Author: Steve Coladonato
Date: 05:24:13 06/11/02
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<snip> >>I downloaded the zip file from Frank's site and unzipped it in a directory >>called /usr/local/chess/Comet-B46. The executable file from the zip is >>COMET-XB. I then tried to run it with xboard using "xboard -fcp COMET-XB -fd >>/usr/local/chess/Comet-B46" and got the xboard error "Failed to start first >>chess program COMET-XB..." When I run COMET-XB standalone, it starts but I have >>no idea what the commands to play a game are. >> >>Steve > >You need to make COMET-XB into an executable file. Type in: > >chmod +x COMET-XB > >at the shell prompt and then press enter. I'm sure that you'd be able to do this >with one of the file managers instead if you prefer to. You only need to do it >once, not every time you run comet. > >Andrew The permissions on the COMET-XB file were set to 755 and I modified my PATH to include the Comet directory. When running standalone, I get the following after some TB data and Hash size info: Chess kibitz Comet-B.46 says hello Now what do I do?
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