Re: xboard 4.9.1 + gnuchess 6.7.2 don't work together

Fr Ml <[email protected]> Sat, 14 Nov 2020 19:35:24 +0100
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    <p>Hi Antonio,<br>
      <br>
      thanks. <br>
      Unfortunately this didn't work:<br>
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    <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
      By using:<br>
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    <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">xboard -fcp
      'gnuchess --xboard'<br>
      GNU Chess don't do anything, even the first move is missed.
      (Attached xboard.debug2)<br>
      by:<br>
      xboard -fcp 'gnuchess'<br>
      I have the old problem: just the first move from black. I've heard
      that downgrading gnuchess to an older version could help.<br>
      <br>
      I must say sometimes XBoard with GNU Chess works. Even with the
      simple: 'xboard' command.<br>
    </div>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/14/20 4:55 PM, Antonio Ceballos
      wrote:<br>
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    <blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:CAO7R9g_tZs2-AdUZz+hxy_WnQ90kDwnd4z6mUtiDcof6ahXs6g@mail.gmail.com">
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        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hi Frank,</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thanks for
          your report. I think that the problem comes from the way GNU
          Chess is <br>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">invoked.</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">When you want
          to run it from XBoard, you must use the --xboard flag. The
          manual</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">of GNU Chess
          (info gnuchess) includes a couple of examples that show how to
          run</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">XBoard from
          the command line specifying GNU Chess as the first chess
          engine. <br>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">For instance:</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">xboard -fcp
          'gnuchess --xboard'</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">If you just
          simply type</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">
          <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">xboard -fcp
            'gnuchess'</div>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">the
          interaction between both programs will not work.</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The way
          XBoard invoked GNU Chess can be seen in xboard.debug. You
          should see</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">something
          like:</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">StartChildProcess
          (dir=".") gnuchess --xboard</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">In your
          attachment, the --xboard flag is missing.</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Please let me
          know if this is of help to solve the problem.</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Regards,</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Antonio</div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
        </div>
      </div>
      <br>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 2:54
          PM Fr Ml &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]"
            moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
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          <div style="direction:ltr"> Hello,<br>
            <br>
            Xboard 4.9.1 doesn't work with GNU Chess 6.7.2 (archlinux
            machine).<br>
            If I'm white, it just makes one move and then after my
            second move it does nothing.<br>
            I've asked Xboard (<a href="mailto:[email protected]"
              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a>)
            about this problem but they say, it's a GNU Chess problem.<br>
            <br>
            So I don't know. Somehow the interaction between the two
            programs doesn't work?<br>
            <br>
            I've attached the debug file:`xboard -debug`<br>
            <br>
            Regards<br>
            Frank<br>
            <br>
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