From f7e7a923aca8be643f9ae6f7252f9fb27b3d2c3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Timothy Pearson Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 11:05:10 -0600 Subject: Second part of prior commit --- tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdepim/knode/faq.docbook | 291 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 291 insertions(+) create mode 100644 tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdepim/knode/faq.docbook (limited to 'tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdepim/knode/faq.docbook') diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdepim/knode/faq.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdepim/knode/faq.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4c04f9af7b7 --- /dev/null +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdepim/knode/faq.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,291 @@ + + +Questions and Answers + + + + +I have installed &kde; 3, but &knode; does not exist in the K Menu. + + +Does the Internetentry exist? If not, maybe the tdenetwork package isn't installed (perhaps because your distribution possibly doesn't do this for you); if the entry is there, but you do not have a KNode item in it, you should try to open a &konsole; and run &knode; from there. Type + +% knode & + + +If an error message appears that tells you that &knode; could not be started or found please check whether the file knode exists in $KDEDIR/bin and that its permissions are correctly set. + + + + + +When I start &knode;, a message appears in the task bar but suddenly disappears without &knode; being started. + + +Try to start &knode; from the &konsole; (see previous question) and keep attention for the messages displayed there: if they do not make sense to you mark them with your mouse and copy it to the clipboard; then, ask for help on one of the &kde; mailing lists or &kde; news groups. + + + + + +I need an important article, but &knode; doesn't have it any more; where can I find this article? + + +You can find some extensive usenet archives at groups.google.com or AltaVista; they even contain articles that are several years old. + + + + + +How do I open and read several articles at the same time? + + +Open the article with Open in own window. + + + + + +My articles do not appear in the newsgroup. + + +When you publish an article it may be some time until your news server has it; wait several hours before you send the article again. + + + + + +I want to keep an article; how do I archive it? + + +Choose the article in the article view and then use FileSave to open a file dialogue; you can then save the article to a file. Another possibility is to copy the article to a folder. + + + + + +Some set headers do not appear for several articles in the article window; am I doing something wrong? + + +This is not unusual because many headers are optional and often not contained in articles; in this case &knode; does not show those header lines. + + + + + +Sometimes I see an article which refers to other articles but &knode; does not show any references; why is that? + + +This happens when somebody posted an article in another news group and checked the option Followup To; the article in question is then sent to your news group, but the referring article is absent. In many cases the poster tells the reason for his choice to set a followup. + + + + + +When I want to answer an article an error message appears telling me that the external editor could not be started, but the editor is correctly set. + + +Have a look whether you entered the place-holder for a filename after the editor command; if not, enter it. If you want, for example, to use &kedit; enter kedit %f +If the %f is absent, your editor cannot be run. + + + + + +Why can I not receive data from my local news server? + + +If you use &knode; together with with a local news server, you must make sure that this server is correctly set up and started; for further details, please consult the documentation of your local news server. + +The availability of the local news server can easily be verified with the telnet program: open a console and type: + +% telnet localhost nntp + + +Followed by that, the news server should respond with: + + +Trying 127.0.0.1... +Connected to localhost. +Escape character is '^]'. +200 Leafnode NNTP Daemon, version 1.9.16 running at konqi.org + + + +You can quit the telnet session with: + +% quit + + +If that does not work there is either no local news server set up or the server was not started; in this case, please consult the documentation of your local news server. + + +If you are trying to connect to a news server on the Internet you need, of course, an open (dial-in) connection and to have set up &knode; to use your ISP's news server; your ISP should be able to give you information about which news servers you can use. + + + + + + + -- cgit v1.2.1