Eric.Edwards@samba.acs.unc.edu (BBS Account) (08/08/90)
Settling up Dnews
I'm still haveing trouble setting up Dnews. I've tried
1) hierarchical format
comp.sys.amiga -> comp/sys/amiga with amiga being
a directory containing news files.
2) non hierarchial format
comp.sys.amiga directory
3) straight file
comp.sys.amiga file
Every time, Dnews churns the disk and then prints "couldn't find any news!"
I went through the complete slow setup for a two floppy system.
Can someone maybe send me a directory of their news directory
as in dir UUNEWS:* all
<<<Thanks>>>
Eric Edwards
Eric.Edwards@samba.acs.unc.edu
"Hanging out at Samba, desperately seeking a 3090"rea@AntHill.UUCP (Robert E. Anderson) (08/10/90)
>In article <756@beguine.UUCP> Eric.Edwards@samba.acs.unc.edu (BBS Account) writes: >Settling up Dnews > >I'm still haveing trouble setting up Dnews. I've tried > >1) hierarchical format > comp.sys.amiga -> comp/sys/amiga with amiga being > a directory containing news files. >2) non hierarchial format > comp.sys.amiga directory >3) straight file > comp.sys.amiga file > >Every time, Dnews churns the disk and then prints "couldn't find any news!" > >I went through the complete slow setup for a two floppy system. >Can someone maybe send me a directory of their news directory > as in dir UUNEWS:* all > > <<<Thanks>>> > > Eric Edwards > Eric.Edwards@samba.acs.unc.edu > "Hanging out at Samba, desperately seeking a 3090" The answer to this problem is simple, if you have everything else set up properly you should: edit your "uulib:NewsGroups" file and remove the blasted :'s then delete your name.dnewsrc & name.dnewskl files. Now you too should have newsgroups other than "junk". Does Matt Dillon know about this bug, I though I must have missed the post during one of my catchup on all newsgroup fits. Guesse that's why he left "c" out of dnews ;) You may have a problem different than this since I had all my news, it was just in a "junk" directory. (I think this is the rejects directory refered to in the docs.) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Robert E. Anderson From the Ant Hill Research Computing Center unhd.unh.edu!AntHill!rea Durham NH 03824 Amiga 500 UUCP / Dillon ---------------------------------------------------------------- "Welcome my son, welcome to the machine." - Pink Ployd
david@starsoft.UUCP (Dave Lowrey) (08/16/90)
>In article <rea.2078@AntHill.UUCP> rea@AntHill.UUCP (Robert E. Anderson) writes: >>In article <756@beguine.UUCP> Eric.Edwards@samba.acs.unc.edu (BBS Account) writes: >>Settling up Dnews >> >>I'm still haveing trouble setting up Dnews. I've tried >> >>1) hierarchical format >> comp.sys.amiga -> comp/sys/amiga with amiga being >> a directory containing news files. >>2) non hierarchial format >> comp.sys.amiga directory >>3) straight file >> comp.sys.amiga file >> >>Every time, Dnews churns the disk and then prints "couldn't find any news!" >> >>I went through the complete slow setup for a two floppy system. >>Can someone maybe send me a directory of their news directory >> as in dir UUNEWS:* all >> >> <<<Thanks>>> >> >> Eric Edwards >> Eric.Edwards@samba.acs.unc.edu >> "Hanging out at Samba, desperately seeking a 3090" > >The answer to this problem is simple, if you have everything else set up >properly you should: > >edit your "uulib:NewsGroups" file and remove the blasted :'s >then delete your name.dnewsrc & name.dnewskl files. >Now you too should have newsgroups other than "junk". > >Does Matt Dillon know about this bug, I though I must have missed the >post during one of my catchup on all newsgroup fits. Guesse that's >why he left "c" out of dnews ;) > >You may have a problem different than this since I had all my news, >it was just in a "junk" directory. (I think this is the rejects directory >refered to in the docs.) > Another problem could be your assigns. 1.06 is VERY pickey about them. If I assign something to USERNANE, then dnews produces exactly the same symptoms (can't find news). My guess is that if dnews finds any assigns that would normally be found in s:UUConfig, then it ignores s:UUconfig completely! -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- These words be mine. The company doesn't care, because I am the company! :-) Dave Lowrey | david@starsoft or {uhnix1,moray}!starsoft!david Starbound Software Group | Houston, TX | "Dare to be stupid!" -- Weird Al Yankovich
mstgil@supernet.haus.com (Marc Ph. A. J. St.-Gil) (08/17/90)
david@starsoft.UUCP (Dave Lowrey) writes: [ stuff deleted ] >Another problem could be your assigns. 1.06 is VERY pickey about them. >If I assign something to USERNANE, then dnews produces exactly the >same symptoms (can't find news). >My guess is that if dnews finds any assigns that would normally be >found in s:UUConfig, then it ignores s:UUconfig completely! If you'll check your docs, you'll see that this is documented. Use UULIB:Config instead. Marc St.-Gil -- Marc St.-Gil: Harris Adacom Corporation / 16001 Dallas Pkwy. / Dallas, TX 75248 Internet: mstgil@supernet.haus.com or mstgil@supernet.lonestar.org Usenet: uunet!{iex,ntvax}!supernet!mstgil DISCLAIMER: My employer had no idea I was going to say that.