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Out of the blue error messages about news server

For the second time I got two strange error messages in the shell while building software. The first time I was building AlienBOB's kde 4.7.4 and now I'm building the dependencies of xbmc, more specifically I've just finished installing libva. I got this:

Code:

news.my_news_server.com: Unknown host.

News server news.my_news_server.com unavailable, try again later.

I googled those error messages and the only thing I got were the two following threads where apparently the ops were trying to run some news service, which I am not.

Quote:

Trouble Reading Newgroups
New to Linux - Running trn on Slackware

The scripts marked as executable in /etc/rc.d/ in my system are:

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rc.0                    rc.4

rc.6                    rc.K

rc.M                    rc.S

rc.acpid                rc.alsa

rc.consolekit          rc.fuse

rc.gpm                  rc.hald

rc.inet1                rc.inet2

rc.inetd                rc.keymap

rc.local                rc.loop

rc.mcelog              rc.messagebus

rc.modules-2.6.37.6    rc.sshd

rc.syslog              rc.wireless

rc.yp

The services enabled in /etc/inetd.conf are the default ones:

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time                stream        tcp        nowait        root        internal

time                dgram        udp        wait        root        internal

comsat        dgram  udp    wait    root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  in.comsat

auth        stream        tcp        wait        root        /usr/sbin/in.identd        in.identd

I really don't understand why I'm getting those notices. Has anyone ever seen something similar or have any idea of what may be triggering it?

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Originally Posted by bonixavier (Post 4574312)

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news.my_news_server.com: Unknown host.

News server news.my_news_server.com unavailable, try again later.

Pretty strange. This error message looks to be from 'trn' (threaded news reader) so I don't think there are are services running related to this since it's just a NNTP reader. I'd guess one of the scripts running while you're building your packages is calling 'trn' erroneously. I'd "removepkg trn" and try building something where you've seen the error that builds quick.

Lyle.

The usual cause of this error is the typo 'rn' instead of 'rm' :doh:

Thank you 55020. I'm glad it's something so simple.

Another one bites the dust

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Originally Posted by 55020 (Post 4574375)

The usual cause of this error is the typo 'rn' instead of 'rm' :doh:

Hehehe.... I must admit... I am now just "another one (that) bites the dust"...

Thanks...