Hi Frank, It should work with the latest version of GNU Chess: 6.2.7. If it does not, I would like to understand why and fix it.
Let's check that GNU Chess can find the configuration file (gnuchess.ini). Try to run the program on the command line for an interactive game in ASCII mode and enter a move, e.g. 'e4': gnuchess (GNU Chess prints a verbose greeting message) e4 Does the program display an error message like this? Can't open file "/usr/local/share/gnuchess/gnuchess.ini": No such file or directory - using defaults In such a case, you can copy gnuchess.ini to your current directory. You can also try the above using the xboard flag: gnuchess --xboard (GNU Chess prints a short greeting message) e4 Please let me know what you see. Regards, Antonio On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 7:35 PM Fr Ml <fr...@t-online.de> wrote: > Hi Antonio, > > thanks. > Unfortunately this didn't work: > > By using: > xboard -fcp 'gnuchess --xboard' > GNU Chess don't do anything, even the first move is missed. (Attached > xboard.debug2) > by: > xboard -fcp 'gnuchess' > I have the old problem: just the first move from black. I've heard that > downgrading gnuchess to an older version could help. > > I must say sometimes XBoard with GNU Chess works. Even with the simple: > 'xboard' command. > On 11/14/20 4:55 PM, Antonio Ceballos wrote: > > Hi Frank, > > Thanks for your report. I think that the problem comes from the way GNU > Chess is > invoked. > > When you want to run it from XBoard, you must use the --xboard flag. The > manual > of GNU Chess (info gnuchess) includes a couple of examples that show how > to run > XBoard from the command line specifying GNU Chess as the first chess > engine. > > For instance: > > xboard -fcp 'gnuchess --xboard' > > If you just simply type > > xboard -fcp 'gnuchess' > > the interaction between both programs will not work. > > The way XBoard invoked GNU Chess can be seen in xboard.debug. You should > see > something like: > > StartChildProcess (dir=".") gnuchess --xboard > > In your attachment, the --xboard flag is missing. > > Please let me know if this is of help to solve the problem. > > Regards, > Antonio > > > > On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 2:54 PM Fr Ml <fr...@t-online.de> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Xboard 4.9.1 doesn't work with GNU Chess 6.7.2 (archlinux machine). >> If I'm white, it just makes one move and then after my second move it >> does nothing. >> I've asked Xboard (bug-xbo...@gnu.org) about this problem but they say, >> it's a GNU Chess problem. >> >> So I don't know. Somehow the interaction between the two programs doesn't >> work? >> >> I've attached the debug file:`xboard -debug` >> >> Regards >> Frank >> >> >>
