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Started by Christopher McRae
Wed, 15 Apr 1992 22:15
NewsGrazer crashes -- too many groups?
Author: Christopher McRae
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 22:15
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 22:15
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Hi, Our newsgroup count recently passwd the 1500 mark and we ended up having to recompile rn. Now, we've noticed that NewsGrazer isn't working anymore either. It starts up and chews on the active file for a little while and then quits with a "Bus Error". Is there anyone out there with any ideas on how to proceed? Thanks, Chris ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris McRae chris@cognet.ucla.edu Cognet System Administrator (310) 206-3960 Cognitive Science Research Program University of California at Los Angeles
Summary: NewsGrazer crashes -- too many groups?
Author: Christopher McRae
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 18:59
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 18:59
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This is a summary of the responses I received as a result of the following post. Thanks to all who replied. :-) In article <1992Apr15.221558.19453@cognet.ucla.edu> chris@polaris.cognet.ucla.edu (Christopher McRae) writes: >Hi, > > Our newsgroup count recently passwd the 1500 mark and we >ended up having to recompile rn. Now, we've noticed that >NewsGrazer isn't working anymore either. It starts up and >chews on the active file for a little while and then quits >with a "Bus Error". > Is there anyone out there with any ideas on how to proceed? > > [ sig deleted ] It turns out the problem is not due to the number of newsgroups we have. Rather, it is due to number of dots in a newsgroup name. Someone recently created the following two bogus newsgroups: alt.music.pop.will.eat.itself.the.poppies.are.on.patrol alt.music.pop.will.eat.itself.X.Y.and.Z.electrix.sunshine.mix NewsGrazer crashes with a "Bus Error" message when it sees groups, such as these, with 10 (or more) dots in the name. The solution is to remove these bogus groups (ask your news admin). Pascal Chesnais (lacsap@plethora.media.mit.edu) says that NeXT has a version of NewsGrazer which fixes this, but is not releasing it yet. Thanks again -- Chris ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris McRae chris@cognet.ucla.edu Cognet System Administrator (310) 206-3960 Cognitive Science Research Program University of California at Los Angeles
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