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This guide will help you run an scrypt miner more efficiently and headless as compared to a VRAM consuming KDE on your mining rig.

Unrelated to Memorycoin, however, this guide suggests to promote the sale of Memorycoin through BTC.
To generate a BTC Address, create an account on BTer, generate a BTC address, then use that address to mine Middlecoin, receive BTC, then buy MMC and withdraw to your MMC wallet.

Middlecoin generally has a 4% fee but always mines the most profitable scrypt coin on the market.

Now let's get to the guide.

[Note: This is a similar guide to mine MMC, but with more steps to compile CGminer.]

Steps
1. Download the latest Debian Net installer and put it on a USB drive/disk [Note: a USB Drive is faster and environmentally friendly]


Pen Drive Linux (Universal USB Installer)
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http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/ Debian 7.4.0 64-bit Net Installer [Mirror: Steadfast.net]
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http://mirror.steadfast.net/debian-cd/7.4.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-7.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso Debian 7.4.0 32-bit Net Installer [Mirror: Steadfast.net]
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http://mirror.steadfast.net/debian-cd/7.4.0/i386/iso-cd/debian-7.4.0-i386-netinst.iso

2. Install.
 Only select the packages for boxes SSH Server and Standard System Utilities. Uncheck the desktop environment and others.
   Tip: Use the cdn.debian.net mirror when selecting the package server.


3. Login to your server through SSH or use the console.


4. Add 'non-free' and 'contrib' to the end of each deb line in /etc/apt/sources.list
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apt-get update; apt-get install nano -y;
nano /etc/apt/sources.list;

It should look something like this:
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deb http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
deb-src http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ wheezy main

deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main

# wheezy-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ wheezy-updates main

5. Now install the required packages. [Not sure if you need libudev-dev]
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apt-get clean && apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
apt-get -fy install bzip2 fglrx-driver libcurl4-openssl-dev libncurses5-dev libudev-dev ntp screen unzip xdm xorg
apt-get -fy purge libfglrx
apt-get -fy install firmware-linux-nonfree
apt-get clean

6. Download the latest AMD Catalyst Drivers from the AMD website.
This step may be annoying because AMD's website requires a web referrer to download any file on their server through wget. An alternative would be to upload it to a web server or even just upload it to your server through SFTP.

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http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Linux+x86
a. Please place the AMD Catalyst Drivers Archive into the /root or base directory.

7. Unzip and run the file.
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cd ~ && unzip amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.zip && sh amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.run --force
Accept all the dialogues.

8. Download the AMD APP SDK
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http://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/heterogeneous-computing/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/downloads/
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AMD-APP-SDK-v2.9-lnx64.tgz
OR
AMD-APP-SDK-v2.9-lnx32.tgz

a. Upload the tgz archive onto your server. (preferably in /root)

b. Install AMD APP SDK
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cd ~;mkdir app-sdk && cd app-sdk && tar xzf ~/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.9-lnx*.tgz && sh Install-AMD-APP.sh && cd ..Accept all the dialogues and continue.

9. Fix the X-Server settings
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rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf && aticonfig --adapter=all --initial
10. Add this bottom of your /etc/profile file
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nano /etc/profile
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export DISPLAY=:0
export GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT=100
export GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1
export XAUTHORITY=/.Xauthority
11. Restart.
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'reboot'
12. Download and untar cgminer 3.7.2
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cd ~;wget http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/3.7/cgminer-3.7.2.tar.bz2
tar jxf cgminer-3.7.2.tar.bz2

13. Download the ADL_SDK Libraries
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http://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/graphics-development/display-library-adl-sdk/
a. Unzip and extract ADL_SDK in its own folder; Take what is required from the library and place it in the cgminer's compilation directory.
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cd ~;mkdir ADL_SDK;cd ADL_SDK; unzip ../ADL_SDK_6.0.zip
cp include/*.h ../cgminer-3.7.2/ADL_SDK/

b. Change directory to the cgminer-3.7.2:
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cd ~/cgminer-3.7.2;
14. Compile!
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CFLAGS="-O2 -Wall -march=native -I/opt/AMDAPP/include" LDFLAGS="-L/opt/AMDAPP/lib/x86_64" ./configure --enable-opencl --enable-scrypt --without-libudev

Note: If you compiling on 32-bit, you may want to find the real LDFLAGS= directory for AMD_APP Lib in /opt/AMDAPP/lib/ with your OS's architecture. [Presumably x86, i386 or something.]

a. Install:
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make; make install; cp cgminer ~; cd ~; chmod +x cgminer
15. Run!
Voila! Your cgminer executable is now located in the root folder.

Run it!
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~/cgminer
16. Post Install: CGMiner Settings

Input the URL as
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middlecoin.com:3333
Username:
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BTER's BTC Wallet Deposit Address
Password:
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ANY
Wait for your GPU to start mining!

To fine-tune your configuration, modify the cgminer.conf at ~/.cgminer/cgminer.conf.

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nano ~/.cgminer/cgminer.conf
a. You can find your Miner Stats at this address:
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http://www.middlecoin.com/reports/BTCWALLETADDRESS.html
b. Auto-Start upon reboot

Add this to your crontab -e:
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crontab -e:
@reboot ~/startup.sh &
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nano ~/startup.sh;

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sleep 60;
screen -mDs cg /root/cgminer &

Tips in MMC
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Thanks for reading!
« Last Edit: March 01, 2014, 08:54:00 am by Delinquency »