[quote name=“peas” post=“57298” timestamp=“1391622014”]
if the ./configure stage it says something like
opencl … no
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You don’t have the opencl development libraries installed (or at least not where it expects to find them).

From https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer/blob/master/windows-build.txt:

Go to this url for the latest AMD APP SDK:
http://developer.amd.com/tools/heterogeneous-computing/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/downloads/
Go to this url for legacy AMD APP SDK’s:
http://developer.amd.com/tools/heterogeneous-computing/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/downloads/download-archive/
Download and install whichever version you like best.
Copy the folders in \Program Files (x86)\AMD APP\include to \MinGW\include
Copy \Program Files (x86)\AMD APP\lib\x86\libOpenCL.a to \MinGW\lib
Note: If you are on a 32 bit version of windows “Program Files (x86)” will be
“Program Files”.
Note2: If you update your APP SDK later you might want to recopy the above files

[quote name=“peas” post=“56992” timestamp=“1391514117”]
I tried to go through the instructions for building cgminer 3.7.2 and it just did not work ! - what a time sink !
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What’s not working? Where are you getting stuck in the process?
Once you have the right tools installed, it should be a very simple and straightforward process, worth learning too. Perhaps instead of looking for a binary or different miner, we should help you with the issues.

There is no binary release of sgminer, so you’ll have to (and want to) compile it yourself. The documentation is all there along with the source code.
On the other hand, if you’d like to run a binary passed to you by some stranger on the internet… feel free ;)

[quote name=“Ignition75” post=“57178” timestamp=“1391582022”]
Is that kernel comment similar to how I used to flash different kernels for my mobile phone?

Some kernels were good for battery life where others focused purely on performance?
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They are all openCL kernels, with a few tweaks that may or may not give you a little extra, depending on your specific hardware. It’s one of those, ‘If you don’t know that you need one, stick to the default’ things. But they are there if you like to play.

Well, of top importance is the fact that it’s being actively developed for scrypt mining and it’s specific to GPU miners. Not so for cgminer.
It’s smaller… which I like because I don’t like having software packages bloated full of stuff I don’t need.

One of the things being worked on is fine-tuning your intensity setting.
There are a few opencl kernel options for you to use.

For those of you running Arch linux, I’ve been maintaining the PKGBUILD for this miner. You can get your own build over at https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/sgminer-git/

https://github.com/veox/sgminer

It’s a GPU-only scrypt-coin miner, with active development, based on cgminer 3.7.2. Nuff said :)

sgminer is what I use. https://github.com/veox/sgminer
It’s a fork of cgminer 3.7.2, with all the non-scrypt stuff taken out. Smaller and just as fast. A few things are being worked on that will let you fine-tune your intensity.
Be aware, though, that the display style has been reverted to the earlier 3.1 cgminer style.

[quote name=“ftcMagic” post=“56365” timestamp=“1391216482”]
R9 270 and 280/280x cards work just fine, out of the box. There is no support for the 290 at the moment, though it may not be very far off. Next Mac Pro will have AMD FirePros, and Apple is still playing with AMD driver improvements.
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Just to clarify, those cards will work on a Mac with Mavericks, but the drivers will still suck for mining. I custom built a hackintosh with 7970 in it, and it works great except for OpenCL/OpenGL functions. Apple’s drivers are not anywhere near using the card’s full strength, so I mainly have my hackintosh mining in linux on one SSD, while OSX is installed on another SSD.

R9 270 and 280/280x cards work just fine, out of the box. There is no support for the 290 at the moment, though it may not be very far off. Next Mac Pro will have AMD FirePros, and Apple is still playing with AMD driver improvements.