tony@uhcmtg.phys.hawaii.edu (Antonio Querubin) (02/19/91)
Is there a list of known TheNews bugs? I've just tried installing this and it worked the first few times around. Then all of a sudden it stopped listing any unread article headers. It also seems to hang the Mac once in a while when I try to exit the program. Antonio Querubin tony@uhcmtg.phys.hawaii.edu
mcdougal@tenacity.uchicago.edu (Tom McDougal) (03/06/91)
Details on TheNews bugs: TheNews often has trouble connecting to our news server. This may be a timeout problem; our server often takes awhile to respond. It often helps if I connect to it first some other way, e.g. use NCSA telnet to read news on our local host which accesses the news server. Second, an apparently known problem w/ closing a groups file. If additions/deletions have been made, TheNews crashes. Bill Cramer advised me that the changes are saved before the crash. A kind soul (sorry, I don't have your name anymore! :-]) also told me about that bug and said that if I open the groups file "with refresh" before making changes, the crash can be avoided. Unfortunately, "Open with refresh" crashes (ID=02) after checking the last newsgroup. -- --Tom (mcdougal@cs.uchicago.edu) 2025, Edgar Spindizzy realizes that his time machine works.
s.sutherland@trl.oz.au (Scott Sutherland) (03/08/91)
In article <MCDOUGAL.91Mar6095205@tenacity.uchicago.edu> mcdougal@tenacity.uchicago.edu (Tom McDougal) writes: >Details on TheNews bugs: > [stuff deleted] > >Second, an apparently known problem w/ closing a groups file. If >additions/deletions have been made, TheNews crashes. Bill Cramer >advised me that the changes are saved before the crash. Bill also told _me_ this: >I've come across one problem that sounds similar -- if I add or delete >a newsgroup from the subscribed list, on quit TheNews stumbles all over >itself, often rendering the Mac completely frozen. This problem has >been fixed in V2.0, which should be available in the next week or two. >If the problem you've experienced shows up under some other circumstance, >I'd like to get more details. > >Regards, >Bill Cramer __________________________________________________________________________ Scott Sutherland Internet: s.sutherland@trl.oz.au X400: g=scott s=sutherland ou=trl o=telecom pr=telecom006 ad=telememo c=au Telecom Research Laboratories Voice: +61 3 541 6340 P.O Box 249 CLAYTON VIC 3168 Australia Fax: +61 3 543 1944