From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/8406 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lowell Gilbert Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: gnus is freezing right after startup Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:11:46 -0500 Message-ID: <44irg1wcp9.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1166974857 28951 80.91.229.10 (24 Dec 2006 15:40:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:40:57 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 24 16:40:56 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GyVT5-0004Eh-3C for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 16:40:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GyVT4-0003j6-JC for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:40:54 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.speakeasy.net!news.speakeasy.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 09:11:46 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (berkeley-unix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:AnDKh/KaMuhENV6yKajfNog9XOs= Original-Lines: 55 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.92.78.145 Original-X-Trace: sv3-CLFqAktpeMZvl1Ojq4ceQyTjzH78ZzOJF9WFoSkqvAZk6oWetJs3Qak6BfFU4c5lDlaZLyUeXCP5dWC!EaLXDA+V+FDzVz3HVOTRWD++OPNAGRURSofS+5m/WN/REtasOyTx4BxCeDcOXMQsYjZfkab7RhSG!8C9uE5woEw== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@speakeasy.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@speakeasy.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:78591 Original-To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:8406 Archived-At: William Warren <""william_warren_nonoise\"@speakeasy(William Warren).net"> writes: > Thanks for reading this. I have a problem with gnus freezing right > after I start it. I get a message that says "Loading > gnus-start...done", but then emacs stops responding. The only Google > hit was from 2001, and it mentioned a file Debian doesn't use, so I'll > ask for help from the group. > > I use emacs 21.4.1 and gnus 5.9.0 on Debian Sarge. > > Here's the .gnus.el file: > > (setq user-mail-address "william_warren_nonoise@speakeasy(William\ > Warren).net") > (setq user-full-name "William Warren") > (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.speakeasy.net")) > (setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it) > (setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it) > (setq smtpmail-default-smtp-server "localhost") > > > I set the toggle-debug-on-quit option, and bailed out of gnus with Cntl-g. > > Here's the debug output: > > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (quit) > signal(quit nil) > byte-code("ÀÁ!ˆÂÃÄ\"ˆÄ‡" [message "Quit retrieving data from nntp" > signal quit nil] 3) > nntp-send-mode-reader() > run-hooks(nntp-server-opened-hook) > nntp-open-connection(#) > nntp-open-server("news.speakeasy.net" nil) > gnus-open-server((nntp "news.speakeasy.net")) > gnus-start-news-server(nil) > gnus-1(nil nil nil) > gnus(nil) > * call-interactively(gnus) > execute-extended-command(nil) > call-interactively(execute-extended-command) > > All suggestions welcome. Thanks for your time Hmm. Strange; it looks like it's actually hanging on the NNTP negotiations, so it opened the connection successfully and exchanged the initial handshake. A little bit of NNTP debugging would be the next step, if you feel knowledgeable enough about it. Even if you don't, capturing the traffic might be informative. news.speakeasy.net is Giganews, which is one of the more reliable Usenet servers you could be trying, so at least you shouldn't have to debug the server itself. There could be a firewall getting in the way, but you seem to be getting far enough in setting up the connection that I consider that unlikely.