xboard: Failed to start first chess program gnuchessx on localhost: gnuchessx

[brownknight]

Binary package hint: xboard

xboard spews this error when started:

xboard: Error writing to first chess program: Broken pipe
xboard: Failed to start first chess program gnuchessx on localhost: gnuchessx: No such file or directory

Additional info if of any help: I am running Ubuntu Hardy Heron Beta x86, intel945 videocard

[Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto)]

Try:

xboard -fcp gnuchess

if you have gnuchess installed. Should also work with crafty and phalanx.

[lenik (g-launchpad-gaijin-life-info)]

The default method of xboard installation adds an system menu item in "Application -> Games", but when I try to select "xboard" from the menu, I have got the same quite disturbing and misleading message. Which makes Application -> Games ->XBoard totalyl useless -- it does not anything except displaying error message.

This can be fixed by any of the following :

1. checking if "gnuchess" is installed and adding "-ncp" parameter to the command line if not.
2. requiring "gnuchess" installation along with the xboard installation
3. removing "Applications -> Games -> XBoard" menu item, so people can have fun with the command line parameters

[Vincent Legout (vlegout)]

This should be fixed with the latest version of xboard.

The default chess engine for xboard, fairymax, is now in Recommends and should be installed with xboard.

I am closing this bug.