Hey!
I will give you some pointers on how to set up your Litecoin client for solo mining.
I’m writing this with the assumption that you are using Windows 7/8.
rpcuser=username
rpcpassword=password
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcport=9332
daemon=1
server=1
gen=0
block_nTime=1317972665
block_nNonce=2084524493and save the file, be sure to change notepad’s save output to ‘all file types’ and have litecoin.conf entered there. litecoin.conf.txt will not work! Also, I would recommend using notepad++ anyway.
Take note of the rpcallowip= line, that is the IP which can connect to the Litecoin wallet. If you are going to connect from external machines in your network, you need to specify their IP’s. You are allowed multiple of these lines, so something like:
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcallowip=192.168.0.2
rpcallowip=192.168.1.*
Will work. I have tried using the asterik in there as a wildcard, and it worked. The username and password in the conf is self-explanatory, but if you want to connect your miners to something creative, now is the chance.
{
"pools" : [
{
"url" : "http://192.168.0.10:9332/",
"user" : "username",
"pass" : "password"
},
{
"url" : "http://litecoinpool.org:9332/",
"user" : "maplesyrupghost.user",
"pass" : "pass"
},
{
"url" : "http://lc.ozco.in:9332/",
"user" : "maplesyrupghost.user",
"pass" : "pass"
}
]
,
"intensity" : "15,15,15",
"worksize" : "256,256,256",
"kernel" : "scrypt,scrypt,scrypt",
"gpu-engine" : "620-725,620-725,620-725",
"gpu-fan" : "20-85,20-85,20-85",
"gpu-memclock" : "1000,1000,1000",
"gpu-memdiff" : "0,0,0",
"gpu-powertune" : "0,0,0",
"gpu-vddc" : "0.000,0.000,0.000",
"lookup-gap" : "2,2,2",
"shaders" : "1440,1440,1440",
"temp-cutoff" : "95,95,95",
"temp-overheat" : "85,85,85",
"temp-target" : "82,82,82",
"api-listen" : true,
"api-port" : "4028",
"expiry" : "120",
"gpu-dyninterval" : "7",
"gpu-platform" : "0",
"gpu-threads" : "1",
"log" : "5",
"queue" : "1",
"retry-pause" : "5",
"scan-time" : "60",
"scrypt" : true,
"temp-hysteresis" : "3",
"shares" : "0",
"failover-only" : true,
"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin"
}
I would strongly suggest setting multiple pools on your conf like this. See the failover-only flag there? That locks cgminer to mine for your solo pool and that pool only, but it will still get the longpoll from the pool. It helps keep cgminer up to date as the new blocks come in. You will see "LONGPOLL DETECTED NEW BLOCK ON NETWORK" constantly, and hopefully those new blocks are yours! And if your solo miner gets out of wack, it will fall back on the pools specified.
If you start the mining and it’s not connecting, you might not have the full blockchain. When I set it up the first time, I was frustrated at how long it was taking (doesn’t help when you start a project at 2AM either) so I went to bed. I had the pools as a failover so it was mining on them and once the Litecoin wallet caught up with the blockchain, it took over and in the morning when I woke up, I had a block already!
Want to make sure your computer is listening to that port?
Open a command window and type netstat -a | find "LISTENING", it will take a minute to find them all, and then it will report them to you. If you see the port that you set in litecoin.conf, chances are it’s going to work!
Happy mining! Found this handy? Donate LTC to BitcoinTrading.com at this address: LcYAMfZpVfDeNEMxU2n45snWKzznG3c7on and BTC to 1HHMqvxXp6n5RTTPCwh5tcTqusBEhMoPcP
Cheers!
Hello,
I’m very new to Crypto-currency mining, and am trying to run the Reaper mining program to mine Litecoins. I’ve gone through and tried different variations within the configuration files, but it always gives an error when I run it. Reaper 12 gives me the above "Error getting OpenCL device IDs," while Reaper 13 beta 4 gives me "Error creating OpenCL context."
I’m running Windows 8 64-bit version as my OS
I have the latest drivers installed for my ATI Radeon 7950 video card.
I have installed the Intel SDK for OCL applications 2013 beta x64
reaper.conf file contents:
kernel reaper.cl
save_binaries yes
enable_graceful_shutdown no
long_polling yes
mine litecoin
****
litecoin.conf file contents:
host myhost
port myport
user my username
pass my pwd
protocol litecoin
worksize 256
aggression 14
threads_per_gpu 1
sharethreads 32
lookup_gap 2
gpu_thread_concurrency 24576
*****
I’ve tried playing with the settings in both files, with no change, and the reaper12 conf file is similar, but all in one file instead of two. Can anyone advise me?
Thanks in advance for your help everyone.