speakup and the usenet

Igor Gueths igueths at attbi.com
Wed Jun 5 21:15:24 EDT 2002


Hi. Did you install the newsreader using an rpm? Hi. Was the newsreader an
rpm package? If so you should install the apropriate dependencies that are
most likely listed on redhat's website. Also, what kind of errors do you
get?


Gates go to hell, your OS is waiting for you there!

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, michael malver wrote:

> i downloaded ubh, created my .newsrc and .ubhrc files, and get a huge list
> of errors when I run the program.
> how can I verify I have all the packages it says you need at the beginning
> of the readme?
> I did a server install of text apps when I did my initial install. I'm very
> new to this stuff.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca
> [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Chris Nestrud
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 3:18 PM
> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Re: speakup and the usenet
>
>
> A program called Usenet Binary Harvester at http://ubh.sf.net will
> download binaries, though not as you've described. It downloads
> everything it can from one or more groups that you specify.
>
> I've gotten slrn to work quite well, displaying only what I find to be
> useful information and maximizing the article window so the headers
> display isn't annoying. I can make the files available if anyone is
> interested.
>
> Chris
>
> On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 01:16:34PM -0500, Michael Malver wrote:
> > Thaks to a phenominally patient couple of people, I got speakup installed
> > on an old pc of mine, so now I have a question.
> > What program will allow me to most efficently look at binaries I can
> > download off the usenet, and then save and extract the files I want.  I
> > don't want to have to see all the parts that make up a post.  I simply
> want
> > a display of one binary per line that I can select, and then save having
> > the program chose the proper parts and extract in the background.
> > I am not averse to downloading and installing rpms, but I don't know much
> > about compiling accept that typing ./configure' sometimes does the trick.
> > I'm very new at this, but want to download mp3s.  Any suggestions on wha
> > program to use would be appriciated.
> > on the off chance your answer is pine, is there a way to see conversations
> > by thread instead of each post?
> >
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