From b1dfc12b3ff66d8cf65da403238d2646fe291315 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ckolivas Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:43:20 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Add more faqs to README. --- README | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README b/README index ab7971d5..88bd1e48 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -984,6 +984,10 @@ Q: Can I mine with Nvidia or Intel GPUs? A: Yes but their hashrate is very poor and likely you'll be using much more energy than you'll be earning in coins. +Q: Can I mine on both Nvidia and AMD GPUs at the same time? +A: No, you must run one instance of cgminer with the --gpu-platform option for +each. + Q: Can I mine on Linux without running Xorg? A: With Nvidia you can, but with AMD you cannot. @@ -1001,13 +1005,29 @@ A: You are generating garbage hashes due to your choice of settings. Your Work Utility (WU) value will confirm you are not generating garbage. You should be getting about .9WU per kHash. If not, then try decreasing your intensity, do not increase the number of gpu-threads, and consider adding -system RAM to match your GPU ram. +system RAM to match your GPU ram. You may also be using a bad combination +of driver and/or SDK. Q: Scrypt fails to initialise the kernel every time? A: Your parameters are too high. Don't add GPU threads, don't set intensity too high, decrease thread concurrency. See the SCRYPT-README for a lot more help. +Q: Cgminer stops mining (or my GPUs go DEAD) and I can't close it? +A: Once the driver has crashed, there is no way for cgminer to close cleanly. +You will have to kill it, and depending on how corrupted your driver state +has gotten, you may even need to reboot. Windows is known to reset drivers +when they fail and cgminer will be stuck trying to use the old driver instance. + +Q: I can't get any monitoring of temperatures or fanspeed with cgminer when +I start it remotely? +A: With linux, make sure to export the DISPLAY variable. On windows, you +cannot access these monitoring values via a remote session. + +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 +fix for. + Q: My network gets slower and slower and then dies for a minute? A; Try the --net-delay option.