> -----Original Message----- > From: shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Elton Woo > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 8:16 AM > To: Shrike Mailing List > Subject: Error: reading from socket? why all of a sudden?? > > > I can't connect to my ISP's news server, either with Mozilla > or with PAN. This is what the log in PAN shows: > > News server connection count: 0 > Mon, 09 Jun 2003 01:55:15 - Connection to news.videotron.ca, port > 119 failed: > Connection refused > Mon, 09 Jun 2003 01:55:15 - Error: reading from socket returned > -1. Bad file > descriptor > Mon, 09 Jun 2003 01:55:15 - NNTP handshake failed: Error reading > from socket. > Mon, 09 Jun 2003 01:55:15 - Handshake failed: Error reading from socket. > Mon, 09 Jun 2003 01:55:15 - NNTP handshake failed: Error reading > from socket. > Mon, 09 Jun 2003 01:55:15 - Connect Failure > > (Kindly pardon my ignorance...) > What does "error reading from socket" mean? ... and why am I now suddenly > getting this problem? I *did* check with Google to try and educate myself, > but I couldn't find a clear explanation. My search results just turned > up the same question being asked here and there.... "Error reading from socket" means... that it attempted to read from, in this case an internet protocol socket, and that this failed for some reason. In this case that reason specifically is that the socket is not in the connected state. And it is not connected because the connect attempt failed. And it most likely failed because the news server you are using is rejecting connections, probably because the news server software is/was not running because it crashed or was brought down for maintenance, or the admin of that server has blocked access from your IP address (intentionally or not). -- Vik
