Re: lynx-dev Alert!: socket failed.

[John Poltorak]

> 
> > Every so often I get the error msg:-
> > Alert!: socket failed.
> > This is using Lynx 2.8 for OS/2.
> 
> This also happens on Solaris.  It has happened several times over the past
> six months (running Lynx 2.6), but only (a) if it's been a few weeks since
> I quit Lynx, and (b) immediately after [z] interrupting "Making HTTP
> connection to..." and [x] trying again to follow the link several times in
> succession.  I always have to quit lynx and re-start because *no* HTTP,
> FTP, NNTP, etc. connections work.
> 
> (I've found [z][x] is useful for getting a connection when the server is
> slow in connecting, but fast in responding once it's finally connected.)
> 
> So it's not an exclusively OS/2 problem.  If anyone has an idea for fixing
> this (and no, "upgrade to 2.8" is not an appropriate suggestion since John
> is having this problem *with* 2.8) with either an environment variable, or
> something within Lynx while it's running (so I don't lose all of my (g)oto
> history), I'd be most appreciative.

Are there any debugging aids available in LYNX which can be turned on
temporarily to trace what is going on? I now some programs such as uucp
have switches which can set on the level of debugging and can generate
copious amounts of data.
 
> David Henderson
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John