RPC port? Solo conf?
This is the command I use to start with RPC connection enabled:
./build/bin/gwhale --rpc --rpcport "8545" --rpcaddr "127.0.0.1" --rpccorsdomain "*" --rpcapi "personal,db,eth,net,web3"
here's the command I use to solo mine (using standard ethminer):
./bin/ethminer -G -F http://localhost:8545
If you change --rpcaddr to 0.0.0.0, it will allow connections from a remote machine (make sure you are behind a firewall.)