My Setup – Ubuntu Mining Rig with NVidia 1080Ti cards
Rig Parts Breakdown and Driver Installation for the NVidia 1080 TI GPUs on Ubuntu 16.04.04
I have several rigs running at any given time. Below you will find the equipment list for my NVidia 1080 TI Rigs, and also the installation instructions on getting the Drivers working under Ubuntu 16.04.04
Rack to Install the Hardware On. I usually put two full rigs onto one single rack. It saves space and I end up stacking mine (QTY 1): Seville Classics 3-Tier UltraZinc Cabinet Organizer, 7.5″ W x 17.5″ D x 18.5″ H
These steps will help you install the drivers. It assumes that you have the hardware connected and Ubuntu Server 16.04 already installed.
Log into your Rig
Open a Terminal
sudo bash
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
apt-get install gcc libglu1-mesa libxi-dev libxmu-dev libglu1-mesa-dev screen
lspci | grep -i nvidia
Check to see if all gpus are listed
apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
mkdir /miner && mkdir /miner/drivers/ && mkdir /miner/drivers/nvidia && cd /miner/drivers/nvidia
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa && sudo apt update
wget https://developer.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/9.1/Prod/local_installers/cuda_9.1.85_387.26_linux
chmod +x cuda_9.1.85_387.26_linux
mv cuda_9.1.85_387.26_linux cuda_9.1.85_387.26_linux.run
apt-get purge nvidia*
screen sh cuda_9.1.85_387.26_linux.run
Answer “yes” for installing the nvidia-drivers, the cuda tools and the symbolic link.
nano /etc/ld.so.conf.d/cuda-9.1-x86_64
put only one line:
/usr/local/cuda-9.1/lib64
Save the file and exit
Then run
ldconfig
In the next step you will want to change tacticalware to the name of your home directory
cd /home/tacticalware/ && nano .bashrc
add this to the end:
# add cuda tools to command path
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda-9.1/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export PATH=/usr/local/cuda-9.1/bin:$PATH
Save the file and exit
systemctl disable lightdm.service
reboot
Log back in and check to ensure all of your GPUs are still accessible
nvidia-smi
That’s it. Your GPUs are setup and ready to mine!
Hardware that I use:
Motherboard (QTY 1):
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CPU (QTY 1):
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Memory (QTY 1):
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Hard Drive (QTY 1):
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Risers (QTY 6):
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Power Supplies (QTY 2):
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Add2PSU (QTY 1):
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GPUs (QTY 6):
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Power Switch (QTY 1):
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