Emacs 20.7, Gnus 5.8.8

Highlights of .gnus:

(setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "nntp.ifi.uio.no"))

(setq gnus-default-subscribed-newsgroups
      '("ifi.tavle" "ifi.fritt-forum"))

When I start Gnus on a clean account, I only get nndraft:drafts in
*Group*; shouldn't I also get ifi.tavle and ifi.fritt-forum?

.newsrc.eld after starting from scratch (no .newsrc or .newsrc.eld),
starting Emacs, starting Gnus, quitting Gnus: