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In article <1992Jul21.153046.1090@dazixco.ingr.com>, doak@sunbug.ingr.com (Doak Heyser) writes:
>
>
>   I've got Gnuchess 4.0 patchlevel 55 and Xboard 2.0 and can't seem to
>get them talking to each other.  I'm on a Sun sparc under SunOS
>4.1.1 and have compiled both packages using GCC 2.0.  When I run xboard
>a window comes up with the board and pieces but the only command button
>I see is the one that says 'Machine Black' (and it is highlighted).
>Nothing else happens.  If I do a ps I see that gnuchess and xboard are
>running:
>
> ...

My response was:
> From the symptoms you describe, xboard is stuck waiting for gnuchessx
> to output "Chess\n" down the pipe that connects the two programs.
> I can't say why, however.  Let us know if you find the problem.

And Doak says now:
>    Thanks for the response.  Another reader suggested I put 
> gnuchess.[lang, book, hash] in my designated LIBDIR and it
> worked.  I already had the *lang and *book but I had to add
> by hand the *hash with a 'touch gnuchess.hash'.   Thanks again.

I don't really understand why this worked, but there it is for anyone else it
might help.

	--Tim