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lynx-dev Re: forms problem (unanswered query)
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robertb |
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lynx-dev Re: forms problem (unanswered query) |
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Thu, 6 May 1999 09:11:22 -0400 |
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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