Re: xboard 4.9.1 + gnuchess 6.7.2 don't work together
Fr Ml <[email protected]> Sun, 15 Nov 2020 12:03:45 +0100
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<p>Hello Antonio,<br>
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<p>in both case I don't get such a message, but in the second case
it doesn't do anything: I play white and black:<br>
<br>
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***** $ gnuchess<br>
GNU Chess 6.2.7<br>
Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.<br>
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html"><http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html></a><br>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.<br>
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.<br>
White (1) : e4<br>
1. e4<br>
<br>
black KQkq e3<br>
<br>
r n b q k b n r <br>
p p p p p p p p <br>
. . . . . . . . <br>
. . . . . . . . <br>
. . . . P . . . <br>
. . . . . . . . <br>
P P P P . P P P <br>
R N B Q K B N R <br>
<br>
Thinking...<br>
<br>
white KQkq e6<br>
<br>
r n b q k b n r <br>
p p p p . p p p <br>
. . . . . . . . <br>
. . . . p . . . <br>
. . . . P . . . <br>
. . . . . . . . <br>
P P P P . P P P <br>
R N B Q K B N R <br>
<br>
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My move is : e5<br>
White (2) : <br>
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***** $ gnuchess --xboard<br>
Chess<br>
e4<br>
1. e4<br>
e5<br>
1. e5 [I did this move]<br>
d4<br>
2. d4<br>
d5<br>
2. d5 [I dit this move]<br>
--------------------------------------------------------<br>
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Regards, Frank<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/15/20 9:36 AM, Antonio Ceballos
wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hi Frank,</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">It should
work with the latest version of GNU Chess: 6.2.7. If it does
not, I would like</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">to understand
why and fix it.<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Let's check
that GNU Chess can find the configuration file (gnuchess.ini).</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Try to run
the program on the command line for an interactive game in
ASCII mode</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">and enter a
move, e.g. 'e4':<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><span
style="font-family:monospace">gnuchess</span></div>
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<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><span
style="font-family:monospace">(GNU Chess prints a verbose
greeting message)</span></div>
<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><span
style="font-family:monospace">e4</span></div>
<br>
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<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Does the
program display an error message like this?</div>
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<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><span
style="font-family:monospace">Can't open file
"/usr/local/share/gnuchess/gnuchess.ini": No such file or
directory - using defaults</span></div>
<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br>
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<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">In such a
case, you can copy gnuchess.ini to your current directory.<br>
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<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">You can
also try the above using the xboard flag:</div>
<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br>
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<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><span
style="font-family:monospace">gnuchess --xboard</span></div>
<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><span
style="font-family:monospace">(GNU Chess prints a short
greeting message)<br>
</span></div>
<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><span
style="font-family:monospace">e4</span></div>
<br>
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<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Please let
me know what you see.</div>
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<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Regards,</div>
<div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Antonio</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 7:35
PM Fr Ml <<a href="mailto:[email protected]"
moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p>Hi Antonio,<br>
<br>
thanks. <br>
Unfortunately this didn't work:<br>
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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>
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<div>On 11/14/20 4:55 PM, Antonio Ceballos wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hi
Frank,</div>
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<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>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">invoked.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
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<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>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">For
instance:</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">xboard
-fcp 'gnuchess --xboard'</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">If
you just simply type</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">xboard
-fcp 'gnuchess'</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">the
interaction between both programs will not work.</div>
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<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>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">StartChildProcess
(dir=".") gnuchess --xboard</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
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<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>
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<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>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Regards,</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Antonio</div>
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at 2:54 PM Fr Ml <<a
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moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a>>
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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>
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Regards<br>
Frank<br>
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