Created attachment 704512 [details]
patch to fix gnuchess support

The long and short of this bug report is that gnome-chess doesn't work at all because the only chess engine we package is gnuchess, and gnuchess support is broken. A patch to fix this is available here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=691031#c3

It'd probably be a good idea to add a Requires on gnuchess as well, since it is the only engine we package and gnome-chess is useless without it.

(I cloned the previous bug because it was filed against the dead glchess package and I didn't have permission to reassign it to a different component.)

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #853728 +++

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #700194 +++

Description of problem:

If i start a game with GNUChess as opposite player, it will never use the AI and the opposite is always human, regardless of the settings set in the settings dialog.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
glchess 3.0.1.1

How reproducible:

Start a game. Make a move as white player. Now black can also be moved.

Actual results:
Black is human.

Expected results:
Black should be GNUChess

--- Additional comment from desintegr on 2011-11-28 12:44:06 EST ---

I also have this problem with Fedora 16 and glchess 3.2.1.

--- Additional comment from desintegr on 2011-11-28 12:46:54 EST ---

I think this bug should be reassigned to gnome-games package.

--- Additional comment from Jes.Sorensen on 2012-03-20 13:41:16 EDT ---

Same problem in Fedora 17 Alpha :(

--- Additional comment from mclasen on 2012-03-20 16:11:05 EDT ---

Sorry for that; looks like this problem has been reported upstream: 
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=665610

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--- Additional comment from Jonas Thiem on 2012-09-02 08:28:58 CDT ---

Since this bug is still present with glchess 3.4.2/GNU Chess 5.08 in Fedora 17, I cloned the old bug (since that is what the automated bug closing thing told me to do). So, the issue is still present despite being apparently reported upstream.

--- Additional comment from Michael Catanzaro on 2013-01-17 16:29:39 CST ---

Created attachment 680593 [details]
Make GNOME Chess work with GNU Chess

This patch will fix the issue; the problem is trivial, glchess was rewritten in Vala and ever since it has forgotten to tell GNU Chess that it's a GUI (and therefore requires xboard output) instead of a human (to which it gives a prompt).

The patch has been submitted upstream but it hasn't been accepted yet (the maintainer doesn't seem to have much time for GNOME Chess) and there will not be a new 3.6.x release anyway. Since glchess is effectively useless if it can't talk to GNU Chess, can the fix please be applied for Fedora (16)/17/18?

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=691031

--- Additional comment from Dag Odenhall on 2013-01-20 17:12:47 CST ---

Bug still present in F18.

--- Additional comment from Michael Catanzaro on 2013-02-08 14:42:24 CST ---

Matthias, could we add the patch attached to the upstream bug into F17/F18 -- it's a small patch to get GNOME Chess working again. (Or is there someone else I should poke regarding this?)