0.65 on NT -- cannot read uplugged news

[jari.aalto@poboxes.com (Jari Aalto+mail.emacs)]

	I'm solwly starting Gnus at my Pc and I'm having troubles
	reading the Agent loaded files.

	-- Downloading the selected files from newsgrous worked ok,
	   and they are on my disk

	But if I start gnus-unplugged and try to read any of the downloaded
	newsgroups I get error error below. The group line was:

         *: nntp+uutiset.saunalahti.fi:alt.privacy.anon-server

	I traced the error to the call:

(deffoo nnml-request-group (group &optional server dont-check)
     ...
     (t
      (nnheader-re-read-dir nnml-current-directory)

      (nnmail-activate 'nnml)

	 ;;  --> Which calls
         (funcall (intern (format "%s-request-list" backend))
	  --> nnml-request-list
	     (setq nnml-group-alist (nnmail-get-active))
				    ================== nil
				       (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
						   ========== " *nntpd*
						      --> buffer is empty

      (let ((active (nth 1 (assoc group nnml-group-alist))))
			   ================================= nil
      .... 

	why is the nntp-server-buffer pointing to *nntpd* buffer? That
        causes the nnml-group-alist be empty and thus the error message.
	The initial agent variables seems look ok

nnagent-directory "~/News/agent/nntp/uutiset.saunalahti.fi/"
nnagent-active-file "~/News/agent/nntp/uutiset.saunalahti.fi/agent.lib/active"

	except that there doesn't seem to be "active" file; only a "history"
	file. When is it supposed to be generated?

	Is there something I could investigate more to find the cause?
	jari


 Signaling: (error "Couldn't request group nntp+uutiset.saunalahti.fi:comp.software.shareware.announce: Opened server uutiset.saunalahti.fi using directory ~/News/agent/nntp/uutiset.saunalahti.fi/")
  signal(error ("Couldn't request group nntp+uutiset.saunalahti.fi:comp.software.shareware.announce: Opened server uutiset.saunalahti.fi using directory ~/News/agent/nntp/uutiset.saunalahti.fi/"))
  error("Couldn't request group %s: %s" "nntp+uutiset.saunalahti.fi:comp.software.shareware.announce" "Opened server uutiset.saunalahti.fi using directory ~/News/agent/nntp/uutiset.saunalahti.fi/")
  (progn (when (equal major-mode ...) (kill-buffer ...)) (error "Couldn't request group %s: %s" group (gnus-status-message group)))
  (or (and entry (not ...)) (gnus-activate-group group) (progn (when ... ...) (error "Couldn't request group %s: %s" group ...)))
  (let* ((entry ...) (gnus-summary-ignore-duplicates ...) (info ...) articles fetched-articles cached) (unless (gnus-check-server ...) (error "Couldn't open server")) (or (and entry ...) (gnus-activate-group group) (progn ... ...)) (unless (gnus-request-group group t) (when ... ...) (error "Couldn't request group %s: %s" group ...)) (setq gnus-newsgroup-name group) (setq gnus-newsgroup-unselected nil) (setq gnus-newsgroup-unreads (gnus-list-of-unread-articles group)) (gnus-newsgroup-setup-default-charset) (when info (gnus-adjust-marked-articles info)) (when (gnus-virtual-group-p group) (setq cached gnus-newsgroup-cached)) (setq gnus-newsgroup-unreads (gnus-set-difference ... gnus-newsgroup-dormant)) (setq gnus-newsgroup-processable nil) (gnus-update-read-articles group gnus-newsgroup-unreads) (if (setq articles select-articles) (setq gnus-newsgroup-unselected ...) (setq articles ...)) (cond (... ...) (... nil) (t ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
 )!
!
!
))
  gnus-select-newsgroup("nntp+uutiset.saunalahti.fi:comp.software.shareware.announce" nil nil)
  (and new-group (gnus-select-newsgroup group show-all select-articles))
  (let* ((new-group ...) (quit-config ...) (did-select ...)) (cond (... ... ... ... ... ... ... t) (... ... ... nil) (... ... ... ... ...) (t ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...)))
  gnus-summary-read-group-1("nntp+uutiset.saunalahti.fi:comp.software.shareware.announce" nil nil nil nil nil)
  (or (gnus-summary-read-group-1 group show-all no-article kill-buffer no-display select-articles) (setq show-all nil select-articles nil))
  (let ((gnus-auto-select-next nil)) (or (gnus-summary-read-group-1 group show-all no-article kill-buffer no-display select-articles) (setq show-all nil select-articles nil)))
  (setq result (let (...) (or ... ...)))
  (null (setq result (let ... ...)))
  (and group (null (setq result ...)) (eq gnus-auto-select-next (quote quietly)))
  (while (and group (null ...) (eq gnus-auto-select-next ...)) (set-buffer gnus-group-buffer) (when backward (gnus-group-prev-unread-group 2)) (if (not ...) (setq group ...) (setq group nil)))
  (let (result) (while (and group ... ...) (set-buffer gnus-group-buffer) (when backward ...) (if ... ... ...)) result)
  gnus-summary-read-group("nntp+uutiset.saunalahti.fi:comp.software.shareware.announce" nil nil nil nil nil nil)
  (let ((no-display ...) (group ...) number active marked entry) (when (eq all 0) (setq all nil)) (unless group (error "No group on current line")) (setq marked (gnus-info-marks ...)) (setq number (cond ... ... ...)) (gnus-summary-read-group group (or all ...) no-article nil no-display nil select-articles))
  gnus-group-read-group(nil nil nil)
  (if (gnus-group-topic-p) (let (...) (gnus-topic-fold all)) (gnus-group-read-group all no-article group))
  gnus-topic-read-group(nil)
  gnus-mouse-pick-topic((mouse-2 (#<window 15 on *Group*> 291 (520 . 96) 106084475)))
  call-interactively(gnus-mouse-pick-topic)