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Re: Oh oh: "Fatal error"

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From: PMG
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 00:00
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Michael Fuhrmann wrote:

> PMG <avoga@Chicagonet.net> wrote in message
> news:37503B38.988B50FD@Chicagonet.net...
> >
> >
> > Michael Fuhrmann wrote:
> >
> > > I edited my winboard.ini file to add crafty under
> firstchessprogramnames,
> > > after gnuchess. No problem, everything worked fine.
> > >
> > > But when I tried to do the same thing and add crafty under
> > > secondprogramnames, I got this "fatal error" message when I tried to run
> > > winboard: Failed to start first chess program on local host: No LANGFILE
> > > (file gnu.chess lang not found).
> > >
> > > What have I done wrong?
> >
> > Most likely mistake would be that you just copied the first program stuff
> > that would have gone something like: wCrafty-16_8 /fd=\"C:\\crafty16.8w
> but
> > in the second program you need to change ' /fd= ' to  '/sd=' as in:
> > wCrafty-16_8 /sd=\"C:\\crafty16.8w
> >
> > Pete
> >
>
> You're absolutely right. That's what I did - doh!
> I've made the change and it works fine now.
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Mike

 I made the same mistake

Pete
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