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Re: [Lynx-dev] help on lynx compilation
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Stefan Caunter |
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Re: [Lynx-dev] help on lynx compilation |
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Sun, 1 Apr 2018 09:53:17 -0400 |
On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 7:26 AM, Henry <address@hidden> wrote:
> 2018-03-29 21:53 GMT+09:00 <address@hidden>:
>> I forgot to say that I tried to install the 2.8.8 rel.1 version from the
>> win32 installer I found here : http://invisible-island.net/lynx/
>> but when I start Lynx, I have a stealthy message : "Alert!: Unable to
>> connect to remote host." and the window disappears ...
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> I've been away from Lynx so long that I probably shouldn't be
> participating on the list, but maybe it's a simple problem.
> Do you have a "lynx.cfg" file where the binary expects to find it, and
> is "STARTFILE" set to a valid URL?
if i am not mistaken that version tries to load lynx.isc.org which
does not resolve anymore
however, users should be able to type
lynx www.example.com
and see a page load, (assuming DNS and basic networking works)
--stef