Re: Error message Process nntpd not running

[Richmond]

Richmond wrote:
> Pankaj Jangid <pankaj@codeisgreat.org> writes:
>
>> Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> writes:
>>
>>> I tried creating a new linux user, and copied the files .gnus and
>>> .gnu-emacs-custom and then ran emacs -nw -f gnus, but still got the
>>> same error.
>> Is this emacs-27? I can see that that could be the only difference. I am
>> using Emacs from the git master (i.e. 28.x).
>>
>> If you have access to emacs from git master then could you please try
>> reproducing it?
> I was using 26.
>
> I have now tried 27.2, and 28.0.50 (and 25) and all produce the same
> error.
>
> I think it is odd that I get the error if I start gnus from the command
> line, with emacs -nw -f gnus, but if I start emacs first, emacs -nw,
> then start gnus from within emacs. I get no error.
>
> So perhaps I just need to delay the start of gnus a little?
>

I placed:

(sit-for 3)

at the end of .emacs which seems to prevent the error, although I should
perhaps place it in a gnus file because I don't want it happening every
time I start emacs.