BeoWulf 2.2 help

[Luis Smith]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Luis Smith at 01 January 2004 18:28:49:

I have been having trouble getting BeoWulf 2.2 to work. Here is my config file and debug


recognized 'normal' (-1) as variant normal
WinBoard 4.2.7 + BeoWulf
Reset(1, 0) from gameMode 0
recognized 'normal' (-1) as variant normal
GameEnds(0, (null), 2)
StartChildProcess (dir="C:\Winboard\Engines\BeoWulf2.2") BeoWulf
490 >first : xboard
protover 2
550 <first : Welcome to Beowulf Version 2.2 release!
550 <first : 
550 <first : Loading Opening Book Book.dat ... OK
550 <first : [1 Position]
550 <first : Loading Personality File Default.per ... OK
550 <first : 
550 <first : 
550 <first : Checking for Tablebase Files
550 <first : Including 5-man Endgame Table Bases
550 <first : 
550 <first : r n b q k b n r 
550 <first : p p p p p p p p 
550 <first : . . . . . . . . 
550 <first : . . . . . . . . 
550 <first : . . . . . . . . 
550 <first : . . . . . . . . 
550 <first : P P P P P P P P 
550 <first : R N B Q K B N R 
550 <first : 
550 <first : [1]W > 
10540 >first : new
random
10540 >first : level 0 1 0
10540 >first : post
10540 >first : hard
10540 >first : easy
23180 >first : time 6000
otim 6000
23180 >first : e2e4
23230 <first : Current Position = -0.47
Fatal Error: Error: first chess program (BeoWulf) exited unexpectedly
GameEnds(0, (null), 2)
Interrupting first
24380 >first : force
24380 >first : quit
</tt>

and


# Beowulf Configuration File
# Lines starting with a hash '#' are ignored
# Actually, it ignores any lines it doesn't recognise as commands
# Please edit the following to your requirements
# The format of each line is important - do not change it!
# (However, the order of the lines is irrelevant.  You can
# include/delete/reorder lines as desired.)
# Default Hash table size (2^n k) e.g. size 14 = 16 Mb
# 15 = 32Mb, 16 = 64Mb, 17 = 128Mb, 18 = 256Mb etc....
HASH 32
# Skill levels (1 to 10)
# 1 is very weak, 10 is maximum
WSKILL 10
BSKILL 10
# Tablebase Directory Location
TBLOC C:\Winboard\Tablebases
# Opening Book Location
OPBOOK Book.dat
# Personality File Location
PERSON Default.per
# Should Beowulf resign in a losing position?  (Either 'ON' or 'OFF')
RESIGN ON
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Thanks for the help

[Steffen Basting]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Steffen Basting at 01 January 2004 18:46:01:
Als Antwort auf: / In reply to: BeoWulf 2.2 help geschrieben von: / posted by: Luis Smith at 01 January 2004 18:28:49:

Hi!
I don't have Beowulf but from what I've read in your post,
HASH 32
might be the relevant line to change - it means 2^32 KB (= 4096 GB) hashtables.
You should use
HASH 15 for 32MB hashtables instead...
Hope this helps,
Steffen

# Beowulf Configuration File
# Lines starting with a hash '#' are ignored
# Actually, it ignores any lines it doesn't recognise as commands
# Please edit the following to your requirements
# The format of each line is important - do not change it!
# (However, the order of the lines is irrelevant.  You can
# include/delete/reorder lines as desired.)
# Default Hash table size (2^n k) e.g. size 14 = 16 Mb
# 15 = 32Mb, 16 = 64Mb, 17 = 128Mb, 18 = 256Mb etc....
HASH 32
# Skill levels (1 to 10)
# 1 is very weak, 10 is maximum
WSKILL 10
BSKILL 10
# Tablebase Directory Location
TBLOC C:\Winboard\Tablebases
# Opening Book Location
OPBOOK Book.dat
# Personality File Location
PERSON Default.per
# Should Beowulf resign in a losing position?  (Either 'ON' or 'OFF')
RESIGN ON


Thanks for the help

[Luis Smith]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Luis Smith at 01 January 2004 19:01:40:
Als Antwort auf: / In reply to: Re: BeoWulf 2.2 help geschrieben von: / posted by: Steffen Basting at 01 January 2004 18:46:01:

Hi!
I don't have Beowulf but from what I've read in your post,
HASH 32
might be the relevant line to change - it means 2^32 KB (= 4096 GB) hashtables.
You should use
HASH 15 for 32MB hashtables instead...
Hope this helps,
Steffen

Thanks Steffen, I never cease to amaze myself at how dumb I am...=O)