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Subject: Re: KnightCap help required

Author: Djordje Vidanovic

Date: 13:53:43 07/07/03

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On July 07, 2003 at 11:27:59, Didzis Cirulis wrote:

>Hi
>
>Recently I am trying to get the KnightCap up and running, but there are
>problems:
>
>1) Windows version (compiled by Dann Corbit) is not stable – I can run it both
>in a console and winboard, but there are problems with brain.dat
>
>When I start the progam in console, it does not create any brain.dat itself.
>Maybe it is not supposed to. I have to create an empty file, name it brain.dat
>and then it is recognized. Program runs fine, does the mulling after each game,
>but I have not found any reliable method to have the brain.dat valid after I
>turn the program off. When I start it the next time, I see the report about
>„brain.dat corrupted”
>
>2) Linux – the program compiled well, but the same problem here too - no
>brain.dat. And this time I can not yet figure out, how to create it. Otherwise
>the program starts and computes well.
>
>This is something very interesting for me. I would really appreciate any help.
>
>Didzis Cirulis


Haven't got the source with me right now.  But do try to find in the source a
non-existant directory that KC is supposed to create, something along the lines
of /usr/local/chess/ and change it into, say, /tmp/. There are three or four
files in the source where you can find the above directory.  Also, make sure to
edit makefile, not Makefile, and change the following:

CFLAGS=$(OPT) $(INCLUDE) #-DLEARN_EVAL=1

to

CFLAGS=$(OPT)$(INCLUDE) -DLEARN_EVAL=1

Hope this will help.

Djordje



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