply type "adl.sh" and it will place the ADL header files into place
For you. Make sure you never remove the ADL_SDK folder from your home folder.
**************************************************************************************
* Optional - Install libusb if you need auto USB device detection; required for Ztex *
**************************************************************************************
Go to this url ==> http://git.libusb.org/?p=libusb.git;a=snapshot;h=master;sf=zip
save the file to your local storage. Open the file and copy the libusb* folder to
\MinGW\msys\1.0\home\(your user directory/folder).
Or if you do not want to download the file directly and would like to use git then
Type the following from the MSYS shell in your home folder.
git clone git://git.libusb.org/libusb.git
Run the MinGW MSYS shell
(Start Icon/keyboard key ==> All Programs ==> MinGW ==> MinGW Shell).
Change the working directory to your libusb project folder.
Example: cd libusb-something [Enter Key] if you are unsure then type "ls -la"
Another way is to type "cd libusb" and then press the tab key; It will auto fill.
Type the lines below one at a time. Look for problems after each one before going on
to the next.
./autogen.sh --disable-debug-log --prefix=/MinGW
make
make install
You may now exit the MSYS shell.
Ctrl-D or typing "logout" and pressing the enter key should get you out of the
window.
You will have to copy "libusb-1.0.dll" to your working sgminer binary directory.
You will find "libusb-1.0.dll" in the \MinGW\bin directory/folder.
Use this method if libusb does not work for you on Ztex. Once someone lets us know
Libusb works instead of libusbx then we will remove the section below this line.
Run the MSYS shell and change into the libusb folder as above.
Type ==> make uninstall
Go to this url ==> http://libusbx.org/
Click on the "Downloads" tab.
Click on "releases".
Click on the latest version. I downloaded 1.0.14; yours may be newer.
Do not download from the link that says "Looking for the latest version?".
Click on "Windows"
Click on the file and download it. I downloaded libusbx-1.0.12-win.7z.
Extract the the following from the file and place in where directed.
Copy libusb.h from include\libusbx-1.0 to \MinGW\include\libusb-1.0\libusb.h
Copy contents of MinGW32\static \MinGW\lib
Copy contents of MinGW32\dll to \MinGW\lib
You will have to copy "libusb-1.0.dll" to your working sgminer binary directory.
**************************************************************************************
* Some ./configure options *
**************************************************************************************
--enable-cpumining Build with cpu mining support(default disabled)
--disable-opencl Override detection and disable building with opencl
--enable-opencl Enable support for GPU mining with opencl
--disable-adl Override detection and disable building with adl
--enable-bitforce Compile support for BitForce FPGAs(default disabled)
--enable-icarus Compile support for Icarus Board(default disabled)
--enable-modminer Compile support for ModMiner FPGAs(default disabled)
--enable-ztex Compile support for Ztex Board(default disabled)
--enable-scrypt Compile support for scrypt litecoin mining (default disabled)
--disable-libcurl Disable building with libcurl for getwork and GBT support
--without-curses Compile support for curses TUI (default enabled)
--without-libudev Autodetect FPGAs using libudev (default enabled)
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