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Help: gnuchessx exists unexpectedly, without diagnostics

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From: Ravi Sharma
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 1994 17:09
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gnuchess-4.0.pl73
xboard-3.1.pl1

I have compiled and installed gnuchess and xboard on a DEC Alpha
machine running OSF/1 V3.0. The installation went fine, except
for an error message about not finding gnuchess.book to install.

Now, when I startup xboard and make the first move, after about
30 seconds, I get:

xboard: Error: first chess program (gnuchessx) exited unexpectedly

I tried running xboard -debug, as suggested in the FAQ, but did
not get any diagnostics about why gnuchessx exited:

srnity: sharma> xboard -debug
Sending to first: new
beep
random
easy
Sending to first: otim 30000
time 30000
help
Received from first: Chess
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
otim 30000
Sending to first: e2e3
Received from first: 1. e2e3
xboard: Error: first chess program (gnuchessx) exited unexpectedly
Received from second: 1. e2e3
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Ravishanakar Sharma				 Digital Equipment Corporation
sharma@broke.enet.dec.com			 110 Spitbrook Road, Nashua NH
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From: sharma@srnity.zko.dec.com (Ravi Sharma)
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Subject: Help: gnuchessx exists unexpectedly, without diagnostics
Date: 07 Dec 1994 17:09:45 GMT
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