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Install NVidia 1080Ti Drivers on Ubuntu 18.04

NVidia 1080TI Drivers on Ubuntu 18.04

How to guide for installing drivers for the NVidia 1080TI Video Card

sudo bash

echo blacklist nouveau > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf

echo options nouveau modeset=0 >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf

update-initramfs -u

reboot

Login and then:

sudo bash

dpkg   – -add-architecture i386

apt-get update

apt-get install build-essential libc6:i386 -y

apt-get install pkg-config
apt-get install xorg -y
reboot

Login and then

sudo bash

mkdir /installs && mkdir /installs/drivers && mkdir /installs/drivers/nvidia && cd /installs/drivers/nvidia

Find the drivers from here:
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx

Make sure you select the drivers for the Linux 64-bit operating system

Then run
wget and the link that was provided above

Once it is downloaded you will need to run
chmod 755 ./NVI*
./NV*.run

This will begin the installation

Install the 32-bit compatibility libraries

Install and Overwrite with the full version of libglvnd if prompted

Select Yes to run the nvidia-xconfig utility to automatically update your X configuration

Click OK when the installation has completed

reboot

Login as your normal user

Type nvidia-smi to verify all of your adapters show up

That’s it.  Thanks for reading!

The hardware that I used in this guide:
Gigabyte AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (QTY 6):
https://amzn.to/2JqvXC8

Motherboard (QTY 1): 
https://amzn.to/2JqGJZ7

CPU (QTY 1): 
https://amzn.to/3qevp2X

Memory (QTY 1): 
https://amzn.to/2JqHn8Z

Hard Drive (QTY 1):  
https://amzn.to/3lic3X5

Risers (QTY 6):  
https://amzn.to/33rIgVE

Power Supplies (QTY 2):
https://amzn.to/3fTRpLR

Add2PSU (QTY 1):
https://amzn.to/39s4URY

Power Switch (QTY 1):  
https://amzn.to/3ljmNVk

Installing and Running Hashcat on Ubuntu Server 18.04

Hashcat Installation, Configuration and WPA2 Cracking

Once you have installed Ubuntu Server 18.04 onto your cracking station, you can run the following commands to install and configure hashcat.

sudo bash

apt install ocl-icd-libopencl1 git build-essential

mkdir /installs && mkdir /installs/apps && cd /installs/apps

git clone https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat

cd hashcat

git submodule update –init

make

cd ../

git clone https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat-utils

cd hashcat-utils/src

make

cp *.bin ../bin

Now you want to download your wordlists

mkdir /installs/apps/wordlists && cd /installs/apps/wordlists

wget https://github.com/brannondorsey/naive-hashcat/releases/download/data/rockyou.txt

Assuming you already have a WPA2 file to crack, you will now need to move the hccapx file to a directory on the cracking system

cd /installs/apps/hashcat

Cracking the WPA2 file with a wordlist:
./hashcat -m 2500 /crack/wpa2/wpa.hccapx /installs/apps/wordlists/rockyou.txt

Cracking with
To crack up to 8 digits :
./hashcat -m 2500 /crack/wpa2/wpa.hccapx -a 3 ?d,?d?d?d?d?d?d?d?d?d?d?d?d?d?d?d?d –increment-min 1 –increment-max 16 –increment

./hashcat -m 2500 -r rules/best64.rule /crack/wpa2/wpa.hccapx /installs/apps/wordlists/rockyou.txt

Install Xubuntu 13.04 onto USB Drive

Download Xubuntu 13.04 x64

Burn the iso to a DVD
(if you need instructions for this please visit this page:)

