Re: [Scid-users] Freeze On startup, Configuration file will not die

[Steven <ste...@ya...>]

Edit ~/.scid/config/options.dat and change "windowsDock" to 0.
Hopefully it'll start up now....
S.



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>From: "int...@gm..." <int...@gm...>
>To: sci...@li...
>Sent: Wed, 6 July, 2011 12:08:47 PM
>Subject: [Scid-users] Freeze On startup, Configuration file will not die
>
>Hi there,
>
>I am using scid in Ubuntu 11.04. I was trying (unsuccesffully) to get scid to 
>run the newest version of stockfish that is not in the package repository and 
>scid game skidding to a halt. Whenever I start scid it tries to open the latest 
>version of stocksfish, which I can't get it to run, so it gives me an error 
>message "error starting analysis" "unable to start program" (the engine). When I 
>click ok on the error message, scid closes. I cannot get into the menu to 
>prevent it from starting the engine that it can't start so this error/crash 
>happens every time I start the program. I have tried complete removal of the 
>scid package, restart, deleting of all files that say scid, and when I reinstall 
>it still has my previous configuration, tries to start the the engine it can't 
>start, and crashes. So, I guess my question is where is the configuration file 
>that survives an uninstall, restart, and deletion of all files that say scid?
>
>Thanks
>
>