Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 05:27:07 06/11/02
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On June 11, 2002 at 08:24:13, Steve Coladonato wrote: ><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? Sorry. I'm out of ideas. Andrew
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