Insert the XUbuntu 13.04 x64 DVD into the PC

Insert the USB Drive that you will be running the OS on

Power on the computer

Select DVD Drive to boot from

The PC will boot from the DVD

Select Install XUbuntu

Make sure it is connected to the internet and click Continue

Select Something Else and click Continue

Hit the Drop Down menu and Select the USB Drive

My USB drive shows up as /dev/sdb1

Select the USB Drive and click the – symbol to delete all partitions

Select the USB Drive now and click the + symbol

Set the size to 1024, Set the USE AS to SWAP AREA, and click OK

Click on the Free Space on the USB Drive again and select the + symbol

Set the Mount Point to / and click OK

Click on the USB drive one last time and select Install Now

Select your timezone and click Continue

Select your keyboard layout and click continue

Set your name, computer name, password, confirm the password, login automatically, and click Continue

The OS will now install to the USB Drive

After the Installation completes, click Restart Now

Remove the DVD

Boot from the USB Drive

Install SSH on UBUNTU 12.10

How to install ssh on UBUNTU 12.10

From the command prompt, type:

sudo bash

apt-get install openssh-server

nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

uncomment the # from the line that says
#Listen 0.0.0.0
and set it to
Listen 192.168.1.10 or whatever the ip address is on your Ubuntu system

Press:
CTRL and O at the same time to save the file

Press:
CTRL and X together to exit

sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart

Now try to connect to your Ubuntu system from another computer over ssh and it will work

LOKI Wallet – Windows Installation

How-To guide for installing the LOKI Desktop Wallet

This is a guide to installing the Windows version of the Loki Desktop Wallet.  Save your Wallet Seed and Password in a secure place.  Do NOT keep them on the same computer as your wallet.

Download the Loki-Gui-Win64 wallet from

https://github.com/loki-project/

Unzip/Extract the zipped folder loki-gui-win64 to your Desktop

Navigate to the Desktop of your computer

Open the new loki-gui-win64 folder

Double click on the start-low-graphics-mode.bat file

Loki will start

Select your Language

Click Create a New Wallet

Copy down your wallet seed.  DO NOT LOSE THIS

Click the next Arrow

Create a strong Password.  DO NOT LOSE THIS

Click the next Arrow

Click the next Arrow again

Click Use LOKI

Your wallet is now installed

To find out your wallet address, click Receive.  Once you have that, you can use that in your miners to receive payments

 

 

Installing Teamviewer on Ubuntu Server

How-To guide for installing and running Teamviewer on your Ubuntu Mining Rig

This is the quick and dirty to get it up and running.  I find that running Teamviewer on my Ubuntu Mining Rigs helps me manage them on the fly.  For this guide you will replace the home directory named tacticalware with the name of your home directory.  The rest of the commands will work as they are listed.

From a command prompt run the following commands:

sudo bash

mkdir /home/tacticalware/teamviewer

cd /home/tacticalware/teamviewer

wget https://download.teamviewer.com/download/linux/teamviewer-host_amd64.deb

dpkg -i teamviewer-host_amd64.deb

The installation will fail

Now run:

apt-get -f install

y

After it installs then run

teamviewer setup

Enter your username

Enter your password

Log into your email, and find the Teamviewer email

Allow/Add the device

And now you can log into your server using Teamviewer

 

Installing XMR-STAK on Ubuntu with NVidia 1080TI

How-To guide for installing XMR-STAK on Ubuntu 16.04.04 for Mining LOKI

I prefer linux (more specifically Ubuntu) for mining, and have preferred linux since I began mining in 2012/2013.  I was finally fed up with Windows 10 mining of Loki after the most recent set of Windows updates broke several of my rigs.  So I used a small ubuntu rig that I used for testing, and was able to install the XMR-STAK app onto it.  As happy as ever to be able to mine Loki now with Ubuntu, I thought I should put together this quick guide and hope that it may be beneficial to others.  Some of the steps are from github, some are from other sites, some I had found myself.  This is a central place to get you up and running without having to look too far.

