Re: [Lynx-dev] HTTP1.1/ 204 NoContent Error

[Stefan Caunter]

On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 3:33 AM, Gordon Talge <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using Lynx Version 2.8.7rel 2 libwww-FM 214
> SSL-MM 1.4.1 OpenSSL 0.9.8 ncurses 5.0.19991023
>
> I'm using an older computer with Debian/GNU Linux 2.2.19
>
> For about 5 years I've use lynx to access amazon.com
> using http://www.amazon.com/access without a hitch.
>
> Today I tried to log in to my account and I get this
> message:
>
> "Alert! HTTP1.1/ 204 NoContent" on several links,
> like cart, login, etc.
>
> Their webpage also tells me I have my "caps lock on" which
> it is not, and that I don't have "cookies" enabled, which I do.
>
> I called their technical support, in the Philippines, no less,
> and explained the problem. I don't know if I got through to them.
>
> Lynx works fine on other web sites, like http://www.abebooks.com,
> etc. The cookies are working on other sites, to I don't know
> what gives.
>
> I was wondering if anyone else who uses amazon.com with
> Lynx has had this problem in the past day or so.
>
> It was working fine Thursday.

If you can run the requests with -trace on you will get a file called
Lynx.trace in your home directory, which should provide some clues.

You can post some of it here if it's not clear.

--Stef