nntp not showing in initial group buffer

[William Henderson]

Recently I had to re-install my emacs/gnus from scratch, something I had
never had to do in 20 years or so, having previously been able to copy
in from backups.

This is what I find:
Upon loading emacs and starting gnus, the nnml groups all appear in the
initial buffer, but nntp groups do not.
eg:
      3: nnml:bank-finance.bmo
      5: nnml:cronjob.hourly
      2:*nnml:forum.gnus
      5: nnml:mail.misc
      1: nnml:shopping.aliexpress
      6: nnrss:YTS RSS

but after hitting "L" to get a full listing, they come up perfectly.
      0: nndraft:drafts
     20: rec.bicycles.racing
     14: alt.test.test

Can anyone suggest what I might to to correct this?

-- 
Bill Henderson
aka Slackrat
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