Re: LYNX-DEV lynx 2.7 win 32 starup problem

[Philip Webb]

970517 Crystal wrote:
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> I run Windows 95 and have the standard dial up connection that came
> with the operating system. I downloaded  the Lynx 2.7 port for Win32
> (said it was Windows 95 compatible). Well I unzipped the file to
> c:\lynx. When I open the folder and double click lynx.exe to start, a
> DOS window appears and this text follows:
> 
> looking up (2) first
> 
> looking up www.(2).com', guessing....
> 
> looking up www.(2).edu', guessing....
> 
> lookimn up www.(2).net', guessing...
> 
> looking up www.(2).org. guessing...
> 
> then it switches to a blue screen within the dos prompt and says:
> 
> Alert! Unable to access document
> 
> Then it switches to a black screen again and quickly flashes something
> unreadable and exits the dos box back to windows very quickly.

hopefully, one of the Win32 experts will notice this ...

till then, it looks as if it can't find a start page
& for some reason is treating  (2)  as the URL for the start page.
look in  lynx.cfg  & make sure you've got a sensible start page.

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