I have a curious problem with KNode when accessing - or trying to access - Eternal-September. I have two very similar laptops (Thinkpad T60 and T61), both running Fedora-17/KDE .
On one of them, when I try to get new articles from Eternal-September I am asked to enter the password, and this is never accepted - I am simply asked to enter it again and again.
On the other laptop, I have no problem - on pressing B, all the new articles are listed.
As far as I can see, the setup on both laptops is identical. The username and password are given in KNode=>Settings=>Configure KNode=>Accounts with the same server news.eternal-september.org and the same port 119. And I also have the password saved in the wallet on both machines.
If anyone can suggest why this happens I would be very grateful.
I might say that telnet news.eternal-september.org 119 gets me through to the server. Unfortunately I am not sure what dialog should follow.
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Timothy Murphy