lynx-dev Re: forms problem (unanswered query)

[robertb]

Actually, I recompiled lynx and it suddenly started working again!

So, either (1) I have bad memory (this is my current theory 'cause other
programs are failing in subtle ways, too) or (2) I have a corrupted hard
drive (not likely).

I think it's #1 because I have 96M of RAM and I noticed that the disk
didn't move when I started up lynx -- I think Linux must cache files by
inode.  So, when I recompiled it, it was a different inode and had to
re-fetch it from the hard drive and store the new image in memory.  How's
that for a hypothesis?

I'm running 2.8.1, BTW.

Thanks for your response.

 > From: Philip Webb <address@hidden>
 > Date: Thu  May  6,  2:09am
 >
 > 990428 Robert Brown wrote: 
 > > This problem suddenly started occuring today.
 > > (Does lynx have a Y2K bug? :-)  Maybe I have a lynx virus? :-)
 > 
 > neither is likely (smile).
 > you don't mention which version you are using: i'm using 2-8-2dev.19 ;
 > you can get the latest 2-8-2pre.1 from  sol.slcc.edu/lynx/current .
 > 
 > > I can longer submit forms (method=GET).
 > > Lynx always thinks the forms are empty and the server usually complains.
 > > if I visit www.altavista.com (I accept all the cookies),
 > > when I submit the form (using 'x', just in case), I land on an empty query.
 > 
 > i went to that site, entered `English' as the language
 > & entered `what is wrong?' as the question, then submitted.
 > the response was a page including:
 > 
 >    AltaVista found about 1,740,623 Web pages for you.
 > 
 >    Result Pages: 1  [9]2  [10]3  [11]4  [12]5  [13]6  [14]7  [15]8  [16]9
 >    [17]10 [18]11 [19]12 [20]13 [21]14 [22]15 [23]16 [24]17
 >    [25]18 [26]19 [27]20 [28][Next >>]
 > 
 >    1. [29]What's Wrong With FONT?
 >       What's wrong with the FONT element? When Netscape introduced
 >       its FONT element, with its SIZE= and COLOR= attributes, many
 >       web authors welcomed the promise.
 >       URL: www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~mudws/font.html
 >       Last modified 31-Mar-99 - page size 8K - in English
 >       [ [30]Translate ]
 >                                                                         
 > -- remainder snipped --
 > 
 > > When I type '=' to find the current URL,
 > > it's  http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?
 > > and the 'Submit' on this new blank query page is
 > >  http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?text
 > > The 'Submit' on this new blank query page is completely non-functional
 > > Lynx does nothing at all.
 >  
 >  =  tells me:
 > 
 >    Linkname: AltaVista: Simple Query what is wrong?
 >            URL: 
 > http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=q&text=yes&kl=en&q=wh
 >              at+is+wrong%3F&act=search
 >              
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