Re: Gmane group: "411 no such group"

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:07:32 +0000 (UTC) Florent Georges <lists@fgeorges.org> 
wrote: 

FG>   Hi,
FG>   I am trying to subscribe to a Gmane group.  I did:

FG>     - B (in the group buffer)
FG>     - nntp
FG>     - news.gmane.org
FG>     - put the point on gmane.text.xml.xquery.general
FG>     - u

FG>   In the group buffer, the group appears without any article
FG> count (but "*" instead), even if I update the buffer.  If I try
FG> to open the group, I get the following error:

FG>     Couldn't activate group nntp+news.gmane.org:
FG>     gmane.text.xml.xquery.general: 411 no such group

Try opening the group from the list you got directly from the server
(where you hit `u').  If it doesn't work, try the GMane web interface to
see if this group is supported at all.

Ted