Re: gnome-chess crashes
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:04:23 -0300 (CLST)
Victor Munoz <vmunoz@macul.ciencias.uchile.cl> wrote:
>
> Hello. I just wanted to play chess with my computer, and installed
> gnome-chess and gnuchess. I added gnuchess to the program preferences,
> and started a new game. I moved my first piece, and then the program
> responded. Fine. But after a few movements, gnome-chess just
> crashed. No process left in the background, no warning... it just
> disappeared. I tried several times, and the only difference was when
> it crashed: sometimes after a few moves, sometimes after the first
> move. I could not play a whole game.
>
> I also tried playing against gnuchess directly, following the game
> with the graphical interfase of gnome-chess. Gnuchess seemed to
> progress flawlessly. At one point, gnome-chess crashed again. To undo
> a movement, I used the backwards arrow one movement, the piece went to
> the previous position, and did a new movement. I clicked on the
> forward arrow (dangerous, because there was no movements later), and
> gnome-chess crashed "due to a fatal error" (warning this
> time). However, if during a normal I click the forward arrow (and,
> once again, there are no movements later, nothing happens and the
> application does not crash.
>
> I have also crashed gnome-chess with other combinations of clicks.
> Should I file bug reports?
>
> I'm using gnome-chess 0.3.3, and GNU Chess 5.07, in a sid machine.
>
> Regards,
> Victor
>
Hello Victor,
Uninstall, and install crafty with Xboard.
A better programme.
Regards,
David.
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