From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/80929 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Cannot read partial active file from nntp server. Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:08:32 +0100 Message-ID: <87r4yq8qan.fsf@tsdh.uni-koblenz.de> References: <8762g2ahse.fsf@tsdh.uni-koblenz.de> <877h0iiw55.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1327327835 26008 80.91.229.12 (23 Jan 2012 14:10:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:10:35 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M29211@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Jan 23 15:10:31 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RpKbO-0007bf-Eq for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:10:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1RpKZj-0000zP-41; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:08:47 -0600 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1RpKZg-0000zD-HD for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:08:44 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RpKZf-0001VZ-Av for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:08:44 -0600 Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.64.15]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RpKZd-0005Db-OA for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:08:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56B33D23AF for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:08:40 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at uni-koblenz.de Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (deliver.uni-koblenz.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id tAjyPd5DvAZe for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:08:39 +0100 (CET) X-CHKRCPT: Envelopesender noch tassilo@member.fsf.org Original-Received: from tsdh.uni-koblenz.de (tsdh.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.67.142]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DF884D23AE for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:08:39 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <877h0iiw55.fsf@gmail.com> (Antoine Levitt's message of "Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:52:06 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:80929 Archived-At: Antoine Levitt writes: > 23/01/12 10:29, Tassilo Horn >> Hi all, >> >> since about two weeks or so, I frequently get this message when hitting >> `g' in *Group*. Uni is my universities nntp server. >> >> Warning: Refusing to do retrieval from Uni because a retrieval is already happening >> Cannot read partial active file from nntp server. >> >> When I close and reopen the server the message disappeares for some >> time. How can I debug what's wrong? >> >> It might be related to the fact that sometimes Gnus freezes while >> fetching news during "nnimap read XXk" and I have to interrupt using >> C-g, althougt that always happens with nnimap... >> >> Bye, >> Tassilo > > I also get similar symptoms. I will try to get a proper backtrace next time. Indeed, it seems to be caused by interrupting a frozen `gnus-group-get-new-news' call using C-g. I've tried to get a backtrace using `toggle-debug-on-error', but that doesn't put me in the debugger. Bye, Tassilo