hi julian ! this is the *.debug syslog after signal -2 and starting trn from a remote server Jan 18 18:55:59 bfl-sg5 nntpcached[2609]: nntpcache.c:385: starting client task Jan 18 18:55:59 bfl-sg5 nntpcache-client[2642]: client task awakening Jan 18 18:55:59 bfl-sg5 nntpcache-client[2642]: bfl-sc1 connect from unknown@bfl-sc1 (192.168.5.2) Jan 18 18:55:59 bfl-sg5 nntpcache-client[2642]: sockets.c:401: <- MODE READER Jan 18 18:55:59 bfl-sg5 nntpcache-client[2642]: sockets.c:401: <- list active control Jan 18 18:55:59 bfl-sg5 nntpcache-client[2642]: sockets.c:401: <- XOVER Jan 18 18:55:59 bfl-sg5 nntpcache-client[2642]: sockets.c:401: <- LIST overview.fmt Jan 18 18:55:59 bfl-sg5 nntpcache-client[2642]: list.c:588: sending overview.fmt Jan 18 18:55:59 bfl-sg5 nntpcache-client[2642]: sockets.c:401: <- XTHREAD DBINIT Jan 18 18:55:59 bfl-sg5 nntpcache-client[2642]: sockets.c:105: connected to NNTP server news.austria.eu.net. as DEFAULT Jan 18 18:56:00 bfl-sg5 nntpcache-client[2642]: sockets.c:437: => [news.austria.eu.net.] XTHREAD DBINIT and this is the point, where everthing hangs. after several minutes of wait i kill trn. best regards from vienna | mayer @ unisys.co.at hans | mayer @ relay.bfl.at > > > hi all ! > > > > i have installed nntpcache-2.2b5 > > my news reader trn hangs after i am connecting the nntpcache host. > > all what i see is: > > > > sc1:mayer> trn > > Connecting to bfl-sg5...Done. > > > > then nothing, what i can do is a kill signal to this process. > > > > if i start nntpcached with option -n it goes on , if > > i key in a ctrl-c > > > > below you see the log of the syslog-server. > > > > what to do ? how to debug ? > > the same trn works with a nntpcache host running version 1.0.1 > > Send the master daemon a SIGINT, this will turn on the full > debugging set. Make sure you are loging *.debug messages somewhere, > then fire up trn and see what its saying. > > Cheers, > Julian. >