error when trying to mine in the background

[ghost]

Hello,
On ubuntu 16.04
Miner works fine only when 'background:false' in the config file.
when changing to 'background:true'
I get the following error:
GPU 0: initialization error
/home/user/xmrig-nvidia/src/nvidia/cuda_extra.cu line 342
Setup failed for GPU 0. Exitting.

[xmrig]

Thank you, I confirm this issue.

[AndreaLanfranchi]

+1

[sfichera]

Same problem here... Do you have any news about this one?

Thanks!!

[Maxattax97]

Mine is very similar. Also occurs only when adding the -B flag.

GPU 0: initialization error
cuda_get_deviceinfo line 302
Setup failed for GPU 0. Exitting.

Any updates on this?

[j0hnw0rk3r]

Same problem here. And I don't want to keep my shell open all the time when mining just to keep running. Any update on this issue?

[j0hnw0rk3r]

Well, since no update at all. I did a tweak that works:
xmrig-nvidia -B -l log-file-name -o stratum_url -u wallet_address -p x 2>&1 1> /dev/null

Notice in the last portion I added 2>&1 1> /dev/null - this will run the code in the background thus keeping all the logs on the log-file-name specified

[clarabritt1]

nano run.sh
and insert ./xmrig-nvidia save and close
chmod +x run.sh

and use nohup ~/xmrig-nvidia/build/run.sh

alternatively you can use
./run.sh & disown

for me its working

[knikulov]

My solution is to write /etc/rc.local as follows:

(
  cd /path/to/miner
  nohup ./xmrig-nvidia > /dev/null 2>&1 & disown
)

[kuchaguangjie]

My solution is to specify the config file explicitly.
e.g ./xmrig -c config.json -B

[afzl-wtu]

My solution is to specify the config file explicitly. e.g ./xmrig -c config.json -B

Thanks it worked