user11719: I am new to bitcoin mining.
i have gui-miner, setup a slash mining account, and i have a VM Ware machine setup for mining.
i have my own reasons for using a VM Machine and not my own...
now whenever i open guiminer and click on start mining(given all valid fields and having setup mining worker as well), the miner says that nothing to mine on, exiting.
i do not have any OpenCL or any graphics card as it is a VM Machine.
can anyone help me on this...

user23123: Currently, all mining software have GPU and CPU mining disabled by default. You're going to need to recompile from source and enable CPU/GPU mining to be able to mine with your CPU/GPU. You should be warned that this is not profitable in any way, shape, or form and that even on testnet, your CPU won't likely find a block for many hours.
That said, if you're determined to do it, get the source for bfgminer here: https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer
Compile with the --enable-cpumining flag and you should have a binary that lets you use the CPU.

11719: <p>I am new to bitcoin mining.</p>

<p>i have gui-miner, setup a slash mining account, and i have a VM Ware machine setup for mining.</p>

<p>i have my own reasons for using a VM Machine and not my own...</p>

<p>now whenever i open guiminer and click on start mining(given all valid fields and having setup mining worker as well), the miner says that nothing to mine on, exiting.</p>

<p>i do not have any OpenCL or any graphics card as it is a VM Machine.</p>

<p>can anyone help me on this...</p>
 23123: <p>Currently, all mining software have GPU and CPU mining disabled by default. You're going to need to recompile from source and enable CPU/GPU mining to be able to mine with your CPU/GPU. You should be warned that this is not profitable in any way, shape, or form and that even on testnet, your CPU won't likely find a block for many hours.</p>

<p>That said, if you're determined to do it, get the source for bfgminer here: <a href="https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer</a></p>

<p>Compile with the <code>--enable-cpumining</code> flag and you should have a binary that lets you use the CPU.</p>
