Armin M. Warda wrote (03-05-2006 21:49): > Hi, > > starting today, whenever I refresh the http://lwn.net/headlines/rss > (Linux Weekly News) feed, the osso_rss_feed_reader (News reader) > hangs. > > Any similiar experiences or ideas? I had the same problem with 5.2006.13-7, and since the news reader is the program I use the most, in the end I reverted to the previous release again. I had several feeds which caused the news reader to hang. Apparently the news reader in the 5.2006.13-7 release has some serious issues. Ren? Seindal. > > More details: > > Since november last year I have been reading this LWN feed all the > time without problems on my Nokia 770, with all SW versions, > 1.2005.42-9 through 5.2006.13-7, which I am using now. > > When I remove the LWN feed from the News reader, I am able to refresh > all feeds again, without hang. But if I try to add the LWN feed > again, via the URL http://lwn.net/headlines/rss, the News reader > hangs immediately and can only be killed from an xterm. (Then I have > to kill five processes of osso_rss_feed_reader, but sometimes this > does not help, because the News reader icon does not disappear from > the task list, preventing to restart another instance of the News > reader again, unless I reboot.) > > What I already tried without success: > - rebooted the device several times > - run the device without swap on the RS-MMC > - removed the favicons and feeds directories from > /home/user/.osso_rss_feed_reader/cache/ > I have not yet reflashed the device. > > The only thing that avoids the hang is not to add the LWN feed. > > I manually downloaded the rdf from http://lwn.net/headlines/rss to the > browser, to me the rdf looks sane. It should not hang the News > reader. I have archived a copy of this rdf, just in case, the problem > disappears without notice, and still anybody want's to analyze it. > > regards, Armin. > -- Ren? Seindal (rene at seindal.dk)
