I had to add some extra nodes to heavycoin.conf from the main thread to make sure it connected.
more nodes added!
so guys everything was fine or i should change something in the guide?
It's been working for me for a while using your conf. Honestly I couldn't say 100% sure where the problem was before, since all it took was a couple reboots, regardless of minor conf edits... so thanks again.
Now it's about deciding whether 1) Going to bed leaving it in solo mode (and hear it weep and struggle) or 2) Going to bed leaving it playing ping pong with the pool. If we just had an ETA
personally i will leave all my VMs solo mining even if i havent got anything yet..after all solo seems stable at least...