Hello Friends,

I'm a super-noob - please be patient....

I am trying to setup my mining program to run everytime I reboot....

The way I run it is this:

sudo cgminer -o stratum+tcp://us-east.stratum.braiins.com:3333 -u soccerdude71.GekkoMiners -p x --suggest-diff 442 --gekko-compacf-freq 400 --gekko-start-freq 300 --gekko-tune-up 85 --gekko-mine2 --gekko-tune2 60

Here is what my .service file looks like (BTC_miners_on_startup.service):

[Unit]
Description=Turns on BTC USB miners on startup
After=multi-user.target

[Service]
ExecStart=sudo cgminer -o stratum+tcp://us-east.stratum.braiins.com:3333 -u soccerdude71.GekkoMiners -p x --suggest-dif>

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

When I run systemctl status BTC_miners_on_startup.service:

BTC_miners_on_startup.service - Turns on BTC USB miners on startup
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/BTC_miners_on_startup.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2024-02-07 22:20:09 PST; 26min ago
Process: 475 ExecStart=sudo cgminer -o stratum+tcp://us-east.stratum.braiins.com:3333 -u soccerdude71.GekkoMiners ->
Main PID: 475 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 295ms

Feb 07 22:20:06 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started Turns on BTC USB miners on startup.
Feb 07 22:20:08 raspberrypi sudo[475]: root : PWD=/home/pi/cgminer ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/local/bin/cgminer -o >
Feb 07 22:20:08 raspberrypi sudo[475]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Feb 07 22:20:09 raspberrypi sudo[508]: [2024-02-07 22:20:09.541] cgminer: --gekko-tune2: '60User=pi' is not a number
Feb 07 22:20:09 raspberrypi sudo[508]: [2024-02-07 22:20:09.541] cgminer: --gekko-tune2: '60User=pi' is not a number
Feb 07 22:20:09 raspberrypi sudo[475]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Feb 07 22:20:09 raspberrypi systemd[1]: BTC_miners_on_startup.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILU>
Feb 07 22:20:09 raspberrypi systemd[1]: BTC_miners_on_startup.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
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What am i doing wrong??

it is not systemd which does not work, but your own service
Otherwise there is an error message: cgminer: --gekko-tune2: '60User=pi' is not a number
I guess a space is missing somewhere

Using a systemd based distro.

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But this is an EXACT copy and paste of the command that is working.... You're just not seeing the whole copy/paste from nano. But if you look at my script at the top, that is what is in there:

sudo cgminer -o stratum+tcp://us-east.stratum.braiins.com:3333 -u soccerdude71.GekkoMiners -p x --suggest-diff 442 --gekko-compacf-freq 400 --gekko-start-freq 300 --gekko-tune-up 85 --gekko-mine2 --gekko-tune2 60

Thanks! I am a noob at this, could you elaborate?

You do not what that That will result in yet another mega systemd mega-thread. Go a google search for answer.

I know little about systemd, but I expect it is the sudo. Read up on those config files. I think there is a way of doing that without having to use sudo.

I have already googled... That's why I ended up here. But TY for trying.

Sorry, it is still not a systemd error, but a misconfiguration.
'60User=pi' is definitely not a number, I have to agree with it. Probably systemd is not good enough to convert it into a number or it has no any idea how should a number look like. But I would rather try to find where is it coming from. Additionally I understand it is not the command you posted, it should be something else.
For*example User=pi would be the next line, but for an unknown reason it concatenates the two lines together. I can imagine there is a strange char at the end of the ExecStart line.

I moved user=pi to the next line. Same thing. I'll post the status shortly.

systemctl status BTC_miners_on_startup.service
● BTC_miners_on_startup.service - Turns on BTC USB miners on startup
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/BTC_miners_on_startup.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2024-02-08 10:29:29 PST; 3h 12min ago
Process: 502 ExecStart=sudo /home/pi/cgminer/cgminer -o stratum+tcp://us-east.stratum.braiins.com:3333 -u soccerdud> Main PID: 502 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 297ms

Feb 08 10:29:27 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started Turns on BTC USB miners on startup.
Feb 08 10:29:28 raspberrypi sudo[502]: root : PWD=/ ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/home/pi/cgminer/cgminer -o stratum+tcp:/>Feb 08 10:29:28 raspberrypi sudo[502]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Feb 08 10:29:29 raspberrypi sudo[513]: Error opening terminal: unknown.
Feb 08 10:29:29 raspberrypi sudo[502]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Feb 08 10:29:29 raspberrypi systemd[1]: BTC_miners_on_startup.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILU>Feb 08 10:29:29 raspberrypi systemd[1]: BTC_miners_on_startup.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
lines 1-14/14 (END)...skipping...
● BTC_miners_on_startup.service - Turns on BTC USB miners on startup
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/BTC_miners_on_startup.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2024-02-08 10:29:29 PST; 3h 12min ago
Process: 502 ExecStart=sudo /home/pi/cgminer/cgminer -o stratum+tcp://us-east.stratum.braiins.com:3333 -u soccerdude71.GekkoMinersx4 -p x --suggest-dif>
Main PID: 502 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 297ms

Feb 08 10:29:27 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started Turns on BTC USB miners on startup.
Feb 08 10:29:28 raspberrypi sudo[502]: root : PWD=/ ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/home/pi/cgminer/cgminer -o stratum+tcp://us-east.stratum.braiins.com:3333 -u>
Feb 08 10:29:28 raspberrypi sudo[502]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Feb 08 10:29:29 raspberrypi sudo[513]: Error opening terminal: unknown.
Feb 08 10:29:29 raspberrypi sudo[502]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Feb 08 10:29:29 raspberrypi systemd[1]: BTC_miners_on_startup.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Feb 08 10:29:29 raspberrypi systemd[1]: BTC_miners_on_startup.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

No, it is not the same thing. You have now another error message: Error opening terminal: unknown.

LOL - So do you have a suggestion, or just here to point out my noobness?

Yes, you solved one error, but there is another one. I guess there can be other similar errors in that service file, but I can't check it for you.
It is either syntactically incorrect (contains invalid/superfluous chars or just missing something) or there can be other issues too. I can't log in to your host and I can't check your system.
I guess you copied that from windows, that can cause similar issues, but obviously I don't really know.