Quote from: ahitman on July 08, 2011, 03:09:09 AM

Quote from: Zagitta on June 18, 2011, 01:40:02 PM

Quote from: Kiv on June 16, 2011, 12:25:12 AM

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To those saying Linux users don't want GUIs, you're wrong. While the stereotypical Linux user is too much of a macho power user to use a GUI, the average technically challenged user definitely does and I get requests for it all the time.

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Sorry to burst your bubble but those who request GUI's for linux are either people who are honest and can't afford windows or simply use linux for the wrong reasons...

I see a lot of noobs, to say the least, try to use linux and fail misserable... why? because they think of it as windows and for some reason are incapable of searching for knowledge without resorting to asking on an online forum.
Remebering a few commandline args isn't that hard... hell i was a complete linux retard 1 week ago and now i got SSH, apache, mysql, php, mining and over(down)clocking @ 1000 core 300 mem and 1,18 Vcore running stable on my reference ASUS 5850 and all i did was search on google and try out stuff on my own...

Bottomline is that technically challenged users shouldn't attempt to run linux and then whine about it being difficult.

/rendrant

Also the whole point in running mining on linux is that you can avoid having a GUI and thus make the overclocking more stable, for example my card couldn't get over 350 mhash/s on windows without being unstable and now i'm rocking 388 mhash/s because the linux box have no GUI

Thanks for that, but more useful would have been HOW you got over 900 Mhz on linux. Everyone on these boards is using aticonfig or for the noobs that like a GUI AMDOcerdriveCtrl, neither of which go over 900. For fun I stuck my 5850 into windows and used Guiminer, and Sapphire Trixx. Turns out my card can clock way over 900, in fact Im running at 1015 @408Mhashes/s . So obviously us noobs are missing something and it may be obvious to others, we went through the searching, couldnt find an answear so: How can I properly overclock my 5850 on linux over 900Mhz?
This is why people come to these forums, to learn from others.

1) install 2.4 sdk, drivers, AMDOverdriveCtrl, aticonfig and RadeonVolt (only works on reference cards like my ASUS)
2) make stock AMDOverdriveCtrl profile with only memory speed changed to 300 and then load it
3) aticonfig --od-enable ./radeonvolt --vcore 1.125 aticonfig -odsc 980,300
4) ?!?!??!
5) Profit