Re: lynx-dev BUG: lynx can't view NY times articles

[Leonid Pauzner]

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.