Question regarding gnuchess.ini file

DeeDee Jaeger <[email protected]> Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:56:12 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.chess.bugs
Message-ID <DS4PR05MB998624A95D8A8FC6DE19B13A7DC8202@DS4PR05MB998624.namprd05.prod.outlook.com>
--_000_DS4PR05MB998624A95D8A8FC6DE19B13A7DC8202DS4PR05MB998624_
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Greetings GNU Chess team!

A few years ago I built a FreeBSD server that is basically used for ongoing=
 learning to keep my skills sharp in the tech world. Basically, just a hobb=
y project for fun.

One if the main purposes of this server is simply to host GNU chess, access=
ed remotely through Apache and PHP. I created a primitive HTML interface to=
 play GNU chess remotely on my phone/laptop that way I dont have to SSH int=
o the server to play chess, or keep a version of GNU Chess locally on my de=
vices.

When I developed this interface, prior to GNU chess version 6.3 being relea=
sed, GNU chess did not report errors regarding the gnuchess.ini file. At th=
is point I'm unable to configure a workaround that points Apache/PHP to the=
 gnuchess.ini file.

My question is: Where would be a good place to start looking in the GNU Che=
ss source code to modify GNU Chess's behavior on startup to not look for th=
is file or to fix the location sought by GNU chess upon initialization, as =
running gnuchess -u is not practical for my needs?

Thank you all so much for the hard work that's been done on this project ov=
er the years. It's greatly appreciated!

I run the server without a domain name at 69.146.84.24:50200


Kindest Regards!



--_000_DS4PR05MB998624A95D8A8FC6DE19B13A7DC8202DS4PR05MB998624_
Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-=
1">
</head>
<body>
<div>Greetings GNU Chess team!</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>A few years ago I built a FreeBSD server that is basically used for on=
going learning to keep my skills sharp in the tech world. Basically, just a=
 hobby project for fun.&nbsp;</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>One if the main purposes of this server is simply to host GNU chess, a=
ccessed remotely through Apache and PHP. I created a primitive HTML interfa=
ce to play GNU chess remotely on my phone/laptop that way I dont have to SS=
H into the server to play chess,
 or keep a version of GNU Chess locally on my devices.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>When I developed this interface, prior to GNU chess version 6.3 being =
released, GNU chess did not report errors regarding the gnuchess.ini file. =
At this point I'm unable to configure a workaround that points Apache/PHP t=
o the gnuchess.ini file.&nbsp;</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>My question is: Where would be a good place to start looking in the GN=
U Chess source code to modify GNU Chess's behavior on startup to not look f=
or this file or to fix the location sought by GNU chess upon initialization=
, as running gnuchess -u is not
 practical for my needs?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Thank you all so much for the hard work that's been done on this proje=
ct over the years. It's greatly appreciated!</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I run the server without a domain name at 69.146.84.24:50200&nbsp;</di=
v>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Kindest Regards!</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div style=3D"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)=
; background-color: transparent;">
</div>
</body>
</html>

--_000_DS4PR05MB998624A95D8A8FC6DE19B13A7DC8202DS4PR05MB998624_--