{"id":6554,"date":"2026-01-18T13:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roccadomenico.it\/wordpress\/?p=6554"},"modified":"2026-01-18T13:52:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:52:57","slug":"mining-on-ubuntu-with-less-than-4-gb-vram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roccadomenico.it\/wordpress\/mining-on-ubuntu-with-less-than-4-gb-vram\/","title":{"rendered":"Mining on Ubuntu with less than 4 Gb Vram on unmineable.com"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6554\" class=\"elementor elementor-6554\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48b0de4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"48b0de4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8d0aec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8d0aec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For those who want to try mining with Ubuntu (command line) with a card with 4 GB of RAM (in my case it is a GeForce GTX 1650), you can follow this short guide and you will be able to do it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bb3788 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2bb3788\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1015606 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1015606\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is my configuration (but I think it can be adapted to any distro):<\/p><ul><li>Ubuntu 22.04 server (running in a Proxmox VM with Passthrough enabled)<\/li><li>GTX 1650 video card<\/li><li>Unmineable.com pool (<a href=\"https:\/\/unmineable.com\">https:\/\/unmineable.com<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51c6e44 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"51c6e44\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03c5ae6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03c5ae6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>make sure the video card is seen by the system<\/p><p><strong>nvidia-smi<\/strong><\/p><p>you should see something like:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccd3f6f e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ccd3f6f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab3b02d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ab3b02d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6556\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roccadomenico.it\/wordpress\/mining-on-ubuntu-with-less-than-4-gb-vram\/nvidia_smi\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roccadomenico.it\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nvidia_smi.png?fit=731%2C318&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"731,318\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roccadomenico.it\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nvidia_smi.png?resize=300%2C131&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" data-attachment-id=\"6556\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/roccadomenico.it\/wordpress\/mining-on-ubuntu-with-less-than-4-gb-vram\/nvidia_smi\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roccadomenico.it\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nvidia_smi.png?fit=731%2C318&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"731,318\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nvidia_smi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/roccadomenico.it\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nvidia_smi.png?fit=731%2C318&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4207153 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4207153\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b57c759 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b57c759\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>if everything is ok we download RIGEL from this path<\/p><p><strong>https:\/\/github.com\/rigelminer\/rigel\/releases<\/strong><\/p><p>As of this writing the latest version is <strong>rigel-1.23.1-linux.tar.gz<\/strong><\/p><p>on your \/home directory:<\/p><p>create miner folder<\/p><p><strong>mkdir miner<\/strong><\/p><p>change folder<\/p><p><strong>cd miner<\/strong><\/p><p>upload in it the file <strong>rigel-1.23.1-linux.tar.gz<\/strong><\/p><p>uncompress file<\/p><p><strong>tar -xvf rigel-1.23.1-linux.tar.gz<\/strong><\/p><p>Now you need to create the command line to start mining.<\/p><p>In my case, I mine on a&#8221;unmineable.com&#8221; pool.<\/p><p>Keep in mind that there aren&#8217;t many algorithms that work on older cards like mine with 4 GB. I found this algorithm (which RIGEL supports and unmineable.com accepts):<\/p><p><strong>xelishashv3<\/strong><\/p><p>command line with this algo and explain<\/p><p><strong>.\/rigel \\<\/strong><br \/><strong>-a xelishashv3 \\<\/strong><br \/><strong>-o stratum+tcp:\/\/xelishash.unmineable.com:3333 \\<\/strong><br \/><strong>-u XRP:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx \\<\/strong><br \/><strong>-w miner_name \\<\/strong><br \/><strong>-p x<\/strong><\/p><p>-a=used algorithm<\/p><p>-o=pool address (given by unmineableminer.com) for this algorithm<\/p><p>-u=COIN:your_address_on_unmineable (in my case I&#8217;m mining XRP)<\/p><p>-w=miner name (as you prefer)<\/p><p>-p=x (let as it is)<\/p><p>If all goes well, when you run the command in a shell, you&#8217;ll see RIGEL running and the connection\/video card settings appear.<\/p><hr \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-441a978 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"441a978\" 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4abf33f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4abf33f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you launch the program from a shell, when you close the shell, the task will also close, thus stopping the PC from mining.<br \/>To avoid this, I recommend using this very useful command:<\/p><p>before startin RIGEL COMMAND<\/p><p><strong>screen -S miner<\/strong><\/p><p>launch RIGEL with the command line we saw earlier.<\/p><p>then, to exit, press<\/p><p><strong>CTRL+A<\/strong><\/p><p>then<\/p><p><strong>D <\/strong>key<\/p><p>you&#8217;ll see that you exit the screen with RIGEL running, and you can close the shell, leaving the computer in the mining activity.<\/p><p>When you want to reconnect to the activity, you&#8217;ll need re-open another session on your server and type<\/p><p><strong>screen -r miner<\/strong><\/p><p>and you&#8217;ll find yourself back in the running program instance<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8b2036 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c8b2036\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e67aa4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e67aa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO USE LOLMINER<\/strong>, which also works with the GTX1650, (but with my cryptocurrency, it was slower)<\/p><p>Use the same method of creating a folder on your home page to download LOLMINER.<\/p><p>The lolminer version that uses the algorithm that still supports 4GB of RAM (KHEAVYHASH KAS) is 1.76.<\/p><p>You can download it by this command line:<\/p><p><strong>wget https:\/\/github.com\/Lolliedieb\/lolMiner-releases\/releases\/download\/1.76\/lolMiner_v1.76_Lin64.tar.gz<\/strong><\/p><p>Unzip into the folder with<\/p><p><strong>tar -xvf lolMiner_v1.76_Lin64.tar.gz<\/strong><\/p><p>And this is the command line to launch it<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab38b3b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ab38b3b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f564a07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"f564a07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">.\/lolMiner \\\n--algo KASPA \\\n--pool kheavyhash.unmineable.com:3333 \\\n--user XRP:xxxxxxxxxxx.you_miner_name \\<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those who want to try mining with Ubuntu (command line) with a card with 4 GB of RAM (in my case it is a GeForce GTX 1650), you can follow this short guide and you will be able to do it. 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