Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:51:40 09/29/01
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On September 29, 2001 at 09:28:26, Frank Phillips wrote: >On September 29, 2001 at 00:20:48, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On September 28, 2001 at 12:51:35, Frank Phillips wrote: >> >>>If anybody has succeeded in playing xboard on one machine versus xboard on >>>another through two computers connected together on a LAN (2 ethernet cards plus >>>a crossover cable), then I would be grateful for a howto. >>> >>>(other than via one of the chess servers.). >>> >>>Frank >> >> >>You just use one xboard. Use the -fcp -fh to select the program/host for >>the first program, ditto for -scp -sh for the second machine. I do this >>_all_ the time...Bob > > >Bob > >Thanks. I should have read the man pages instead of the FAQ. > >There is something I am still missing. Would you post one of your script files? >Mine, which does not work, is below. > >I can ping both computers from each other and share files and an internet >connection but, after some time or when I try to force a move, all I get is >broken pipe to the first program error. >If I try to run on the local machine with -fh 192.168.0.1 this fails too. >Perhaps something else needs to be running and listening? > >Any further help would be appreciated. > > >Frank > > > >#!/bin/bash >xboard \ >-tc 5 -inc 0 \ >-size Small \ >-mg 60 \ >-thinking \ >-ponder \ >-sgf "/home/fp/zzz.pgn" \ >-fcp /home/fp/crafty/crafty \ >-fd /home/fp/crafty \ >-fh 192.168.0.2 \ >#-scp "/home/fp/searcher/searcher/searcher5" \ >#-sd "/home/fp/searcher/searcher" \ >#-sh 192.168.0.1 \ > > > > ># 192.168.0.1 is the computer I am running the command from. ># 195.168.0.2 the remote computer I am trying to run crafty on. Your command looks fine. Which program is exiting? Crafty or the other one? The problem probably lies in the other program. IE don't "force move" as the game should proceed with _no_ human interference anyway. Forcing a move sends a signal, that the other program might not know how to handle properly.
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