xboard 2.0 pl22 problems

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3 total messages Started by Derek Terveer Mon, 16 Nov 1992 04:01

#142

Author: Derek Terveer
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 04:01

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I have compiled xboard 2.0 pl22 as well as gnuchess 4.0 pl58 and when i
run xboard it pops up a very nice chess board in my xwindows and then
immediately gives me the error:

hawkmoon:xboard-2.0$ ./xboard
xboard: can't open pseudo-tty
No such file or directory

I have tried to figure out what is going on there and it looks like
xboard is trying to get a psuedo-tty in order to spawn off the gnuchessx
program, but it is failing.  The xboard that comes with XFree86 works
fine in this regard.  The problem i have with that xboard (can't tell
what version it is) is that when invoked in its default mode, i.e., just
"xboard", and the five minutes of time expire for black (the computer),
xboard will put up a message "Black's flag dropped" and go into an
infinite loop just printing that.  I have not been able to figure out a
way of getting past that point.

I have tried a number of different compiles, including gcc, /usr/ucb/cc,
cc, various optimizations and load options.  All to no avail.

What am i doing wrong here?  I would use the older(?) xboard that comes
with XFree86 but it generally won't get past black's 2nd or 3rd move
because its time expires...

sigh.

derek
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Re: xboard 2.0 pl22 problems

#145

Author: Duc Duong
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:30

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In article <1992Nov16.040155.1183@hawkmoon.mn.org>, det@hawkmoon.mn.org (Derek Terveer) writes:
|> I have compiled xboard 2.0 pl22 as well as gnuchess 4.0 pl58 and when i
|> run xboard it pops up a very nice chess board in my xwindows and then
|> immediately gives me the error:
|> 
|> hawkmoon:xboard-2.0$ ./xboard
|> xboard: can't open pseudo-tty
|> No such file or directory
|> 
|> I have tried to figure out what is going on there and it looks like
|> xboard is trying to get a psuedo-tty in order to spawn off the gnuchessx
|> program, but it is failing.  The xboard that comes with XFree86 works
|> fine in this regard.  The problem i have with that xboard (can't tell
|> what version it is) is that when invoked in its default mode, i.e., just
|> "xboard", and the five minutes of time expire for black (the computer),
|> xboard will put up a message "Black's flag dropped" and go into an
|> infinite loop just printing that.  I have not been able to figure out a
|> way of getting past that point.
|> 

 I have the same problem when I installed the Xboard2.0,pl25. I have no problem when compile the program on SGI310VGX/RISC4000, IRIX4.05 but when I start Xboard the Xboard window popup sucessfully about 1-2 secs then it crash. The error message is that: 
xboard: can't open pseudo-tty
no such file or directory

I think the problem is not installation procedure..some how I have to specify the path for the pseudo-tty file..etc..Is there any one have a way getting around this? Email please..Thank you..

duc

Re: xboard 2.0 pl22 problems

#153

Author: Tim Mann
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:13

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To compile xboard for IRIX, you need to add -DIRIX to the DEFINES line
in the Imakefile.  Then type 

	rm xboard.o
	make Makefile
	make

This info should be added to the documentation.

	--Tim

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