UPDATED, GET THE NEW 1GH.COM MINER!Guide updated with the 1GH cpuminer, as apparently the official cpuminer by MaxCoin was flawed...
maxcoinproject: 1gh does not work indeed with your cpuminer. No stratum pool does, you messed up txids.
delete your old cpuminer dir
cd ~
rm -r cpuminer
Download the 1GH MaxCoin (SHA-3) minerd (+configure and compile)
git clone https://github.com/1gh/cpuminer
cd cpuminer
./configure CFLAGS="-O3"
make
strip minerd
./minerd -a keccak -o stratum+tcp://maxpool.1gh.com:17333 -u maxwalletaddress -p x
Thanks. I think i got mine working. how do you know if its working and how can you get it to keep running while your computer is off? or does it just run now non stop?