On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 11:24:09AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > First off, thanks to everyone for the help with the infinite loop issue, > the base-config was updated last night though, so I managed to install it > without any workarounds. now i'm experiencing strange errors with FTP. my > apt/sources.list is set to use FTP and it is working fine, however ftp > always gives me an invalid port command error right after i log into an > FTP Site, and Lynx gives a similar error when I try to download via FTP.
Perhaps try passive FTP? > furthermore lynx is behaving oddly, if I just hit enter to download > a tar.gz it tries to display it using 'less some-file.tar.gz' i have to > press D to download it, thats never happened to be before either.. could > it be a result of answering YES during debian installation when it asks if > I want to create a mime type application/* ? Almost certainly, yes. Although if I mean download I generally do hit 'd', otherwise I'm relying on nothing having happened to register a MIME type for whatever I'm trying to download. > i just chose yes because it seemed like a good idea, but i dont recall > ever seeing that question in previous installations. if that is the > reason how can I go about changing it? 'dpkg-reconfigure less'. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
