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UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion
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Robert Purves



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PostPost subject: Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion    Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:25 am Reply to topic Reply with quote
stegemma wrote:
I've tried "Xboard 4 - 1.5.3 - macintel" package and install fine. When i run xboard by clicking on it, as i do in windows, it say me that "the first chess program (fairymax) exited unexpectedly" then the obvious errors related to broken pipe, with that program. Then he said that "piece-description file '/usr/share/games/fairymax/fmax.ini' not found". The xboard form appears with this errors on its top. I can't found any ".ini" or ".conf" files in the xboard directory. I've tried even to run "Xboard GUIv1.2.scpt" script: it show me the choosing dialog but if i select "Change default engine" he said me that "permission error in Network document" (but this message is in italian, becomes comes from AppleScript) and it is related to "usr:local:etc:board.conf". The folder use/local/etc is locked, i've no permission to access that folder; i have administrator permission... but i can't access the folder.

I can confirm these problems with the Xboard installer at
http://www.mediafire.com/?9cg7lf31u58b5vo
Vital configuration files are placed in strange non-Mac directories without read permission.

It's some months since I worked around the installation bugs, but I seem to remember that fixing permissions on two directories was enough to get Xboard working with fairymax as the default engine.

Launch Terminal.app and enter these commands (you will be asked for your password):
sudo chmod 755 /usr/share/games
sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/etc

Robert P.
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UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Stefano Gemma Sun Nov 27, 2011 4:48 pm
      Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Sven Schüle Sun Nov 27, 2011 5:27 pm
            Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Stefano Gemma Sun Nov 27, 2011 6:30 pm
      Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Evert Glebbeek Sun Nov 27, 2011 6:05 pm
      Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Roger Brown Sun Nov 27, 2011 7:50 pm
            Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Ilari Pihlajisto Sun Nov 27, 2011 8:20 pm
                  Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion H.G.Muller Sun Nov 27, 2011 9:03 pm
                        Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Ilari Pihlajisto Sun Nov 27, 2011 9:30 pm
                  Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Stefano Gemma Sun Nov 27, 2011 9:22 pm
                        Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Ilari Pihlajisto Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:06 pm
                              Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Stefano Gemma Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:22 pm
                                    Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Ilari Pihlajisto Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:59 pm
                        Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion H.G.Muller Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:11 pm
                              Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Stefano Gemma Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:35 pm
                                    Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Robert Purves Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:25 am
                                          Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion H.G.Muller Mon Nov 28, 2011 7:36 am
                                                Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Evert Glebbeek Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:44 am
                                                      Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion H.G.Muller Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:44 am
                                                      Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Robert Purves Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:02 pm
                                                            Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion H.G.Muller Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:30 pm
                                                                  Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Robert Purves Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:06 am
                                                                        Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion H.G.Muller Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:14 am
                                                                              Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Evert Glebbeek Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:29 am
                                                                  Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Steven Atkinson Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:20 pm
                  Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Roger Brown Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:57 pm
                        Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Ilari Pihlajisto Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:17 am
                              Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Roger Brown Mon Nov 28, 2011 12:59 pm
      Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Steven Atkinson Tue Nov 29, 2011 7:26 pm
            Re: UCI, xboard protocols and interfaces for Mac OS X Lion Stefano Gemma Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:05 pm
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