Re: Cursor movement after restart of nntp connections

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
>
>> I've noticed for sometime that when I occasionally have to restart the
>> nntp connections by going to the server buffer and doing a close and
>> open on each nntp server, that when I return to the group buffer... my
>> cursor has jumped to the top of my display.
>
> I'm unable to reproduce this.
>
> When stuff like that happens, it usually means that something is killing
> a buffer and then trying to move point, which will then be in a
> different buffer.  Which, in Gnus, is usually the Group buffer.
>
> But these bugs are very difficult to track down where they happen
> exactly.
>
> Does this happen when you `C' all your nntp servers, or just some?

Now I can't reproduce it either.   It must be related to whatever is
causing the Denied to happen.  When I do Close and go back to group
point is still where I left it.  Doing close/open same story.

I have gnus setup to scan for new periodically, and often there will
come a point where one of those scans freezes gnus.

Then I will notice its frozen and do C-g. At that point I often forget
that the servers are probably denied and try to open something and get
the notice that the group can't be opened

Then comes a trip to server buffer close/open usually on at least
Gmane but sometimes both nntp servers are denied.  Its at that point
when I return to `group' that point jumps to the top.  So there is, no
doubt, more going on related to whatever froze the session.

I'll set `debug on error' and see if I can get a handy backtrace.