Re: gnus is freezing right after startup

[Slackat]

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!ÂÃÄ\"ć" [message "Quit retrieving data from nntp"
> signal quit nil] 3)
>    nntp-send-mode-reader()
>    run-hooks(nntp-server-opened-hook)
>    nntp-open-connection(#<buffer  *nntpd*>)
>    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
> 
> William
> 
> --
> (Filter noise and remark from my address for off-group replies. No cc:
> of group replies needed, thanks.)

Without wanting to be supercritical, simple tests that can be run on
speakeasy.net indicate that it is a technical disaster

If you own it, seek some help on getting it set up correctly

If you don't own it, dump it as an ISP


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