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xboard gets broken pipe (586, Linux 1.3.9)

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From: Sanjoy Mahajan
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1995 00:00
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I'm running xboard and gnuchess on Linux 1.3.9, on a pentium 90 MHz.

xboard/gnuchessx exits on me after a few moves with a broken pipe (I
played white, it played black).  The xboard -debug log is attached.

Also, if I have xboard play white from this position,

# xboard position file -- Sun Dec  3 22:41:27 1995


. . r . . r k .
p p . . b p . p
. q b . p n p .
. . . n N . B .
. . . P . . . .
P . N . . . . .
B P . . . P P P
. . R . . R K .
white to play

then it makes the right move, BxN, but then crashes.

Any ideas?  I looked in the gnu.chess FAQ but no luck.

Thanks,

/Sanjoy

dove% xboard -debug True
Received from first: Chess
Sending to first: new
beep
random
easy

Sending to first: time 30000
help

Received from first: CHESS command summary
Received from first: ----------------------------------------------------------------
Received from first: g1f3      move from g1 to f3      quit      Exit Chess
Received from first: a7a8q     promote pawn to queen   material  turn OFF
Received from first: o-o       castle king side        easy      turn ON
Received from first: o-o-o     castle queen side       hash      turn OFF
Received from first: bd        redraw board            reverse   board display
Received from first: list      game to chess.lst       book      turn OFF used 0 of 250000
Received from first: undo      undo last ply           remove    take back a move
Received from first: edit      edit board              force     enter game moves
Received from first: switch    sides with computer     both      computer match
Received from first: white     computer plays white    black     computer plays black
Received from first: depth     set search depth        clock     set time control
Received from first: post      principle variation     hint      suggest a move
Received from first: save      game to file            get       game from file
Received from first: random    randomize play          new       start new game
Received from first: ----------------------------------------------------------------
Received from first: Computer: Black        Opponent:            White
Received from first: Depth:    34           Response time:       0 sec
Received from first: Random:   ON           Easy mode:           OFF
Received from first: Beep:     OFF          Transposition file: ON
Received from first: Time Control ON 40 moves in 300 sec inc 0 depth 34
Sending to first: time 30000

Sending to first: e2e4

Received from first: 1. e2e4
Received from first: 1. ... c7c6
Received from first: My move is: c7c6
Sending to first: time 29995

Sending to first: d2d4

Received from first: 2. d2d4
Received from first: 2. ... d7d5
Received from first: My move is: d7d5
Sending to first: time 29991

Sending to first: e4d5

Received from first: 3. e4d5
Received from first: 3. ... c6d5
Received from first: My move is: c6d5
Sending to first: time 29988

Sending to first: g1f3

Received from first: 4. g1f3
xboard: first chess program (gnuchessx) exited unexpectedly
Sending to first: quit

xboard: first chess program (gnuchessx) exited unexpectedly (pipe signal)
Sending to first: quit

Broken pipe
dove% ls -l core
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