Compiling code and initializing GPUs. This will take a while... and never ends

[k1t4r0]

About one week, using the release exe or compiling, both give me the same never ending status:

it never compiles (i'm suspecting that something is behind the last windows 10 update)
but something is happening

Heres my hardware
i74790k
HD 7970ghz
not overclocked

Heres my setup
Windows 10

CPU

"cpu_threads_conf" :
[
    { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 0 },
    { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 1 },
    { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 2 },
    { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 3 },
    { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 4 },
    { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 5 },
    { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 6 }/*,
    { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 7 },*/
],

GPU

"gpu_threads_conf" : [
 // gpu: Tahiti memory:2260
 // compute units: 16
 { "index" : 0,
 "intensity" : 896, "worksize" : 8,
 "affine_to_cpu" : false, "strided_index" : 1, "mem_chunk" : 2,
 "comp_mode" : true

},

],

/*
 * Platform index. This will be 0 unless you have different OpenCL platform - eg. AMD and Intel.
 */
"platform_index" : 1,

Config

"call_timeout" : 10,
"retry_time" : 30,
"giveup_limit" : 0,
"verbose_level" : 4,
"print_motd" : true,
"h_print_time" : 60,
"aes_override" : null,
"use_slow_memory" : "warn",
"tls_secure_algo" : true,
"daemon_mode" : false,
"flush_stdout" : false,
"output_file" : "",
"httpd_port" : 61111,
"http_login" : "",
"http_pass" : "",
"prefer_ipv4" : true,

[psychocrypt]

please reinstall the driver. windows is sometimes removing the newest installed driver by some other versions.

[azimutFTW]

i'm using hive os and have same problem

[k1t4r0]

@psychocrypt Hi and thanks for the response
I Already did it with no success "/

[azimutFTW]

[2018-06-14 17:00:58] : Compiling code and initializing GPUs. This will take a while...
[2018-06-14 17:00:58] : Device 0 work size 8 / 32.

[Spudz76]

Always nuke openclcache when driver or opencl is upgraded (aka OS updates) or you'll probably have a bad time.

[k1t4r0]

@Spudz76 how do i do that?
The last try i did was to full wipe the driver than reinstall

[Spudz76]

For Windows, put %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH% in a run box or explorer address bar. There should be a .openclcache folder in there, rename or delete then retry.

For Linux and such it's the same just ~/.openclcache/

[k1t4r0]

Tks @Spudz76
Just to clarify, the right path (at least here) is %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\AppData\Local\

i wiped the folder, still in the same message "Compiling code..."

[Spudz76]

I have never run AMD on Windows (no dummy plugs / headless rigs) so I wasn't 100% sure on the location, thanks for clarification. And good to know it isn't the problem.

[azimutFTW]

removing opencl cache files doesn't help

[k1t4r0]

Nothing found yet "/

[azimutFTW]

@k1t4r0 try install driver 17.11.4

[Spudz76]

Seems odd you're on platform:1, what is platform:0?
How about clinfo output

No ideas yet for HiveOS

[azimutFTW]

I fix this problem, just install older driver amdgpu-pro 17.50

[Spudz76]

Strange, I'm also running Tahiti GPU Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280] with amdgpu, 18.10-572953, 4.13.0-32-generic and it works fine via regular Ubuntu 16.04.4

[georgi-id]

I am having the same issue occasionally. Windows OS, 2 Vega 56 with blockchain driver. Rarely and as far as I can see, totally random, one of the Vega threads will freeze up on compiling and initializing GPU when starting xmr-stak and the miner just hangs.

[k1t4r0]

Tried to revert the drivers to 17.11.4, no success :(
Tried to revert configs. Strangely, it isnt generating AMD and CPU config files o0

Let all night, nothing. I dont know but i feel this has something to do with the last windows update

[k1t4r0]

@Omgthehorror did see if that occured after the last windows update?

[georgi-id]

I've had it happen before the last windows update and it hasn't increased/decreased with it, so it's probably not related. The occurrence is totally random as far as I can see. You can start the miner 10 times and not have it happen or you could see it happen 2-3 times out of 10.

[k1t4r0]

Any miner works "/
Tried another but no success too and i cant find where is the problem

[k1t4r0]

Guys, I Found the issue.
The problem is related with Windows Update version 1803

[k1t4r0]

no success on solving the issue yet "/

[Spudz76]

Try doing a rollback to 1709?

[k1t4r0]

@Spudz76 i tried but when i saw it was too late... i dont have the windows.old folder anymore /..\

[k1t4r0]

I finally found the f**king problem!
I don't know why in hell the HD INTEL GRAPHICS Driver was interfering on this, i just disabled that and everythings start to work again

[Spudz76]

Oh, yeah, don't install that crap it has a really broken OpenCL.
Windows7 would crash hard and go away (disappear) on that bug, not hang.

It literally crashes the moment we ask it what it is.

[k1t4r0]

@Spudz76 Tks a lot for ur help!!!