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Subject: Re: [OT] Linux help.. just a quickie.. [OT]

Author: Tom Likens

Date: 20:11:09 06/18/04

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On June 18, 2004 at 22:23:38, Peter Skinner wrote:

>Sorry for the off-topic post, but I figure it is best to ask here than anywhere
>as there are some great linux users here.
>
>I am trying to make a "shortcut" for Ruffian that I want to launch in Linux
>
>Here is what I have done:
>
>#! /bin/sh
>xboard -zp -ics -icshost chessclub.com -icsport 5000 -telnet -telnetProgram
>timeseal -fd /home/user/ruffian210 -fcp ./ruffian -size Slim -autoflag -top
>-queen -autoflip -autoraise -ponder -periodic -thinking
>
>Than I saved it to the desktop as ruffianicc.bat
>
>I chmod u+x ruffian.bat
>
>And then when I try to execute it, nothing happens. The commandline is correct
>as I can start it in a shell.
>
>Am I doing something wrong to make it "executable"?
>
>Thanks

Hey Peter,

When you say you saved it to the desktop, what does that mean exactly?
I'm using SUSE 9.0 and KDE and the steps I used to create an xboard desktop
link were...

1. Right click over the desktop
2. Select "Create New" -> "Link to Application"
3. Fill in the dialog that appears (there is even an xboard icon selectable
   under application icons).

Is this the process you followed?  If you are using KDE you might try
looking under the "Desktop" folder in your home directory to see if
everything looks correct in the xboard file.

Also I thought under Linux you needed to supply the IP address for the
-icshost option (it's 204.178.125.65 for ICC).

regards,
--tom



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