steemd?

pseudonymous (46)in #steemit-help • 8 years ago

I have tried setting up steemd on ubuntu and now in windows, and I cannot get it to work for even a second.

I've followed about three different tuts, step by step.

At the end, every time, steemd crashes or it just does nothing and says 'please configure a miner' etc etc.

Can somebody please help me, and stick around to trouble shoot? The problem is that nobody answers questions on the old threads because for some reason there's no notifications on Steemit?!

I get "Please add witness names and private keys to configuration"
"Please add miner names and private keys to configuration"

I've done miners = ["pseudonymous", "5xxxxxx"] with and without the " in case that was the problem, with and without the # at the beginning...

I also get "Asertion Failed!

Expression: block_num !=0

I've been trying this thing for hours, I'm frustrated. I'm not a programmer, I've trying to do 'mining steem for dummies' and I feel like a real idiot.

8 years ago in #steemit-help by pseudonymous (46)

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ori (56) 8 years ago

Upvoted you

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tinfoilfedora (63) 8 years ago

no you didn't

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william-noe (61) 8 years ago

could be your config file I'm not sure I had a problem with that at first.

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pseudonymous (46) 8 years ago

I downloaded a config file linked in the comments of one of the tuts, and literally only changed what it said to change.. I have to be doing something wrong (Clearly) but I don't know what.

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pseudonymous (46) 8 years ago

I can't do anything with steemd.exe because even when it stays open, it crashed and Windows gives the option to close it and I can't enter anything into that terminal window after that point.

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cyrano.witness (57) 8 years ago

Ignore the warnings about missing witness and/or miner config. You don't need either to run a node.
Don't start steemd.exe by clicking on it. Open a command window, navigate to the directory where it is installed, and run it from the command line. That way you'll see error messages because the window stays open even if steemd crashes.
I'm not a windows expert, but If you can't enter anything I'd take that as a sign that the program has not crashed but is still running. It might be downloading the blockchain, without giving any output. Check the Task Manager for activity, and keep an eye on the blockchain directory to see if it's running.
Once you've got it running, modify the config if you want to mine STEEM.

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davidconstantine (54) 7 years ago

Wow this is super important!
Step 2 saved my day, navigating to the directory is the missing part...
the miner in their source code don't work with relative path from executable dir, to be fixed!!!

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