Mining howto

terzim

Hi,

I downloaded the Go-ethereum (geth) client and want to test mining on my laptop.

I downloaded the client on Ubuntu 15.04 (UEFI boot issues with 14.04/10) and follow the instructions here: https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Mining

However, the client is always logging "..... still generating DAG" . What am I doing wrong?

Thanks - Massi

Genoil

Be patient, it takes a while.

Maren85

Took about 30 minutes for me if memory serves and I have a half decent computer, depending on how good your laptop is, it might take longer, it might take a lot longer

terzim

@Genoil @Maren85 what message am I supposed to see after ".... still generating DAG"? Do you have any screenshot or log of how a successful test mining with geth looks like (CLI/Ubuntu).

Thanks - Massi

GeorgeHallam

Hi @terzim!

As the others have said, the DAG generation is quite a slow process.

If you're still having issues, I can help you out when we have our call about the Italian translations

terzim

ok now the DAG is generated. The geth miner run but still getting a lot of "transaction will fail as the gas is 90% below ask price". What is it?

jzen

I'm seeing alot of those too on the geth miner (v0.9.19-60).

terzim

@jzen i don't see them anymore. good news.