Hi Antonio! I'm using the apt installed version of XBoard, 4.9.1-1 amd64, in Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) x86_64 (Kernel: 4.9.0-9-amd64).
I also use the apt installed version of GNU Chess, 6.2.5-1 amd64. The previous version I tried, 6.2.4, I compiled from source (https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/chess/) and it works as expected without this bug (ie, the 'White (1) : ' prompt does not appear in UCI mode). Ryan On 03/02/2020, Antonio Ceballos <acebal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ryan, > > Thanks for your report. Yes, it seems the same problem that was found a > couple of years ago. Could you please indicate the version of XBoard and > operating system that you are using? I don't think it will make a big > difference, > but it can be helpful. > > Cheers, > Antonio > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 8:04 PM Ryan Sarson <rsar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello! >> >> I have the same issue as John Cheetham, from his post a couple of >> years ago. The issue persists with the latest build I could find, >> 6.2.5e. I use both Scid and Xboard and, in both cases, they appear to >> hang when trying to play a game against gnuchessu. When running >> gnuchessu from the command line, the appearance of 'White (1) : " >> requires at least a newline to be entered before the 'uci' command >> will work as expected. >> >> It seems related to the removal of the 'showprompt' and 'ShowPrompt()' >> lines from main.cc and frontend/engine.cc from 6.2.4 but I do not know >> enough about C programming to fix it - other things break if i just >> add the deleted lines back in. >> >> Ryan >> >> >
