Upgrade to etch kills nntp server authentication

2007-04-12 Thread Haines Brown
As either root or user I start gnus and it seems to hang for a while, but eventually I get the message: nnetp (news.snet.sbcglobal.net) open error: ''. continuue? If I continue, my subscribed newsgroups are listed, but without any readable messages. For example: * linux.debian.user

Re: Upgrade to etch kills nntp server authentication

2007-04-12 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On 4/12/07, Haines Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As either root or user I start gnus and it seems to hang for a while, but eventually I get the message: nnetp (news.snet.sbcglobal.net) open error: ''. continuue? If I continue, my subscribed newsgroups are listed, but without any

Re: Upgrade to etch kills nntp server authentication

2007-04-12 Thread Haines Brown
Kushal, Thanks for the reply. I find that for some reason I can now access the NNTP server, and so the problem disappeared. Now I'm on to address other problems as you will see in my second query to the group. Haines -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of