Re: RFS: dgtdrv: POSIX driver for the DGT chess board
On Sunday 27 July 2008 02:16:02 Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 04:45:38PM +0200, W. van den Akker wrote:
> > > notebook:/home/wvdakker# /usr/games/dgtdrv2 /dev/ttyUSB0 display
> > > info string ---------------------------------------------
> > > info string
> > > info string / / /
> > > info string ___/ ___ _/_ ___/ /_- | / POSIX
> > > info string / / / / / / / / | / driver
> > > info string (__/ (__/ (_ (__/ / |/ engine
> > > info string ___/
> > > info string for the DGT digital chess board
> > > info string ---------------------------------------------
> > > info string (c) 2006-2007 by Alexander Wagner
> > > info string $Revision: 1.18 $
> > > info string ---------------------------------------------
> > > info string Initialising...
> > > info string Chessboard found and initialised.
> > > info string dgtnix Version : 1.9.1
> > > info string DGT Projects - This DGT board is produced by DGT Projects.
> > > info string DGT Version : 1.8000
> > > info string DGT Serial No. : 09799
> > > info string DGT Chess Clock: NONE
> > > info string DGT connection : /dev/ttyUSB0
> > > info string BUS Address : 0x4c-0x47
> > > info string Engine mode : crafty
>
> Does it work "out-of-the-box" with the Debian package of crafty? Will it
> work with any chess program "out-of-the-box"?
>
> The reason I ask is that I think crafty needs to be compiled with dgt
> support. But if you type dgt in crafty you get:
>
> Illegal move (ambiguous): dgt
>
> These boards are expensive and it would be a shame if a user had to jump
> through hoops to get it to work with Debian.
>
> IANADD but would like to see this package in Debian *if* crafty worked
> with it.
>
> Maybe the crafty maintainer would consider helping you?
>
> - -
> Chris.
It works with Scid. There is a note how to install it on scid, there is also
a patch for Xboard. I contacted the maintainer, but no reply yet.
It doesnt support crafty out of the box because DGT needs a GUI to
work.
greetings,
Willem
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