wine users - Jun 2001 - Wine and BlitzIn

Martin Andersen wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I have installed Codeweavers Preview 3, and have a
> windows partition. I run Blitzin (www.chessclub.com) and it
> starts up ok, but it cannot connect to the server. I have disabled the
> firewall on my linuxbox.
> 
> Any ideas ?
> 
> Martin.
Hi Martin,

I have tried to run Blitzin under WINE as well and the outcome is that
sometimes
it works, sometimes not, and I can not get a pattern (it is working
right now). This applies both to newer and older (16bit) version of
Blitzin. If it works, I have sound, all the windows, the only obvious
(and annoying) defect is that the terminal window does not work -- you
can type in and send your commands but you can not see what other people
are saying.

I am using SuSE 6.4/i386.

The WINE session log may look like:

(BEGIN)
wine BlitzIn2/BlitzIn2.exe
Could not stat /mnt/fd0 (No such file or directory), ignoring drive A:
fixme:mdi:MDIRefreshMenu partially function stub
fixme:mdi:MDIRefreshMenu partially function stub
fixme:msacm:acmGetVersion 0 not supported
fixme:msacm:acmGetVersion 1095724048 not supported
fixme:msacm:acmGetVersion 1095724048 not supported
fixme:msacm:acmGetVersion 1095724048 not supported
fixme:msacm:acmGetVersion 1095724048 not supported
fixme:msacm:acmGetVersion 1095724048 not supported
fixme:mdi:MDIRefreshMenu partially function stub
fixme:mdi:MDIRefreshMenu partially function stub
fixme:mdi:MDIRefreshMenu partially function stub
fixme:mdi:MDIRefreshMenu partially function stub
fixme:mdi:MDIRefreshMenu partially function stub
fixme:mdi:MDIRefreshMenu partially function stub
err:dc:DCE_FreeWindowDCE [2d80] GetDC() without ReleaseDC()!
err:dc:DCE_FreeWindowDCE [25d8] GetDC() without ReleaseDC()!
err:dc:DCE_FreeWindowDCE [1e78] GetDC() without ReleaseDC()!
(END)

Personally, I prefer to use XBoard from Linux. It always works and have
everything I need :-).

Good luck,
Pavel

Pavel Sakov wrote:

CUT
> Personally, I prefer to use XBoard from Linux. It always works and have
> everything I need :-).
But does Xboard work with ICC ?
I have read other places as well that BlitIn runs badly in Wine, so I 
have given up. Instead I have found eboard which is a very promising client
for www.freechess.org.
> 
> Good luck,
> Pavel
> 
Thanks
 Martin.

Martin Andersen wrote:
>CUT
My mistake, you _can_ use xboard with ICC.

Martin.

Martin Andersen wrote:
> 
> Pavel Sakov wrote:
> 
> CUT
> 
> > Personally, I prefer to use XBoard from Linux. It always works and
have
> > everything I need :-).
> 
> But does Xboard work with ICC ?
> I have read other places as well that BlitIn runs badly in Wine, so I
> have given up. Instead I have found eboard which is a very promising client
> for www.freechess.org.
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Pavel
> >
> Thanks
>  Martin.
Yes. I use:

xboard -ics -icshost 204.178.125.65 -useTelnet True -telnetProgram
<timestamp --
download from ICC> -size middling -autoflag -sgf - bell -queen -colorize
-legal -highlight

Be sure to use timestamp or you wil loose on time.

This thread is getting out of topic, you may obtain detailed information
in rec.games.chess.computer and ICC web site.

Good luck
Pavel

-- 
Pavel Sakov
http://www.marine.csiro.au/~sakov