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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Ian Scott wrote:

> > 
> > We copied it to our BL1 laptop, which has a working lynx from SW3.5 (lynx 
> > 2.4?), and it loads lynx but is 'unable to connect to remote host' 
> > or 'unable to access document'.  Perhaps the older kernel cannot handle 
> > the newer lynx?  The connection was okay as proved by the older lynx 
> > working right after the newer one did not.  
> 
> Could it access local pages? e.g. hotlist.html


Yes, it accessed hotlist.html.

> > 
> > Anyone else want to test the complete  package on BL1?  I don't think you 
> > need any files other than lynx and lynx.cfg unless you want to change 
> > screen colors or access secure sites with root certificates.
> >
> 
> I tried the static executable (posted earlier) on BL1.  Got nothing.  Just
> returned straight to the shell, no errors, no nothing.  lynx -h didn't give
> me anything either, nor asking for a local file.

It requires lynx.cfg in /usr/lib in order to work at all.  You can copy 
over the lynx.cfg from a previous version, I think (where it is in 
usr/local/lib to keep them separate).

> 
> I will try the package some time over the weekend
> 
> Ian
> 
>