im having a bit of trouble, if anyone could help me out.
cgminer just hangs when i try to connect back to eligius.
any help would be appreciated.

Is eligius the pool in which BFL Josh has fingers in? If so, it would explain the strange behaviour. ...sorry for highjacking this thread. Sad

You are probably thinking of the Eclipse pool which was started by BFL Josh. Eligius is ran by Luke-Jr.

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