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CNPurvis
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Re: New miner getting started!

Post by CNPurvis » Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:46 pm

I posted something asking about cmd, then edited that because it was kind of a silly question. The new details are above your "yes."

:)
CNPurvis
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Re: New miner getting started!

Post by CNPurvis » Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:57 pm

Looking back over your instructions, I might have missed something. I didn't put 'https://github.com/lucasjones/cpuminer- ... -multi.zip' anywhere. Should that be at the beginning of the batch file?
GregoryGHarding
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Re: New miner getting started!

Post by GregoryGHarding » Tue Aug 15, 2017 1:47 am

you have to unzip that to a folder, your bat file goes in that folder aswell

your batch is opening as a text document because you didn't save the file as a .bat format.. open in notepad, file> save as> under "save as type", change it to "all files" then under "filename" write prohashing.bat and it will save as a batch file properly
CNPurvis
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batch file

Post by CNPurvis » Tue Aug 15, 2017 4:42 pm

I followed your directions, and have a file whose contents look like this:

minerd -a scrypt -o stratum+tcp://prohashing.com:3333 CNPurvis -p "n=test a=scrypt"

I saved the file, and when I double click, it just reopens the text doc.

Does my pw need to be in there? I believe I already opened port 3333.
GregoryGHarding
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Re: batch file

Post by GregoryGHarding » Tue Aug 15, 2017 5:07 pm

CNPurvis wrote:I followed your directions, and have a file whose contents look like this:

minerd -a scrypt -o stratum+tcp://prohashing.com:3333 CNPurvis -p "n=test a=scrypt"

I saved the file, and when I double click, it just reopens the text doc.

Does my pw need to be in there? I believe I already opened port 3333.
have you viewed my previous post.. i outlined why its opening in a test window
CNPurvis
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We're getting somewhere now.

Post by CNPurvis » Wed Aug 16, 2017 4:00 pm

Thank you.

I obviously missed your last post. Not sure how I did, but it might bave been my fault.

I did as you recommended, and successfully saved the file as a batch file. It is saved in the same folder to which I unzipped cpuminer-multi (from your dl link). When I click the new bat file, I do see it open, then it kind of dissipates. So no command prompt stays open. There's no sign there's anything running. In other words, I check task mgr, and there's no prohashing.bat or minerd running. I'd love to show pics, but I don't see how to attach one. I've seen a check box with the option to allow or disallow pictures, but I don't see it either.

FYI, according to a guy at Best Buy who builds systems, my PC likely wouldn't support a good graphics card. Seems like the best bet is to build a new one from the ground up. So the wife and I will start budgeting for this, then enjoy the building process.

Thank you for continuing with me.
CNPurvis
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I finally got an error!

Post by CNPurvis » Mon Aug 21, 2017 9:19 pm

I've been too busy to get to my mining for several days. I definitely still need your help though.

Nothing at all happens when I double click my bat file. When I right click, and run as admin, I get user acct control verification and click Yes. Then I see the command prompt open and fade away very quickly.

I did a little more googling, and found out something new. I shift-right-clicked in the white space, then clicked "Open command prompt here." Then I typed "prohashing.bat," and received a message that might be the root of my issue. (I also added a pause after the existing text in the file.)

The output is...
"C:\minerd2>minerd -a scrypt -o stratum+tcp://prohashing.com:3333 CNPurvis -p "n=test a=scrypt"
minerd: unsupported non-option argument 'CNPurvis'
Try `minerd --help' for more information.

C:\minerd2>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

C:\minerd2>"

Any further ideas?
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