Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

2002-03-07 Thread Glyn Millington
Ian Balchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi Glynn, > > We have some success! Bravo!! Slrn is really nice - if I were not utterly addicted to Gnus.. Glyn -- *Note that I use Debian version testing/un

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

2002-03-07 Thread Ian Balchin
Hi Glynn, We have some success! On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 10:55:50PM +, Glyn Millington wrote: > Ian Balchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > OK, let me just catch up here!! You are running > > a. Leafnode? > b. slrn on yes, yes > > debian stable? > on a dial-up machine? yes, yes, >

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

2002-03-05 Thread Glyn Millington
Ian Balchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: OK, let me just catch up here!! You are running a. Leafnode? b. slrn on debian stable? on a dial-up machine? On the assumption that all these are answered yes (the debian verson will not make much difference) A. LEAFNODE The _poi

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

2002-03-05 Thread Ian Balchin
Glynn. Have been snowed under, did a very clear and detailed email the other day which mysteriously dissappeared when I went to send it. So excuse the rushed and perhaps less than optimal clarity format of this state of the nation address. [crashed my new W2000 machine for the 3rd time trying to

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

2002-03-03 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 11:45:55AM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote: ... > On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 01:27:24AM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote: > > when do you sleep, Carel? I don't:) ... > > looks like inn leftovers. > > Yes. I found some inn2 with deselect and removed same. ...sniped removal proof and f

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

2002-03-03 Thread Glyn Millington
Ian Balchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1 there are no entries in /var/spool/news/interesting.groups > 2 if I want to run fetchnews -vv -f I have to do this from root, I > caanot run this from my user account. > 3 when I do this i can see from the modem that data is being > received but th

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

2002-03-03 Thread Ian Balchin
I note 1 there are no entries in /var/spool/news/interesting.groups 2 if I want to run fetchnews -vv -f I have to do this from root, I caanot run this from my user account. 3 when I do this i can see from the modem that data is being received but the hdd light does not flicker and thus nothi

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

2002-03-03 Thread Ian Balchin
Glyn & Carel, hi, The day stared off nicely with double-vision on the screen, changed the cmos date and we are back to normal, some germ or virus hidden away somewhere in the dos part! On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 01:27:24AM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote: when do you sleep, Carel? > On Thu, Feb 28, 2

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

2002-03-03 Thread Ian Balchin
On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 07:39:16AM +, Glyn Millington wrote: > Glyn Millington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > Try dpkg -l inn* > > > > and dpkg -S innconfval > > > > and share what they tell you ;-) See other post > > > Sorry, forgot to add:- > > from way back I have set my nnt

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

2002-03-03 Thread Glyn Millington
Glyn Millington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Try dpkg -l inn* > > and dpkg -S innconfval > > and share what they tell you ;-) Sorry, forgot to add:- from way back I have set my nntpserver to localhost in .bashrc - I'm not sure if it's necessary for leafnode, but doesn't do any harm ;-) eg

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

2002-03-02 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 10:49:04PM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote: > On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 02:41:42AM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote: ... > and another daily email from the same source saying > > /usr/lib/news/bin/news.daily: /usr/lib/news/bin/innconfval: No such > file or > +directory > touch: /doex333

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

2002-03-02 Thread Glyn Millington
Ian Balchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > um, er, um did I see fetchnews? > Probably! > and another daily email from the same source saying > > /usr/lib/news/bin/news.daily: /usr/lib/news/bin/innconfval: No such > file or > +directory > touch: /doex3331: Permission denied > chmod: /doex

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

2002-03-02 Thread Glyn Millington
Ian Balchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > $ slrn > > Right. but no groups. Big L, a * for all, and nothing shows. > > I look in /var/spool/news but fail to find any news. There What does $locate groupinfo tell you? Mine is in /var/spool/news/leaf.node Glyn -- *

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

2002-03-02 Thread Ian Balchin
Carel, hi, comments below, thanks for the help. On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 02:41:42AM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 09:28:48PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > .. > > Now I have really stuffed up my news system. :( > > Haven't we all sometime:) > > > Iniatially my potato

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

2002-03-02 Thread Ian Balchin
Glyn, hi, no luck, comments below. On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 10:36:08PM +, Glyn Millington wrote: > Ian Balchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 09:28:48PM +0200, inksi wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Now I have really stuffed up my news system. :( > >> > >> Iniatially my

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

2002-02-27 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 09:28:48PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: .. > Now I have really stuffed up my news system. :( Haven't we all sometime:) > Iniatially my potatoe box had the dialup utilities selected by > tasksel all installed. But there seemed to be no news reader. ... > 5. When I no

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

2002-02-21 Thread Glyn Millington
Ian Balchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 09:28:48PM +0200, inksi wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Now I have really stuffed up my news system. :( >> >> Iniatially my potatoe box had the dialup utilities selected by >> tasksel all installed. But there seemed to be no news reader. >>

Re: really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

2002-02-21 Thread Ian Balchin
On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 09:28:48PM +0200, inksi wrote: > Hi, > > Now I have really stuffed up my news system. :( > > Iniatially my potatoe box had the dialup utilities selected by > tasksel all installed. But there seemed to be no news reader. > > 1. I then looked to installing a suitable off

really stuffed up news system!!!!!!!

2002-02-21 Thread Ian Balchin
Hi, Now I have really stuffed up my news system. :( Iniatially my potatoe box had the dialup utilities selected by tasksel all installed. But there seemed to be no news reader. 1. I then looked to installing a suitable offline news reader. 2. I thought that slrn would do the job 3. I igno