Re: slrn + slrnpull
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 02:17:46AM +0200, Shaul Karl wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I installed slrn and slrnpull for offline mail reading. There is no
> > way that the default installation works even when debconf has asked
> > all the relevant questions. Sorry for the bitch, but a whole Sunday
> > has evaporated. An install for a dialup offline newsreader should be
> > something that the install program can handle without manual
> > tinkering being needed later.
> >
> > (I am running potatoe in console mode on P120 m/c)
> >
> > The primary problem is that I cannot get the subscribed groups up in
> > slrn.
> >
> > Whether I run $ slrn --spool or plain $ slrn (must be online) only
> > the default groups are shown
> >
> > I have downloaded a full list of groups as groups.dat thus:
> >
>
>
> It might be obvious but I hope it worth asking:
> Have you type L (capital L) in order to be able to choose some more
> groups?
Yup.
Now, I dialled in with wvdial today this evening just now, and
I could see that something (looking at top) was fetching news. It
has just struck me that i did not see slrnpull.
So, I dialled in later and saw fetchnews running which is part of
the leafnode setup according to man fetchnews. Soo... I must either
find what this does with the news and cut over there to get it with
slrn, or delete the leafnode package. Since slrnpull was suggested
when choosing slrn in dselect I wonder why if the system is
configured for leafnode, and how did that come to be installed in
the first place? :(
Thanks for the idea. Maybe I'll delete the lot and start again. I
had just got some nice colors in my .slrnrc file too. :)
Ian
After this I called $ slrn --spool. I did the capital L bit and
there were my 10 groups, unsubscribed.
>
>
> > $ slrn -nntp -h news.imaginet.co.za -a -f groups.dat -create
> >
> > There is a .newsrc file which is essentially the same as the
> > groups.dat and is 155 bytes less.
> >
> > The documentation refers to .slnrc (and the /slrnpull/README.Debian
> > gives slrnrc with no dot) but slrn.rc is what we have. This has had
> > all the appropriate additions.
> >
> > set spool_inn_root "/var/spool/slrnpull"
> > set spool_root "/var/spool/slrnpull/news"
> > set spool_nov_root "/var/spool/slrnpull/news"
> > set read_active 1
> > set use_slrnpull 1
> > set server_object "spool"
> > set write_newsrc_flags 0
> > hostname "news.imaginet.co.za"
> > username "inksi"
> >
> > Why the last two lines I am not sure, since the former is given in
> > the file /etc/news/server , and the last seems superfluous since I
> > am already logged into my isp via ppp connection.
> >
> > Also I query why the set write_newsrc_flags line should have to be
> > manually put in when one has gone thru the debconf process as part
> > of the installation. In fact why should any of this have to be added
> > by hand?
> >
> > I have edited my groups into slrnpull.conf and also twice put the
> > same groups into jnews.rc which is however turned back automagically
> > to show the default installation groups with mine gone whoknowswhere.
> >
> > I can so far only read on-line.
> >
> > It is obvious that the subdirectories to /var/spool/slrnpull/news
> > are not created to store the posts. There was no reference anywhere
> > to changing permissions so have not attempted this.
> >
> > I have read the faqs etc etc and played about ineffectually for the
> > whole of today with no success.
> >
> > For an offline news reader I expect to be able to mark headers while
> > offline that I can then download on my next dialup, but I do not see
> > how this is achieved. I have managed to read but only when online,
> > and those posts, groups, & headers, that I have read are not
> > retained.
> >
> > I have run slrnpull on its own but since it is in /usr/sbin it is
> > not on the path and I conclude that it is meant to be integrated into
> > the slrn program and not run seperately. I followed the instructions
> > in /usr/share/doc/slrnpull/QUICK_INSTALL to no avail.
> >
> > Any broad help guidelines would be appreciated. Something has gone
> > wrong and only the thought of all the hours spent playing around has
> > prevented me from uninstalling the whole thing.
> >
> > Yours in need
> > Ian
> >
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> > Ian Balchin
> > http://www.imaginet.co.za/fables
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> >
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