Error message in BFG

Brendanzeros · February 2014

Trying to start BFG brings up an error message:" Settings changed: your miner was restarted automatically after a sudden stop at " then the current time. Please help! it won't mine!

FabulousPanda · February 2014

This generally indicates something wrong in the manual flags bit - what have you set in the miner settings panel?

FabulousPanda · February 2014

also what prints in the log?

Brendanzeros · February 2014

The log says "[2014-02-04 07:31:11] /Users/brendanbanfield/Downloads/MacMiner.app/Contents/Resources/bfgminer/bin/bfgminer: -c: JSON decode of file '/Users/brendanbanfield/Library/Application Support/MacMiner/bfgurls.conf' failed
unable to open /Users/brendanbanfield/Library/Application Support/MacMiner/bfgurls.conf: No such file or directory
[2014-02-04 07:31:11] /Users/brendanbanfield/Downloads/MacMiner.app/Contents/Resources/bfgminer/bin/bfgminer: -c: JSON decode of file '/Users/brendanbanfield/Library/Application Support/MacMiner/bfgurls.conf' failed
unable to open /Users/brendanbanfield/Library/Application Support/MacMiner/bfgurls.conf: No such file or directory " All the settings are just default.

Brendanzeros · February 2014

I'm 100% new to this.

FabulousPanda · February 2014

Did you setup your pool? It means there's something wrong with the config file you see if you look at edit config manually in miner settings panel - be careful for curly quotes, it won't work with those!

Brendanzeros · February 2014

There's nothing in the edit config manually... I don't think I put in a pool address though... didn't know how or what to put in. Still don't.

FabulousPanda · February 2014

There's your problem. Sign up for a pool at http://FabulousPanda.triplemining.com/

Brendanzeros · February 2014

One more thing... how safe is this for my computer?

FabulousPanda · February 2014

CPU/GPU mining probably decreases the lifespan of your computer, keep an eye on temperatures especially in MacBooks and iMacs

Brendanzeros · February 2014

How is BFG in a macbook pro?

FabulousPanda · February 2014

Depends on the model, usually works but still risky!

Brendanzeros · February 2014

Macbook pro 2009.

FabulousPanda · February 2014

Depends on the GPU - to be honest if you want to try out an easy entry to mining try QuarkCoin which is CPU mining only

http://fabulouspanda.co.uk/blog/index.php?post/2014/02/06/How-to-mine-QuarkCoin-QRK-on-Mac-OS-X

Support coming to MacMiner soon…

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