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step 4 what does that look like if running ck pool. how does that command look
If you want to use ck pool with that command, it should look like this:
sudo ./cgminer -o stratum+tcp://solo.ckpool.org:3333 -u YOURBTCADDRESS.WORKERNAME -p x --gekko-compacf-freq 400 --gekko-start-freq 300 --gekko-mine2 --gekko-tune2 60 --suggest-diff 128