This is covered in more detail in the companion posting, "C News Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQs)" <software_b_cnews_770454615@nominil.lonesome.com>;
however, your first steps should be as follows: consult the manual pages
and descriptions in doc/trouble.  (If you don't have doc/trouble, you
either have an ancient version of C News and should upgrade, or someone
installed a partial distribution).  If you can't find an answer there,
see if there is a fix or workaround in the file called "known.problems".
If this still fails to answer your question, try the "Implementor's
Notebook" files in doc/* (start with the README).

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