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On Fri, 12 Jan 1996, Andreas Fatum wrote:

> I'm using xboard 3.4pl0 and gnuchess 4.0pl75 on my linux box (1.2.13 kernel).
> I did compile all of the above with gcc 2.6.2. After calling xboard and
> making a few moves I get the message:
> 
> xboard: Error: first chess program (gnuchessx) exited unexpectedly
> 
> Does anyone know why this error occurs and how to fix it?
> 
> Regards,
> Andreas
> 
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I can't verify this myself as I don't use X (I'm blind), but I guess you 
probably haven't corrected the bug in gnuchess-4.0.pl75/src/search.c.  
Change line 967 from
      g->gmove = -1;
to
      g->gmove = 0;
Without this fix, gnuchessr segfaults while it's `thinking', and I guess 
gnuchessx would do something similar.

[BTW, I'm thinking of updating the Linux package, as the one on 
sunsite.unc.edu is ancient, and I'm updating the Debian version anyway.]

Hope this helps,

Nikhil.