In article <1994Mar11.124253.23301@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] (Kent Covert) writes: > Just an update on the problems with NEWS... > > Here's what we've found so far: > 1) The upgrade to NEWS seemed to fix the problems we were originally > having with the NEWS. These problems would cause the system to add the > header of a news message, but not the text of the message. The system > would get the error "Out of Core". User's would then see the error "Cannot > access item text" on those messages. > > 2) We again had problems on 3/10/94 (after the upgrade). These were > tracked down to a cache problem that made this system think it had more > disk space then was really available. Therefore, the system was running > out of disk space when trying to add messages. Both of these problems appear to be fixed. > 3) The new version of NEWS, has a problem with the partial messages that > were created by problems #1 and #2. These problems, which only affect > OCEAN, are characterized by the message "SMG-F-INVCOL, invalid column" and > then NEWS exits. We are working with DEC to try to correct this problem. This should now be fixed. The problem was caused by a vital routine not being called before the system redisplayed the screen. If you want to see this for yourself, try to view item 439 in mu.for-sale. This message would cause NEWS to exit with the "SMG-F-INVCOL, invalid column" error. You can now safely view this message, although there is no textual portion of the message. Another problem has appeared, though. Occasionally, the system will issue a SET PROFILE/DISPLAY=UNSEENSTACK command for no apparent reason. What this does is to display only unread items. This problem can be repaired by issuing the command SET PROFILE/DISPLAY=ALLITEMS. We are looking into the cause of the problem. -- Kent Covert, Software Coordinator Miami Computing and Information Services Miami University, Oxford, OH [log in to unmask] (internet) kacovert@miavx1 (bitnet)