From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/57976 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Greiner Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Weird infinite (?) loop when entering newsgroup Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 23:44:56 -0500 Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: References: <87zn81quz1.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> <874qp0k721.fsf@trouble.defaultvalue.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1088138824 10712 80.91.224.253 (25 Jun 2004 04:47:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 04:47:04 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M6517@lists.math.uh.edu Fri Jun 25 06:46:55 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bdic2-0007vA-00 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 06:46:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1Bdiad-0005FH-00; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 23:45:27 -0500 Original-Received: from util2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.23]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1BdiaU-0005F9-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 23:45:18 -0500 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by util2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BdiaT-0008Ic-57 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 23:45:17 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org (quimby.gnus.org [80.91.224.244]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 289BD3A003F for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 23:45:16 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from news by quimby.gnus.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BdiaN-0006ta-00 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 06:45:11 +0200 Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnus.ding Original-Lines: 47 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup-216-12-206-64.ev1.net Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1088138709 25572 216.12.206.64 (25 Jun 2004 04:45:09 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 04:45:09 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Wt9u5BLu1wwk3i8apmCsBYtdDXQ= Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:57976 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:57976 Rob Browning writes: > Miles Bader writes: > >> I've just starting using Gnus 5.10.6 (is this group the appropriate >> place to post bug reports for older versions?), and when I try to >> enter the newgroup "comp.emacs", it never seems to succeed, instead >> printing out an infinite series of messages; I think I've >> succesfully entered that newsgroup using 5.10.6 before (yesterday >> :-) though. > > For what it's worth, I have the same trouble here when entering > comp.lang.scheme. > > Finding sort keys... > Sorting records... > Reordering buffer... Done > Overview buffer contains garbage ' '. > Overview buffer contains garbage ' <3f660e04$0$2839$80265adb@spool.cs.wisc.edu> 5637 111 Xref: intern1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com comp.lang.scheme:44310'. > Overview buffer contains garbage ' 17925 326 Xref: intern1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com comp.lang.scheme:45042'. > Overview buffer contains garbage ' <3f6526a1$0$2840$80265adb@spool.cs.wisc.edu>'. > Overview buffer contains garbage ' '. > Overview buffer contains garbage ' <3f660e04$0$2839$80265adb@spool.cs.wisc.edu> 5637 111 Xref: intern1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com comp.lang.scheme:44310'. > Overview buffer contains garbage ' '. > Overview buffer contains garbage ' <3f660e04$0$2839$80265adb@spool.cs.wisc.edu> 5637 111 Xref: intern1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com comp.lang.scheme:44310'. > Overview buffer contains garbage ' 17925 326 Xref: intern1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com comp.lang.scheme:45042'. > Overview buffer not sorted! > Finding sort keys... > Sorting records... > Reordering buffer... Done > > This segment repeats indefinitely. The problem is that your server sent some garbage that is now confusing the agent. One, or more, of your article numbers is currently so large that it overflows the emacs integer variable. Your fix is to edit the .overview file for the group having the problem. The first number on each line is the article number. Look for lines whose article numbers are not consistent with the rest of the file. Most times when this problem has been reported, the article number has been duplicated (that is, you have 123456123456 when the correct number was 123456). Just delete the problem lines then save the file. You should now be able to enter the group and, when you do, the agent will re-fetch the headers that you just deleted. Kevin