Hi Thomas, On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Thomas Ammermann wrote: > I am currently evaluating nntpcache 2.3.3. I configured and compiled the sources > without any errors on my Linux-machine (x86 with SuSE 6.3). > > In the config files I told the server to pick cache news from one single > newsserver, i gave access rights to everyone and i turned off nocem. > > When I start nntpcached I can see two processes (one waiting for requests on > port 119, the other one merging information from the specified newsserver). > After a while the second process disappears (probably because it is ready), and > I try to pick up the cached news with my Netscape Messenger client. But I keep > getting the message "initial server rebuild in progress (xxx groups complete), > please try again later". > > I read in the documentation that it takes a while for the server to initialize > its database, but mine isn't doing anything besides waiting for > port-119-requests. > > Can anyone tell me, what's wrong with my server ? Try upgrading to nntpcache-2.4.0b5 first. This seems *fairly* stable under linux. Any idea how few/many groups your host news server has? If it has under 3000, you'll need to lower the 'minActive' setting in your config file, to a lower number. Let me know if this still doesn't help. Peter.
