---
name: "gnobots2"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnome-gnobots2"
version: "1.4.0.3-6.1"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gnobots2"
---

# gnobots2(1)

the GNOME robots game

## NAME

gnobots2 - the GNOME robots game

## SYNOPSIS

**gnobots2** \[ *OPTION*... \]

## DESCRIPTION

**gnobots2**, part of the *gnome-games* package, is a development of the original Gnome Robots game which was itself based on the text based robots game which can be found on a number of UNIX systems, and comes with the BSD games package on Linux systems.

This new version includes two types of robots, movable junkheaps, multiple game configurations, user definable keyboard layouts, sound using ESD if you have it, as well as all of the other features which were present in the original Gnome Robots game.

## USAGE

To run GNOME Robots II, select "games-\>GnobotsII" from the Main Menu, or type **gnobots2** on the command line.

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`--'). A summary of the options supported by **gnobots2** is included below.

### GNOME options

- **--disable-sound**

  Disable sound server usage

- **--enable-sound**

  Enable sound server usage

- **--espeaker=***HOSTNAME:PORT*

  Host:port on which the sound server to use is running

- **--version**

  Display version information and exit

### Help options

- **-?, --help**

  Show help and exit

- **--usage**

  Display brief usage message

### GTK options

- **--gdk-debug=***FLAGS*

  Gdk debugging flags to set

- **--gdk-no-debug=***FLAGS*

  Gdk debugging flags to unset

- **--display=***DISPLAY*

  X display to use

- **--sync**

  Make X calls synchronous

- **--no-xshm**

  Don't use X shared memory extension

- **--name=***NAME*

  Program name as used by the window manager

- **--class=***CLASS*

  Program class as used by the window manager

- **--gxid\_host=***HOST*

  - **--gxid\_port=***PORT*

  - **--xim-preedit=***STYLE*

  - **--xim-status=***STYLE*

  - **--gtk-debug=***FLAGS*

  Gtk+ debugging flags to set

- **--gtk-no-debug=***FLAGS*

  Gtk+ debugging flags to unset

- **--g-fatal-warnings**

  Make all warnings fatal

- **--gtk-module=***MODULE*

  Load an additional Gtk module

### GNOME GUI options

- **--disable-crash-dialog**

  ### Session management options

- **--sm-client-id=***ID*

  Specify session management ID

- **--sm-config-prefix=***PREFIX*

  Specify prefix of saved configuration

- **--sm-disable**

  Disable connection to session manager

### gnobots2 options

- **-s, --scenario=***NAME*

  Set game scenario

- **-c, --config=***NAME*

  Set game configuration

- **-x, --x=***ARG*

  - **-y, --y=***ARG*

  ## FILES

- *~/.gnome/gnobots2*

  Configuration File

## BUGS

Please report bugs at http://bugs.gnome.org/ (Link to *http://bugs.gnome.org/*).

## SEE ALSO

The GNOME Robots II manual: */usr/share/gnome/help/gnobots2/C/index.html*

GNOME (Link to *http://www.gnome.org*)

## AUTHOR

Mark Rae \<mrae@inpharmatica.co.uk\>

This man-page was written by Jan Schaumann \<jschauma@netmeister.org\> as part of "The Missing Man Pages Project (Link to *http://www.netmeister.org/misc/m2p2/index.html*)".