Tutorial: How to setup Zeusminer on Ubuntu

Here is a tutorial for those who want to run the Zeusminer on Ubuntu.

Backstory: 
I was having a very tough time finding a tutorial on how to setup the Blizzard Zeusminer. After fiddling with the default cgminer that you can download from the main Zeus support site and ultimately failing, I opted to try something else. One of the errors that I couldn't overcome was the dreaded, "all devices disabled, cannot mine!" After several hours of research, I finally got my brand new Zeusminer to work! The setup is fairly simple and should take only ~10 minutes (assuming you've already downloaded everything).

Software that I used:
- OS:      Ubuntu 14.04 LTS x64 version(wiki - download latest desktop version)
- Miner:  BFGMiner 4.3.1 - Precompiled Ubuntu x64 version by worldly download
- BFGMiner Resource Topic - The fork is currently frozen, but in the event it melts, refer to this guide for reference.

Chips-Count (--zeus-cc)

• Blizzard: 6
• Cyclone: 96
• Hurricane X2: 48 (2*24)
• Hurricane X3: 64 (2*32)
• Thunder X2: 96 (4*24)
• Thunder X3: 128 (4*32)

Step by Step Guide:

This will assume that you already have Ubuntu 14.04 LTS installed. I installed Ubuntu onto my 16GB flash drive instead of using a regular hard disk or an SSD. 

1. You will need to download the BFGMiner 4.3.1, if this is no longer working, please get the latest link from the BFGMiner Resource Topic.
2. Once you have it downloaded, drag and drop the file from your Downloads directory into your Documents directory.
3. Now, open up a terminal and navigate to the Documents directory
4. You need to enable BFGMiner, so this requires you to make the program an executable. To do that, enter the following command: chmod +x bfgminer
5. At this point, you should already have your shiny new Zeus miner plugged in via USB and all juiced up from the AC adapter. (It doesn't matter when you decide to plugin the USB or AC adapter, this is just a friendly reminder in case you forgot!)
6. Now you just need to execute the newly enabled BFGMiner with the Zeusminer configurations and your pool information.

Blizzard Zeusminer Example: (Make sure to replace hostname, port, username and password with your own information)

./bfgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://hostname.jj:1234 -u user.worker -p password --zeus-cc 6 --zeus-clk 340 -S zeus:/dev/ttyUSB0

7. Enjoy mining your scrypt coin! Good luck :)

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