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Re: lynx-dev BUG: lynx can't view NY times articles
From: |
Leonid Pauzner |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev BUG: lynx can't view NY times articles |
Date: |
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 13:12:11 +0300 (MSK) |
24-Feb-99 01:59 Steven G. Johnson wrote:
> I can't view articles in the NY times (www.nytimes.com) using Lynx. I have
> observed this problem with Lynx 2.7.1 on a Pentium Pro running Redhat 4.2
^^^^^^^^^^
Lynx cookie support was updated considerably since 2.7.1,
try the latest 2.8.1 release or the development version.
> (kernel 2.2.0) and also on a PowerPC (LinuxPPC R4, kernel 2.2.1) running
> Lynx 2.8.1rel.2.
> When I try to view a NY times article (e.g.
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/02/biztech/articles/24soft.html), a
> bunch of messages flash quickly by at the bottom of the screen (faster than
> I can read) and I end up not going anywhere. No error message is
try setting INFOSECS, MSGSECS and ALERTSECS in lynx.cfg
to some reasonable value like 5 (seconds),
you can also check a trace log (Lynx.trace) started after you press ^T
if you are really interesting in technical details.
> displayed. (Note that the NY times is a registration-required site. It
> uses cookies to keep track of my username and password.) It used to work
> in the past, so I don't know what has happened. When I run the command:
probably they are discarded you password (just a guess).
> lynx -error_file=foo
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/02/biztech/articles/24soft.html
> the result is:
> lynx: Start file could not be found or is not text/html or text/plain
> Exiting...
> 'cat foo' returns:
> URL=http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/02/biztech/articles/24soft.html
> (GET)
> STATUS=HTTP/1.0 302 Found
> Let me know if there is any other information I can provide.