[Bug-XBoard] [bug #48571] Error after selecting new engine.

[Giorgos]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?48571>

                 Summary: Error after selecting new engine.
                 Project: XBoard
            Submitted by: giorgos67
            Submitted on: Wed 20 Jul 2016 02:59:21 PM GMT
                Category: XBoard (GTK version)
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Crash
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: None

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Details:

Hi! :-)

After going Engine -> Load new 1st engine -> (Load 1st engine window) ->
Selecting GNU Chess here (providing or not the Engine Directory) -> OK,
Xboard brings up a window, with the error message: "Error writing to first
chess program: Broken pipe" and the OK button.
Pressing "OK" aborts the program.

The workaround is launching the preferred engine with command line arguments.
Eg. making a launcher with the command "xboard -fcp gnuchess -scp gnuchess".
The downside is that you can't change engine on the fly. (you have to close
XBoard and relaunch it, with the new engine).

My system is Debian Jessie x64 KDE and XBoard v.4.9.0. GNU Chess v.6.2.2. Both
XBoard and GNU Chess, compiled locally.

Bye! :-)
G.




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Date: Wed 20 Jul 2016 02:59:22 PM GMT  Name: XBOARD.png  Size: 7kB   By:
giorgos67
Screenshot with the error messsage.
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=37956>

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