For this guide I am assuming you already have a mining rig built with the following:

Ubuntu 16.04.04

NVidia 1080TI Cards

Loki Wallet already downloaded, installed, and the wallet address ready

I am going to run the commands logged in as sudo to make this quick and easy

Now, onto the guide:

sudo bash

apt-get install libmicrohttpd-dev libssl-dev cmake build-essential libhwloc-dev screen

mkdir /miner && mkdir /miner/drivers

git clone https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak.git

mkdir xmr-stak/build

cd xmr-stak/build

cmake ..

make install

cd /miner/drivers/xmr-stak/build/bin/

./xmr-stak

You will need to insert a port for monitoring the progress.  I use port 30131 and press Enter

Next type in cryptonight_heavy and press Enter

For the pool address, I use loki.ingest.cryptoknight.cc:7733  press Enter

Your username will be your wallet address, for example

LChtjHqr29p5FojLdMtcUW5ApLWyQHH5j4366V78YECEjUkgK99Y7uLDVLpHjXpYM3UcZ39FFL5Gvd4debF95mcJHbnx5ke

The password will be your worker name.  For example mine is Miner23

Your Rig Identifier can be empty, so just press Enter

Input N for TLS and press Enter

Insert N for Nicehash and press Enter

Input N for multiple pools and press Enter

Select Yes when prompted

Mining will begin!

Once you see it mining properly, hit CTRL + C to cancel the mining.  You will want to run it in screen, so you can disconnect from the terminal and the miner will continue to run. To do that run:

screen ./xmr-stak

It will run and you can now disconnect from your putty session or whatever way you are logged in.  If you want to reconnect to your terminal at any time, run the following and you can see your miner running

screen -r

That’s it!  Thanks for reading!

The hardware that I used in this guide:
Gigabyte AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (QTY 6):
https://amzn.to/2JqvXC8

Motherboard (QTY 1): 
https://amzn.to/2JqGJZ7

CPU (QTY 1): 
https://amzn.to/3qevp2X

Memory (QTY 1): 
https://amzn.to/2JqHn8Z

Hard Drive (QTY 1):  
https://amzn.to/3lic3X5

Risers (QTY 6):  
https://amzn.to/33rIgVE

Power Supplies (QTY 2):
https://amzn.to/3fTRpLR

Add2PSU (QTY 1):
https://amzn.to/39s4URY

Power Switch (QTY 1):  
https://amzn.to/3ljmNVk

Mining with the Z270X Ultra-Gaming Motherboard

How-To Enable all 6 GPUs with the Z270X Ultra-Gaming Motherboard

I use a fair amount of the Gigabyte Z270X motherboards in my rigs, and have run into an issue where only 5 of the 6 GPUs will be seen by Microsoft Windows 10.  To get the 6th one to display there are a few steps, that I can list below.  The good news is your system will see the GPUs…Windows just doesnt know how to allow the OS to access them all.

First thing….install the latest BIOS for the motherboard.  You can get this from the Gigabyte manufacturer site.

Next, configure the bios by performing the following:

Reboot

Press DEL

Enter Setup

On the M.I.T Tab, navigate to Miscellaneous Settings and select it.

Then select Max Link Speed

Scroll down to Gen 2 and select that option

Next you want to Navigate to the BIOS tab

Scroll down to Windows 8/10 Features and select that option

Make sure Windows 8/10 is selected, not Other OS

Scroll down to CSM Support and select that option

Set it to Disabled

You can now Save and Exit your Bios, reboot your rig, and all of your video cards will be functional.  If you find that you cannot boot your Windows installation, it may be that you need to install the OS using UEFI support.  If that is the case and you do not want rebuild at this time, simply undo the changes above and you are back to where you began.

Hardware I used in this build:
Motherboard (QTY 1):
https://amzn.to/2JqGJZ7

CPU (QTY 1):
https://amzn.to/3qevp2X

Memory (QTY 1):
https://amzn.to/2JqHn8Z

Hard Drive (QTY 1):
https://amzn.to/3lic3X5

Risers (QTY 6):
https://amzn.to/33rIgVE

Power Supplies (QTY 2):
https://amzn.to/3fTRpLR

Add2PSU (QTY 1):
https://amzn.to/39s4URY

GPUs (QTY 6):
https://amzn.to/2JqvXC8

Power Switch (QTY 1):
https://amzn.to/3ljmNVk