Re: Problem with newsx-1.4 connecting to INN 1.5.1 (connection reset)
I wrote: DG> However, the newsx pull from central to new-local only works DG> some of the time. There are certain articles which just hang DG> in transfer and the connection is reset at the central end. DG> Using --list and similar also seem to hang without result. You replied: > There is a bug in newsx that causes problems with articles that contain > ASCII NULs. Perhaps that is the trouble you are seeing? When moving very > large amounts of news, it you will see NULs with a certain probability. Well, in fact, the problem was actually a network problem, and not newsx as such. After weeks of intermittent network behaviour, we've been obliged to go back to plain Ethernet from FDDI, and now the newsx connection to the central machine running INN 1.5.1 works. Now that I've fiddled around and got it working, I'm very pleased that it fits seamlessly into the existing news setup, and also in the huge reduction in network traffic. I'm running C-news, nntp-1.5.11t5, newsx-1.4, on HPUX 10.20. As far as bug fixing goes, you may want to take a look at the following areas: - When the network died and newsx detected the connection reset, the lock files were never removed. - newsx dumps core if there is an in.hosts config file with anything more than comment lines in it. - I'm running a 'full' site, but only want to pull the newsgroups which are actually read[*]. For newgroup and checkgroups notification I need to pull 'control' (yes, there's lots of cancel message garbage) but you can't get newsgroups which aren't in the ME: line of the sys file. I never needed to have 'control' in the ME: line before. - the --list and --newlist options generate an active file which has an additional 5th column which is identical to the 4th. - there should be an intermediate form between --list and --newlist (and between --desc and --alldesc) which allows you to grab entries which match the ME: line of the sys file. At the moment, --list matches what you have in the in.hosts file, and --newlist matches *everything* on the feed machine, even in hierarchies which you don't want. Keep up the good work. Cheers Duncan [*] if only some newsreaders, eg Netscape didn't query the server for all newsgroups the first time you run it, thus making it appear that all newsgroups are actually being read. This is my article, not my employer's, with my opinions and my disclaimer! -- Duncan Gibson, ESTEC/YCV, Postbus 299, 2200AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands Tel: +31 71 5654013 Fax: +31 71 5656142 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- This message has been sent to you because you are subcribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from this lists, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing "unsubscribe newsx " in the message body.
Re: Problem with newsx-1.4 connecting to INN 1.5.1 (connection reset)
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, you wrote: > We're running HPUX 10.20 OK. I have received a patch for BSD. But it is quite BSD-centric, and isn't very useful elsewhere. As I said, I'm pretty close to a solution for everyone. The holiday made me loose track, but now I'm on it again ;-) I'll tell you all when it's ready - it will be ASAP. Egil -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: +47 22523641, 92022780 Fax: +47 22525899 Mail: Egil Kvaleberg, Husebybakken 14A, 0379 Oslo, Norway Home: http://www.kvaleberg.no/ --- This message has been sent to you because you are subcribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from this lists, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing "unsubscribe newsx " in the message body.
Re: Problem with newsx-1.4 connecting to INN 1.5.1 (connection reset)
On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, I wrote: DG> However, the newsx pull from central to new-local only works DG> some of the time. There are certain articles which just hang DG> in transfer and the connection is reset at the central end. DG> Using --list and similar also seem to hang without result. And you replied: EK> There is a bug in newsx that causes problems with articles that EK> contain ASCII NULs. Perhaps that is the trouble you are seeing? EK> When moving very large amounts of news, it you will see NULs with EK> a certain probability. EK> I have been working on a fix for it - it is a bit tricky to get a EK> solution that is 100% portable. And then the summer holiday came EK> in and interrupted ;-( EK> I should have the fix ready real soon now. Which Unix are you EK> running, BTW? We're running HPUX 10.20 (with patches up to the big bundle from the end of last year) but we're not 100% up to date :-( Cheers Duncan This is my article, not my employer's, with my opinions and my disclaimer! -- Duncan Gibson, ESTEC/YCV, Postbus 299, 2200AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands Tel: +31 71 5654013 Fax: +31 71 5656142 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- This message has been sent to you because you are subcribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from this lists, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing "unsubscribe newsx " in the message body.
Re: Problem with newsx-1.4 connecting to INN 1.5.1 (connection reset)
On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, you wrote: > However, the newsx pull from central to new-local only works > some of the time. There are certain articles which just hang > in transfer and the connection is reset at the central end. > Using --list and similar also seem to hang without result. There is a bug in newsx that causes problems with articles that contain ASCII NULs. Perhaps that is the trouble you are seeing? When moving very large amounts of news, it you will see NULs with a certain probability. I have been working on a fix for it - it is a bit tricky to get a solution that is 100% portable. And then the summer holiday came in and interrupted ;-( I should have the fix ready real soon now. Which Unix are you running, BTW? Egil -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: +47 22523641, 92022780 Fax: +47 22525899 Mail: Egil Kvaleberg, Husebybakken 14A, 0379 Oslo, Norway Home: http://www.kvaleberg.no/ --- This message has been sent to you because you are subcribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from this lists, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing "unsubscribe newsx " in the message body.
Problem with newsx-1.4 connecting to INN 1.5.1 (connection reset)
/* this article has also been sent to news.software.nntp */ The site feed is running INN 1.5.1 We are running C-news(G) and nntp-1.5.11t5 on our local system so that we can determine our own expiry times on groups of interest to us. Our local system is about to be disposed of, so I've just set up C-news(G) and nntp-1.5.11t5 on a new system (HPUX 10.20) but to avoid the network overload, I've also installed newsx-1.4. What I therefore have at the moment is this INN C-news C-news +---+ nntp +-+ newsx +-+ > |central| <> |old-local| > |new-local| +---++-+ pull +-+ | ^ +---+ newsx pull (almost) The newsx pull from old-local to new-local appears to work without any problems. However, the newsx pull from central to new-local only works some of the time. There are certain articles which just hang in transfer and the connection is reset at the central end. Using --list and similar also seem to hang without result. Has anybody else seen this? Is there something special I have to do when connecting to a remote INN server? Cheers Duncan This is my article, not my employer's, with my opinions and my disclaimer! -- Duncan Gibson, ESTEC/YCV, Postbus 299, 2200AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands Tel: +31 71 5654013 Fax: +31 71 5656142 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- This message has been sent to you because you are subcribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from this lists, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing "unsubscribe newsx " in the message body.
