MT-Newswatcher and Snow Leopard
Blackjack Joe
Curious if anyone else is having the trouble that I'm having with
MT-Newswatcher hanging a lot now that I'm running on Snow Leopard.
I've tried both the current release and the latest beta. The hangs seem
to be random, but very commonly it'll hang when I try to quit, but I
have seen it hang right in the middle of typing an article to be posted.
Thanks,
Joe.
Barry Margolin
Blackjack Joe <net...@jkonton.best.vwh.net> wrote:
I haven't noticed any problems since upgrading to SL.
I've had problems with MT-NW crashing when I quit, but they started long
before SL. Disabling SSL resolved this.
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Fred McKenzie
Barry Margolin <bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> I've had problems with MT-NW crashing when I quit, but they started long
> before SL. Disabling SSL resolved this.
Barry-
Please elaborate on how you disable SSL.
My 3.5.3b3 crashes when I quit, but I have tried closing the groups
window first. I thought that would disconnect the news host, and SSL
would no longer apply.
After closing the connection, I've tried changing the preferences before
quitting. About 2 out of 3 times, this seems to let MT-NewsWatcher quit
without crashing. Perhaps it is just a coincidence, but the crash is
almost 100% if I quit while still connected.
Fred
Zaphod42
Barry Margolin <bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <netuse1-ED28C9...@secure.news.us.easynews.com>,
> Blackjack Joe <net...@jkonton.best.vwh.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Curious if anyone else is having the trouble that I'm having with
> > MT-Newswatcher hanging a lot now that I'm running on Snow Leopard.
> >
> > I've tried both the current release and the latest beta. The hangs seem
> > to be random, but very commonly it'll hang when I try to quit, but I
> > have seen it hang right in the middle of typing an article to be posted.
>
> I haven't noticed any problems since upgrading to SL.
>
> I've had problems with MT-NW crashing when I quit, but they started long
> before SL. Disabling SSL resolved this.
It's not actually a crash, it's the spinning beach ball of death and I
have to force quit. I am using SSL. Never had a problem before moving to
Snow Leopard. If it's something else besides that I've upgraded to Snow
Leopard, I wonder what it is. It can happen at most any time, it doesn't
happen every time I quit, but about 50%. Most irritating was the time it
happened right in the middle of typing.
I'll try disabling SSL and see if that makes a difference.
Thanks.
Blackjack Joe
It's not actually a crash, it's the spinning beach ball of death and I
have to force quit. I am using SSL. Never had a problem before moving to
Snow Leopard. If it's something else besides that I've upgraded to Snow
Leopard, I wonder what it is. It can happen at most any time, it doesn't
happen every time I quit, but about 50%. Most irritating was the time it
happened right in the middle of typing.
I was going to try disabling SSL, but the nntp server I'm using requires
it, so I need to come up with something else, or just put up with it.
Thanks.
Bob Dahl
Blackjack Joe <net...@jkonton.best.vwh.net> wrote:
I'm not on 10.6, only 10.5.8. MT-NW VERY consistently hangs if I try
to Quit, though. There was something simple which cured the same thing
a few years ago. Anyone have an idea of what that fix was? Might help
with the random hangs you have, too.
Barry Margolin
Fred McKenzie <fm...@aol.com> wrote:
> In article <barmar-B70E12....@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Barry Margolin <bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> > I've had problems with MT-NW crashing when I quit, but they started long
> > before SL. Disabling SSL resolved this.
>
> Barry-
>
> Please elaborate on how you disable SSL.
Special->News Servers, Server Options tab, uncheck "Use secure
connection".
Howard S Shubs
<dahlb02-3DF4F5...@feeder.eternal-september.org>,
Bob Dahl <dah...@comcast.net> wrote:
> I'm not on 10.6, only 10.5.8. MT-NW VERY consistently hangs if I try
> to Quit, though. There was something simple which cured the same thing
> a few years ago. Anyone have an idea of what that fix was? Might help
> with the random hangs you have, too.
Yeah, upgrade to the beta. Required for 10.5 for some reason.
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Joe K.
Howard S Shubs <how...@shubs.net> wrote:
> In article
> <dahlb02-3DF4F5...@feeder.eternal-september.org>,
> Bob Dahl <dah...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > I'm not on 10.6, only 10.5.8. MT-NW VERY consistently hangs if I try
> > to Quit, though. There was something simple which cured the same thing
> > a few years ago. Anyone have an idea of what that fix was? Might help
> > with the random hangs you have, too.
>
> Yeah, upgrade to the beta. Required for 10.5 for some reason.
Well, I'm running the beta and still having these problems.
Unfortunately, I can't turn off secure server for this connection. This
last hang it was just sitting in the background and when I tried to
switch back, the cursor was spinning away. Had to force quit.
Fred McKenzie
Barry Margolin <bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> > Barry-
> >
> > Please elaborate on how you disable SSL.
>
> Special->News Servers, Server Options tab, uncheck "Use secure
> connection".
As far as I can tell, it solves the problem when the secure connection
is always unchecked. I think the problem may have been there before
Snow Leopard, but not as bad.
If I connect to a server with the secure connection, read the news,
close the connection and then uncheck the secure connection, the crash
may still occur.
I also tried connecting with the secure connection, disconnecting and
connecting to a different server with the secure connection unchecked.
As before, the crash may still occur.
Fred