ltcminerYes, you can. But first you need to unlock your wallet. You can't run p2pool or solo mining while your wallet is locked.
Run this command using RPC console:
walletpassphrase "password" 86400 true
This command will unlock mining for 24h, for example.
P.S. Are you sure you want solo mine at diff 96?

Is there a source code release for compiling on different linux OS? My linux OS has glibc 2.11, but your code requires 2.14.
Is there a setting to unlock the wallet in the conf file, for mining via rpc for unlimited time? Also, I don't feel comfortable typing in the passphrase at the command line, and the OS also keeps a history of commands used.
Does novacoin-qt or novacoind support long poll? My cgminer returns "No suitable long poll found".
I guess I can use a liteoin hash calculator to estimate the expected time to find a block? I will use p2pool eventually. I am testing my setup for now.
I like Novacoin combing the advantages of LTC and PPC. Good job.
Thank you.