Gnuchess and xboard: I need a clue

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3 total messages Started by Doak Heyser Tue, 21 Jul 1992 15:30

#10

Author: Doak Heyser
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 15:30

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   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:

	3336 p8 S     0:00 xboard
	3337 p8 S     0:00 gnuchessx 40 5

   If I kill gnuchess then the rest of the command buttons in the xboard
window appear and they work fine although I get a message that says:
'xboard:  first chess program (gnuchessx) exited unexpectedly.  If I
run xboard with the -noChessProgram TRUE option xboard runs fine.  If I
run gnuchessx by hand it appears to run fine.  
   I've changed many of the options in my app-defaults/XBoard resources
file and they all work except for this problem with gnuchess and xboard
together.  Since no else seems to be having this problem I imagine it's
me doing something stupid (very likely).  Does anyone have any clues?
Thanks.

- Doak Heyser

Re: Gnuchess and xboard: I need a clue

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Author: Doak Heyser
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 22:38

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In article <1992Jul21.153046.1090@dazixco.ingr.com>, doak@sunbug.ingr.com (Doak Heyser) writes:
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>together.  Since no else seems to be having this problem I imagine it's
>me doing something stupid (very likely).  Does anyone have any clues?
>Thanks.
>

   A reader has solved this problem for me (thanks again Leo!).  I needed
to have the file gnuchess.hash in my designated LIBDIR directory.  'Make 
install' didn't put one there and I never used the hash table option.
A 'touch gnuchess.hash' solved the problem.

   Just in case anyone was curious ...

- Doak

Re: Gnuchess and xboard: I need a clue

#13

Author: Tim Mann
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 22:57

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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

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