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Re: lynx-dev Crash with new Lynx trying to get to Print Options screen
From: |
dickey |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev Crash with new Lynx trying to get to Print Options screen |
Date: |
Thu, 31 Dec 1998 08:38:06 -0500 (EST) |
> I'm getting a crash running
> Lynx Version 2.8.1rel.2 (1998)
>
> I'm running on
> SunOS vax 5.6 sun4u sparc
I took a look this morning, and it seems that the problem is most likely
buffer overflow (I got a suggested download filename that was 309 characters).
Most of those problems should have gone away in the development version - but
not this one yet (I haven't gotten there).
> 1) I go to: http://www.tv1.com/tv/templates/checkuser.dpg
> 2) I log in
> 3) I hit return on the Refresh link
> 4) I change popup #4 to "all week"
> 5) I change popup #7 to HBOP
> 6) I hit submit
> 7) When the data comes back, I try to Print it.
>
> I get:
> A Fatal error has occurred in Lynx Ver. 2.8.1rel.2
>
> Please notify your system administrator to confirm a bug, and
> if confirmed, to notify the lynx-dev list. Bug reports should
> have concise descriptions of the command and/or URL which causes
> the problem, the operating system name with version number, the
> TCPIP implementation, and any other relevant information.
>
> Do NOT mail the core file if one was generated.
>
> Lynx now exiting with signal: 10
>
> I have verified I can get to the print options screen from the original
> page that comes up after step 3 above. There are 188 pages while viewing the
> document (24 lines high).
>
> Hmm, after step 6, there are only 36 pages of data... So the size of the
> file, being my first guess at a problem, doesn't seem to be the culprit.
>
> What other useful data can I give and/or does anyone know what the problem
> is?
>
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Thomas E. Dickey
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