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8.04: xboard / Chess

Asked by peter

Hi

I've downloaded xboard from Synaptic and it's installed. But if I click the chess symbol to play a game, I'll get the following error message:

Failed to start first chess program gnuchessx on localhost. No such file or directory.

And the chess game is displayed. But i can't play.

What can I do? Thanks a lot.
Peter

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Please try the workaround solution here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xboard/+bug/210937

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dei (cephos) said : 		#2

Did you verify that gnuchess or phalanx have been properly installed with xboard? (The AI that is needed) If they are not, try installing one of them.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#3

Also read this:

http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/FAQ.html#tag-D.6

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peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#4

Thanks, dei, this helped. The chess is running. Thanks!