[[Support] lnxd - PhoenixMiner]

On 12/10/2021 at 11:22 AM, lnxd said:

Hey everyone, sorry for my long absence. Have a lot of things going on and not enough free time. If I've missed any important posts please feel free to reply to this again and I'll revisit. 

 

 

 

In addition to that, AMD released version 21.40.1 of their drivers in an entirely different format (that they should have been using from the start) so it's going to take a chunk of time to get that working, which is time I don't have right now unfortunately. This container works with most versions between 18.20 and 21.30 at the moment (and semi-secretly has for a few months). When I get a spare few hours I'll see if I can get it going again. I also need to update OP and the readme on Docker Hub. For now the best source of accurate info is the Github readme.

 

 

 

Something is either misconfigured or malfunctioning, the AMD drivers should only be installed when the container is first run after being created / recreated (eg. after an update, or manually). Like I mentioned above, at present I don't use this container but I've just tested the functionality and it works on my server whereby if the drivers are already installed they don't get reinstalled unless the container is recreated. Please make sure you're up to date (I updated it the other day and it should show PhoenixMiner 5.9d in the logs) and have enough free space available for docker / aren't running a prune on cron/schedule.

 

 

 

 

EDIT: Just introduced support for AMD drivers version 21.40.1, anyone who uses this container with AMD GPUs should take note of the driver version they are currently using and then try updating to this version of the drivers. If it works, stick to 21.40.1 as it's the most widely compatible and up to date version. If it doesn't, go back to the version you were on. 

thanks for all your hard work.

 

 

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21.40.1 doesnt work for me:

---Checking for optional scripts---
---No optional script found, continuing---
---AMD driver not present---
---Installing AMD drivers, please wait!---
---Downloading driver from https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu-install/21.40.1/ubuntu/focal/amdgpu-install_21.40.1.40501-1_all.deb---
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
---Installing driver, this can take a very long time with no output. Please wait!---
---AMD Driver installation finished---

 

and thats it...

i suspect the install is failing because it goes from "installing" to "finished" in about 10 seconds/

 

21.20 does work for me, however the fans on my 6900xt never spin up.

 

 

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i find the container gets recreated for simple things like a change to a parameter. ie changing target temp from 80 to 70 will force a container recreate.

 

[[Support] lnxd - PhoenixMiner]

On 12/7/2021 at 2:00 PM, letrain said:

so it has to install the drivers for amd drivers and nvidia drivers everytime the container starts? i have nvidia plugin installed. and radeon top... everytime i start the contrainer it downloads both drivers...

i can only speak for amd drivers, yes, everytime.

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im wondering if Phoenix Miner 5.7b fixes the issue, given that the container is running 5.6d, and the change notes for 5.7b mention:

 

-Implemented full hardware control for AMD RX6900/6800/6700 cards under Linux. Note that with these cards under Linux you need to specify relative core voltage: e.g. -cclock -50 will set the core voltage to be 50 mV under the default value

-Fixed an issue causing crashing with some RX6900/6800/6700 cards under Linux (there is no need to run these cards with -clkernel 0 anymore)

 

 

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On 6/16/2021 at 12:29 PM, acropora said:

Richard - were you ever able to get your 6800 to work? I believe I'm having the same issue as you. 

I have a 6800XT and having the same issue. 

i suspect its an issue with the driver or phoenixminer. 

what ive noticed is 1 cpu thread gets stuck at 100%, 

followed by this in the logfile

[93mGPU1 not responding
[91mThread(s) not responding. Restarting.

 

mining a nvidia 1060 using t-rex works fine