newsbin.com

I'm trying to install the latest non beta with wine on ubuntu 7.10 but it does not get past the motd stage. That window hangs, like it cannot connect. So I can't enter my registration data, only kill it.

Thanks

That window is trying to use the Internet Explorer engine to try and get the MOTD. I suspect that means that there is some DLL you need to support this.

You don't know which dll by chance? I have ie4linux setup too and I copied all dll's from there into the newsbin map, same symptom.
Any way I can circumvent the check? Once I get my reginfo in I can get rid of the window.

There is probably an entry of the form:

ShowMotd=1

in your Newsbin configuration file. I am guessing that setting this to 0 will stop the MOTD displaying.

I have put ShowMotd=0 all over the nbi file but no go.

Back when I was using newsbin freqeuently though you could only disable mtod after you entered your reg info, it wasn't something in a nbi.

Other suggestions besides forget it?

Take a hunt, if you haven't already, through the Linux section. I seem to recall an Ubuntu user got it working just fine. You're correct, I think you need motd there at least until you register.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qLDSEXiAh4

Didn't help? Getting IE running on ubuntu with wine is a very popular topic, and you mention you couldn't get that working? If you get IE working in the same wine install, it should cover this. You won't need to copy anything over, it will be installed.

DT

Thanks Dthor, but I read just about all there is to read on the forum about newsbin and linux
And I'v got ie4 linux working fine.

I'm not sure, then. I do know that NB needs the right dlls which don't come with wine(I believe they're still msvcp60.dll, mfc42.dll, although its been a while!) and you need to snag those from a windows distro.

It's possible the MOTD is a red herring and you just need those files. Don't use the freely distributed versions from wine sites - you need a legit one from a windows install. I run it on SUSE and have never had trouble.

DT

Thanks

I just tried the files from my working windows xp, no go.

Too bad.

I'm using 7.10 with the latest beta right now. I have had the same symptoms that you describe before (a year or so ago). I can't recall if I had to wipe out my ~/.wine dir or if it was just the newsbin specific directories and start fresh. I just checked my winecfg, and I dont have any special settings for newsbin.

Thanks.

You wiped out the whole .wine and installed it again and after that you could get past the motd? Hm.

I just did a fresh install. Same thing.
Don't feel like wiping out entire .wine just for newsbin yet.

Just rename it. It will recreate a new one. When you're done, you can always delete the new one and rename the old one back - works fine and do it all the time. Fastest 'windows' install in the world...

DT

Thanks for the help.

Just tried with a rename. Wine says, this program wants to display html page and if I want to install gecko. I let it do that and then same situation, just hangs at the motd.

Ok I managed to get through with an eval of crossover.

Now I get these errors on all servers if I try to download headers:

Unable to find Host None Error Code: 11001:234

Thanks.

Sounds as if it is one of the following:
- You have not set up the Server Address fields in Newsbin under Server properties? This sounds the most likely since it is talking about "None" as the server it cannot find.
- You do not have network connectivity working from Ubuntu
- You have a firewall blocking Newsbin.

itimpi wrote:Sounds as if it is one of the following:
- You have not set up the Server Address fields in Newsbin under Server properties? This sounds the most likely since it is talking about "None" as the server it cannot find.

Grin that is because I googled for that error and pasted that text from that google page. My original errors had my servernames in them.

- You do not have network connectivity working from
Ubuntu

Sure I have, other nntp thingies work fine.

- You have a firewall blocking Newsbin.

Yes it gives me that impression too. But I don't have one running, neither in ubuntu nor anything I can see in crossover.

Shrug, then it's back to SABnzbd.

wouldnt it have been better to paste your error message not something you found in google?

Unable to find Host None Error Code: 11001:234

This one's easy. You have the server name set but, the address is set to none. Go into the server options, select this server and enter "news.giganews.com" into the address field.

Quade wrote:This one's easy. You have the server name set but, the address is set to none. Go into the server options, select this server and enter "news.giganews.com" into the address field.

Yep, I entered the name allright but overlooked the adress. Excuse: Very small fonts for my eyes.

wouldnt it have been better to paste your error message not something you found in google?

Haven't you got anything better to do then non helpful picking on such trivial things? Get a life.

I recently installed Ubuntu 7.10 on my dad's computer. Everything works fine with him, except Newsbin Pro. (5.35 RC4). What happens is that I install it, (installs fine) and then he adds the server/logon name, and then he tries to add groups. This is where it locks up. He selects one of the groups, clicks okay, and sometimes it works and sometimes it just stops. Minimizing it and trying to bring it back up shows that the process has stopped. Also, when he does get it working, he'll leave it minimized and go to another program and when he tries to bring the window back up, it does the same thing. Only the window borders are visible and then it says the process is not responding and shows the options "Wait" or "Terminate Program".

Any help is appreciated.

Might be a permission issue, but more likely it's something unstable in that particular version of wine you're using. Try starting NB from the command line using 'wine nbpro.exe' and see if you get any interesting messages in the shell when this happens...

No need to change it at this point, but it's a good idea to create a new topic instead of appending to an old one...

DT

i would try a fresh install of 8.10. make sure you enable the video driver. install wine and then give it a go. im using the latest beta on ubuntu and everything works fine.