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Xboard doesn't work.

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pablo Ferreira <santoross08 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Xboard doesn't work.
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 12:20:01 -0300

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Hey again!

Great job with the GNU Guix System 1.2.0. Really nice!

I think this is not about you but Xboard game is not working for so long, I
wait until update but is not coming. The app say some problem with the
engine, I did install chess (6.2.7) by the way.

Merry Christmas!

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Message #8 received at 45236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Pablo Ferreira <santoross08 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 45236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45236: Xboard doesn't work.
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:26:56 +0100

Hi!

Pablo Ferreira <santoross08 <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> Great job with the GNU Guix System 1.2.0. Really nice!

:-)

> I think this is not about you but Xboard game is not working for so long, I
> wait until update but is not coming.

What do you mean by “not working”?  I’ve tried:

  guix environment --ad-hoc xboard -- xboard

and it spawns what looks like a “working” XBoard to me (that’s with
commit 3d85c3ec652feb22824f355538b51e6955ded361 as reported by ‘guix
describe’).

Thanks in advance,
Ludo’.

Message #11 received at 45236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, Pablo Ferreira
 <santoross08 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 45236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45236: Xboard doesn't work.
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:15:04 +0100

Hi,

On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 at 12:26, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>> I think this is not about you but Xboard game is not working for so long, I
>> wait until update but is not coming.
>
> What do you mean by “not working”?  I’ve tried:
>
>   guix environment --ad-hoc xboard -- xboard
>
> and it spawns what looks like a “working” XBoard to me (that’s with
> commit 3d85c3ec652feb22824f355538b51e6955ded361 as reported by ‘guix
> describe’).

Even if the Data Service says that no substitute are available:

<https://data.guix.gnu.org/repository/1/branch/master/package/xboard/output-history>

all these commits f4450e8c 27866b7c af1225a3 b5ed51bd 48cccf06 8ab70bae
9bc516ba 35c43fcd c81457a5 aebba13c 747953c4 e7ce4ef9 4730878b 6d15516d
0ed75a5f 33b59c1a build, i.e., all the xboard 4.9.1 are buildable.

However, then trying I get:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
xboard: Erreur lors de l'écriture dans le programme d'échecs Premier: Relais brisé (pipe)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

and a crash.  I do not know if it comes from an user config of xboard (I
never use it) or a Guix config of the package or something broken
upstream.

Pablo, could you precise what you mean by “not working for so long”?
And what do you mean by “wait until update”?  What “update” means here?


All the best,
simon

Message #14 received at 45236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Guillaume Le Vaillant <glv <at> posteo.net>
To: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 45236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>,
 Pablo Ferreira <santoross08 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#45236: Xboard doesn't work.
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 14:25:42 +0100

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zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 at 12:26, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>>> I think this is not about you but Xboard game is not working for so long, I
>>> wait until update but is not coming.
>>
>> What do you mean by “not working”?  I’ve tried:
>>
>>   guix environment --ad-hoc xboard -- xboard
>>
>> and it spawns what looks like a “working” XBoard to me (that’s with
>> commit 3d85c3ec652feb22824f355538b51e6955ded361 as reported by ‘guix
>> describe’).
>
> Even if the Data Service says that no substitute are available:
>
> <https://data.guix.gnu.org/repository/1/branch/master/package/xboard/output-history>
>
> all these commits f4450e8c 27866b7c af1225a3 b5ed51bd 48cccf06 8ab70bae
> 9bc516ba 35c43fcd c81457a5 aebba13c 747953c4 e7ce4ef9 4730878b 6d15516d
> 0ed75a5f 33b59c1a build, i.e., all the xboard 4.9.1 are buildable.
>
> However, then trying I get:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> xboard: Erreur lors de l'écriture dans le programme d'échecs Premier: Relais brisé (pipe)
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> and a crash.  I do not know if it comes from an user config of xboard (I
> never use it) or a Guix config of the package or something broken
> upstream.
>
> Pablo, could you precise what you mean by “not working for so long”?
> And what do you mean by “wait until update”?  What “update” means here?
>
>
> All the best,
> simon

On my system, starting XBoard with the "xboard" command and trying to
use the gnuchess engine fails with a "broken pipe" error. According to
the engine menu in XBoard, it uses the "-fcp gnuchess" to set gnuchess
as the engine.

What is strange is that if I start XBoard directly with "xboard -fcp gnuchess",
everything works fine.

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Message #17 received at 45236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pablo Ferreira <santoross08 <at> gmail.com>
To: 45236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Xboard still don't work
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:30:53 +0000

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Hello!

No, still not working after reinstall. I also try to remove GNU chess too,
but nothing. Look!

Before, the computer stop playing against me so I install GNU Chess.

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Message #20 received at 45236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Pablo Ferreira <santoross08 <at> gmail.com>, 45236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45236: Xboard still don't work
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 00:09:01 +0100

Hi,

On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 at 13:30, Pablo Ferreira <santoross08 <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> No, still not working after reinstall. I also try to remove GNU chess too,
> but nothing. Look!

How do you start xboard?  Simply typing in the command line “xboard” or
typing “xboard -fcp gnuchess”?


> Before, the computer stop playing against me so I install GNU Chess.

Before what?

BTW, I have the same feedback as Guillaume:

   <https://yhetil.org/guix/87blev2obt.fsf <at> yamatai>


All the best,
simon

Message #25 received at 45236-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Rohleder <mike <at> rohleder.de>
To: 45236-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45236: Xboard doesn't work.
Date: Wed, 05 May 2021 18:37:29 +0200

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fixed with 561db254a5fd72578ea2a0b0a3e8303f0ef20d85

-- 
vi /vmlinuz

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