From dde099f224c5c7bbd2caa0dc5583895bb33c0713 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Noel Maersk Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 14:09:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Reorder FAQ to have more common questions on top, fix a few links. --- doc/FAQ.md | 38 +++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/FAQ.md b/doc/FAQ.md index 6b1938c1..c2314280 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ.md +++ b/doc/FAQ.md @@ -1,5 +1,12 @@ # FAQ +Q: Why don't you provide binaries? +A: Binaries are a hassle to maintain. On Linux, they should be provided +by your distribution's package manager anyway. Runnning an unoptimised +binary gives a minor performance penalty. Running binaries from +untrusted providers is a security risk. There has not been sufficient +community interest to provide distributed determininstic builds. + Q: Why is the network difficulty wrong? A: It is not wrong. Sharediff of 1 (historically) corresponds to a network difficulty of 1/65536. Throughout the inteface, share difficulty @@ -9,6 +16,14 @@ using true network difficulty to display share difficulty, there is no reason to display difficulty differently. This is a vicious cycle and a remnant of Bitcoin mining on GPUs. +Q: Can you modify the display to include more of one thing in the output +and less of another, or can you change the quiet mode or can you add +yet another output mode? +A: Everyone will always have their own view of what's important to +monitor. The shipped NCurses TUI is intentionally ascetic, and is only +provided as a fallback. It is recomended to use an API client if you +want to customise the display. + Q: Can I mine on servers from different networks (eg litecoin and dogecoin) at the same time? A: No. `sgminer` keeps a database of the block it's working on to ensure @@ -17,7 +32,7 @@ networks would make it invalidate the work from each other. Q: Can I configure sgminer to mine with different login credentials or pools for each separate device? -A: No. +A: No. Run separate instances with `-d`. Q: Can I put multiple pools in the config file? A: Yes, check the `example.conf` file. Alternatively, set up everything @@ -47,14 +62,6 @@ being the actual virus, rather than whatever it is being packaged with. If you had built sgminer yourself, then you do not have a virus on your computer. Complain to your antivirus software company.. -Q: Can you modify the display to include more of one thing in the output -and less of another, or can you change the quiet mode or can you add -yet another output mode? -A: Everyone will always have their own view of what's important to -monitor. The shipped NCurses TUI is intentionally ascetic, and is only -provided as a fallback. It is recomended to use an API client if you -want to customise the display. - Q: GUI version? A: No. The API makes it possible for someone else to write one though. @@ -71,16 +78,9 @@ A: No. Consider using [cpuminer](https://github.com/pooler/cpuminer). Q: I'm having an issue. What debugging information should I provide in the bug report? A: See `doc/BUGS.md` in your source distribution directory, or -[doc/BUGS.md](https://github.com/veox/sgminer/blob/master/doc/BUGS.md] +[doc/BUGS.md](https://github.com/veox/sgminer/blob/master/doc/BUGS.md) for an online version. -Q: Why don't you provide binaries? -A: Binaries are a hassle to maintain. On Linux, they should be provided -by your distribution's package manager anyway. Runnning an unoptimised -binary gives a minor performance penalty. Running binaries from -untrusted providers is a security risk. There has not been sufficient -community interest to provide distributed determininstic builds. - Q: Is it better to mine on Linux or Windows? A: It comes down to choice of operating system for their various features. Linux offers specialised mining distributions, much better @@ -115,13 +115,13 @@ A: Most often no. Q: How do I add my own kernel? A: See `doc/KERNEL.md` in your source distribution directory, or -[doc/KERNEL.md](https://github.com/veox/sgminer/blob/master/doc/KERNEL.md] +[doc/KERNEL.md](https://github.com/veox/sgminer/blob/master/doc/KERNEL.md) for an online version. Q: I run PHP on Windows to access the API with the example `miner.php`. Why does 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 +A: See [this](http://us.php.net/manual/en/sockets.installation.php). Q: Will sgminer support FPGAs or ASICs? A: No. sgminer will only support GPUs. It is bad software design