Install crafty and start up xboard from xterm with the command line
xboard -fcp crafty
the problem with gnuchess not working with xboard goes back
to the change from version 4.77 to version 5.0
(when the opening book also disappeared).
One fix is that /usr/games/gnuchessx should be a symbolic link to
/usr/games/gnuchess but I believe the opening book is still missing in
the current version. Crafty however is working well.
The xterm command:
xboard -ics -icshost freechess.org
get you connected to the free chess server where you can play chess with
human opponents. See you there.
Mike Thompson
dogsbody at frechess.org
On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 11:21:08PM +0100, Ricardo Diz wrote:
> You have to pass some parameters to gnuchess when you start xboard (i can't
> remember the parameters).
>
> Try check the manpage of gnuchess ('man gnuchess'). I had the same problem
> before and I read the solution from the mapage.
>
> Regards,
> Ricardo Diz
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Titus Barik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: gnuchess (player vs. computer)
>
>
> > In my Slackware distribution, by default, when xboard was started, it
> > would allow you to play against the computer. How do I do this with
> > Debian? I'm assuming that I'm missing something really simple.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Titus Barik ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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