Turning on 3D Chessboard in Gutsy

Posted 11 months ago at 4:25 pm. 2 comments

This is a re-visit of my guide for Ubuntu Feisty, updated for Gutsy.

  1. Install 3D drivers for your video card if you have not already. It may work without these drivers on some cards.
  2. Install dependencies:

    3. sudo apt-get install python-imaging python-opengl libgtkglext1 python-gtkglext1

  3. Launch Applications –> Games –> Chess
  4. Go to View menu and select 3D

For an extra challenge, install the crafty engine:

sudo apt-get install crafty

Wiki Page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/3DChessboard

2 Replies

  1. Thanos Nov 10th 2007

    Is python-imaging really required for the 3d mode? I was able to use 3d mode without this package installed.. I have also filed a bug under launchpad about this: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-games/+bug/160766 (Message for enabling 3d in glchess not helpful). Maybe you would like to comment on it?

    Thanks

  2. Chris Cunningham Nov 10th 2007

    python-imaging isn’t needed. At least it wasn’t here. I was going to file a bug to tie glchess into gnome-app-install as well, that dialogue box is just silly when this could be automagic.

    - Chris


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