Re: [Bug-XBoard] xboard: Failed to start first chess program gnuchessx on localhost: gnuchessx: No such file or directory

[Tim Mann]

See http://tim-mann.org/xboard/FAQ.html#[C.22] in the FAQ.

On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:06:30 +0530, Ketan Shah <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi
> 
>   I have donwloaded the xboard4.2.7 from
> ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/xboar-4.2.7.tar.gz
>   And i have run  the  folliwing cmd on linux  terminal but i  am not able
> to run the xboard geting the error .
> 
> 
> xboard: Failed to start first chess program gnuchessx on localhost:
> gnuchessx: No such file or directory
> 
> 
> 
>  Please can anyboy help on this ???
> 
> 
> 
>  Attaching below with cmd and its output from linux Termina ...
> 
> 
> 
> 1) #uname -a
>    Linux bdbtplindt0667 2.6.9-67.0.4.EL #1 Fri Jan 18 04:50:00 EST 2008 i686
> i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> ==========================================================================================
> 2) #./configure
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output... a.out
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of executables...
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for library containing strerror... none required
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking for lex... lex
> checking for flex... (cached) lex
> checking for yywrap in -lfl... yes
> checking lex output file root... lex.yy
> checking whether yytext is a pointer... yes
> checking for remsh... no
> checking for rsh... rsh
> checking for nroff... nroff -man
> checking for awk... /usr/bin/awk
> checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
> checking for egrep... grep -E
> checking for ANSI C header files... yes
> checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
> checking for sys/wait.h that is POSIX.1 compatible... yes
> checking for dirent.h that defines DIR... yes
> checking for library containing opendir... none required
> checking return type of signal handlers... void
> checking for sys/types.h... yes
> checking for sys/stat.h... yes
> checking for stdlib.h... yes
> checking for string.h... yes
> checking for memory.h... yes
> checking for strings.h... yes
> checking for inttypes.h... yes
> checking for stdint.h... yes
> checking for unistd.h... yes
> checking stropts.h usability... yes
> checking stropts.h presence... yes
> checking for stropts.h... yes
> checking sys/time.h usability... yes
> checking sys/time.h presence... yes
> checking for sys/time.h... yes
> checking for string.h... (cached) yes
> checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
> checking sys/systeminfo.h usability... no
> checking sys/systeminfo.h presence... no
> checking for sys/systeminfo.h... no
> checking fcntl.h usability... yes
> checking fcntl.h presence... yes
> checking for fcntl.h... yes
> checking sys/socket.h usability... yes
> checking sys/socket.h presence... yes
> checking for sys/socket.h... yes
> checking stddef.h usability... yes
> checking stddef.h presence... yes
> checking for stddef.h... yes
> checking for _getpty... no
> checking for grantpt... yes
> checking for setitimer... yes
> checking for usleep... yes
> checking for gettimeofday... yes
> checking for random... yes
> checking for gethostname... yes
> checking for setlocale... yes
> checking for getpseudotty in -lseq... no
> checking for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include
> checking for gethostbyname... yes
> checking for connect... yes
> checking for remove... yes
> checking for shmat... yes
> checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes
> checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking X11/xpm.h usability... yes
> checking X11/xpm.h presence... yes
> checking for X11/xpm.h... yes
> checking for XpmReadFileToPixmap in -lXpm... yes
> checking whether ptys or pipes should be used... pipes
> configure: creating ./config.status
> config.status: creating Makefile
> config.status: creating cmail
> config.status: creating xboard.texinfo
> config.status: creating config.h
> config.status: config.h is unchanged
> config.status: executing default commands
> 
> ==========================================================================================
> 3) make
>  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.  -I/usr/X11R6/include  -I/usr/X11R6/include
> -DINFODIR=\"/usr/local/share/info\" -c parser.c
> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.  -I/usr/X11R6/include  -I/usr/X11R6/include
> -DINFODIR=\"/usr/local/share/info\" -c xboard.c
> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.  -I/usr/X11R6/include  -I/usr/X11R6/include
> -DINFODIR=\"/usr/local/share/info\" -c backend.c
> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.  -I/usr/X11R6/include  -I/usr/X11R6/include
> -DINFODIR=\"/usr/local/share/info\" -c moves.c
> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.  -I/usr/X11R6/include  -I/usr/X11R6/include
> -DINFODIR=\"/usr/local/share/info\" -c childio.c
> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.  -I/usr/X11R6/include  -I/usr/X11R6/include
> -DINFODIR=\"/usr/local/share/info\" -c gamelist.c
> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.  -I/usr/X11R6/include  -I/usr/X11R6/include
> -DINFODIR=\"/usr/local/share/info\" -c lists.c
> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.  -I/usr/X11R6/include  -I/usr/X11R6/include
> -DINFODIR=\"/usr/local/share/info\" -c pgntags.c
> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.  -I/usr/X11R6/include  -I/usr/X11R6/include
> -DINFODIR=\"/usr/local/share/info\" -c xgamelist.c
> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.  -I/usr/X11R6/include  -I/usr/X11R6/include
> -DINFODIR=\"/usr/local/share/info\" -c xedittags.c
> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.  -I/usr/X11R6/include  -I/usr/X11R6/include
> -DINFODIR=\"/usr/local/share/info\" -c xhistory.c
> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.  -I/usr/X11R6/include  -I/usr/X11R6/include
> -DINFODIR=\"/usr/local/share/info\" -c zippy.c
> gcc -o xboard  parser.o xboard.o backend.o moves.o childio.o gamelist.o
> lists.o pgntags.o xgamelist.o xedittags.o xhistory.o zippy.o
> -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXaw  -lXmu  -lXt -lXext -lXpm  -lSM -lICE -lX11   -lm
> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.  -I/usr/X11R6/include  -I/usr/X11R6/include
> -DINFODIR=\"/usr/local/share/info\" -c zic2xpm.c
> gcc -o zic2xpm zic2xpm.o
> 
> 
> ==========================================================================================
> 4) ./xboard -debug
> 
> recognized 'normal' (-1) as variant normal
> resolved -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* at pixel size 34
>   to -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--34-240-100-100-p-182-iso8859-1
> resolved -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* at pixel size 14
>   to -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--14-140-75-75-p-82-iso8859-1
> resolved -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* at pixel size 14
>   to -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-p-77-iso8859-1
> xboard 4.2.7 + gnuchessx
> Reset(1, 0) from gameMode 0
> recognized 'normal' (-1) as variant normal
> GameEnds(0, (null), 2)
> StartChildProcess (dir="") gnuchessx
> 367 >first : xboard
> protover 2
> 374 <first : gnuchessx: No such file or directory
> xboard: Failed to start first chess program gnuchessx on localhost:
> gnuchessx: No such file or directory
> 
> GameEnds(0, (null), 2)
> 2908 >first : force
> 2908 >first : quit
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   Thanks !!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Ketan


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