On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, Shaul Karl wrote:
> Package: lynx-ssl > Version: 2.8.4.2-1 > > Does the following a lynx bug or is there a way to get lynx behave like > other browsers? > > Reproducing the problem: > > 1. Go to http://www.ebay.com > 2. In the search box have something reasonable, say tv. > 3. Hit Find It. > 4. You should get a list of suggested items. > 5. Randomly choose one of the items. > > Now try following the link marked as `view seller's other auctions'. > > This results in an error screen. Prior to the error screen there is > an error message at the status line at the bottom of the screen, saying > > Alert! HTTP 1.0 400 bad request. > > Now for the feature request or bug, I do not know which. > > eBay support claims that Netscape and MS-IE, perhaps with the help of > a menu option can work this out and turn HTTP 1.1 protocol off. I am > not sure I got it right and I am also not sure if this is not a strict > violation of some standard. However, can lynx be configured to allow me > to view this link? There are other occurrences of this problem on eBay site. These links could be accessed on ebay a short time ago using lynx. So there has been a recent change on ebay. This does not necessarily mean that lynx does not have a bug. I recently compiled: Lynx Version 2.8.5dev.2 (15 Aug 2001) libwww-FM 2.14, SSL-MM 1.4.1, OpenSSL 0.9.6 Built on solaris2.8 Sep 15 2001 12:02:4 This is the most recent version of lynx that I know of -- and it also has a problem accessing these links. There is a lynx (development??) list , I believe you can ask questions and read responses through a website without subscribing to the list. You can find out about the lynx list and its archive by typing "h" in lynx and following the links. I sent an email to ebay about this but have not yet received a reponse. > - -- System Information > Debian Release: testing/unstable > Kernel Version: Linux rakefet 2.2.19pre17 #1 Thu May 10 19:09:42 IDT 2001 i586 > unknown > > Versions of the packages lynx-ssl depends on: > ii libc6 2.2.4-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone > ii libncurses5 5.2.20010318-3 Shared libraries for terminal handling > ii libssl0.9.6 0.9.6b-2 SSL shared libraries > ii zlib1g 1.1.3-15 compression library - runtime > > - --- Begin /etc/lynx-ssl.cfg (modified conffile) > .h1 Auxiliary Facilities > .h2 INCLUDE > .ex > INCLUDE:~/lynx.cfg for COLOR VIEWER KEYMAP > .ex > .h2 STARTFILE > STARTFILE:file://localhost/usr/share/doc/lynx-ssl/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html > .ex > .h2 HELPFILE > HELPFILE:file://localhost/usr/share/doc/lynx-ssl/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html > .ex > .h2 DEFAULT_INDEX_FILE > DEFAULT_INDEX_FILE:http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/MetaIndex.html > .h1 Interaction > .h2 GOTOBUFFER > .h2 JUMP_PROMPT > .h1 Auxiliary Facilities > .h2 JUMPFILE > .ex > .h2 JUMPBUFFER > .h1 Internal Behavior > .h2 SAVE_SPACE > .h2 REUSE_TEMPFILES > .h2 LYNX_HOST_NAME > .h2 LOCALHOST_ALIAS > .ex 2 > .h2 LOCAL_DOMAIN > .h1 Character sets > .h2 CHARACTER_SET > .nf > .fi > .h2 ASSUME_CHARSET > .h2 ASSUMED_DOC_CHARSET_CHOICE > .h2 DISPLAY_CHARSET_CHOICE > .ex > .ex 4 > .h2 ASSUME_LOCAL_CHARSET > .h2 PREPEND_CHARSET_TO_SOURCE > PREPEND_CHARSET_TO_SOURCE:FALSE > .h2 NCR_IN_BOOKMARKS > .h2 FORCE_8BIT_TOUPPER > .h2 OUTGOING_MAIL_CHARSET > .h2 ASSUME_UNREC_CHARSET > .h2 PREFERRED_LANGUAGE > .h2 PREFERRED_CHARSET > .h2 CHARSETS_DIRECTORY > .h2 CHARSET_SWITCH_RULES > .h1 Interaction > .h2 URL_DOMAIN_PREFIXES > .h2 URL_DOMAIN_SUFFIXES > .h2 FORMS_OPTIONS > .h2 PARTIAL > .h2 PARTIAL_THRES > .h2 SHOW_KB_RATE > .h1 Timeouts > .h2 INFOSECS > .h2 MESSAGESECS > .h2 ALERTSECS > .h1 Appearance > .h2 USE_SELECT_POPUPS > .h2 SHOW_CURSOR > .h2 BOLD_HEADERS > .h2 BOLD_H1 > .h2 BOLD_NAME_ANCHORS > .h1 Internal Behavior > .h2 DEFAULT_CACHE_SIZE > .h2 DEFAULT_VIRTUAL_MEMORY_SIZE > .h2 SOURCE_CACHE > .h2 SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_ABORTED > .h2 ALWAYS_RESUBMIT_POSTS > .h2 TRIM_INPUT_FIELDS > .h1 HTML Parsing > .h2 NO_ISMAP_IF_USEMAP > .h2 SEEK_FRAG_MAP_IN_CUR > .h2 SEEK_FRAG_AREA_IN_CUR > .h1 CGI scripts > .h2 LOCAL_EXECUTION_LINKS_ALWAYS_ON > .h2 LOCAL_EXECUTION_LINKS_ON_BUT_NOT_REMOTE > LOCAL_EXECUTION_LINKS_ALWAYS_ON:FALSE > LOCAL_EXECUTION_LINKS_ON_BUT_NOT_REMOTE:FALSE > .h2 TRUSTED_EXEC > TRUSTED_EXEC:none > .h2 ALWAYS_TRUSTED_EXEC > ALWAYS_TRUSTED_EXEC:none > .h2 TRUSTED_LYNXCGI > TRUSTED_LYNXCGI:none > .h2 LYNXCGI_ENVIRONMENT > .h2 LYNXCGI_DOCUMENT_ROOT > .h1 Cookies > .h2 FORCE_SSL_COOKIES_SECURE > .h1 Internal Behavior > .h2 MAIL_SYSTEM_ERROR_LOGGING > .h2 CHECKMAIL > .h1 News-groups > .h2 NNTPSERVER > NNTPSERVER:localhost > .h2 LIST_NEWS_NUMBERS > .h2 LIST_NEWS_DATES > .h2 NEWS_CHUNK_SIZE > .h2 NEWS_MAX_CHUNK > .h2 NEWS_POSTING > .h2 LYNX_SIG_FILE > .h1 Bibliographic Protocol (bibp scheme) > .h2 BIBP_GLOBAL_SERVER > .h2 BIBP_BIBHOST > .h1 Interaction > .h2 SCROLLBAR > .h2 SCROLLBAR_ARROW > .h2 USE_MOUSE > .h1 HTML Parsing > .h2 COLLAPSE_BR_TAGS > .h2 TAGSOUP > .h1 Cookies > .h2 SET_COOKIES > .h2 ACCEPT_ALL_COOKIES > .h2 COOKIE_ACCEPT_DOMAINS > .h2 COOKIE_REJECT_DOMAINS > .h2 COOKIE_LOOSE_INVALID_DOMAINS > .h2 COOKIE_STRICT_INVALID_DOMAINS > .h2 COOKIE_QUERY_INVALID_DOMAINS > .h2 PERSISTENT_COOKIES > .h2 COOKIE_FILE > .h2 COOKIE_SAVE_FILE > .h1 Mail-related > .h2 SYSTEM_MAIL > .h2 SYSTEM_MAIL_FLAGS > .ex 2 > .ex 2 > .ex 2 > .ex 2 > .ex 2 > .h2 MAIL_ADRS > .h2 USE_FIXED_RECORDS > .h1 Keyboard Input > .h2 VI_KEYS_ALWAYS_ON > .h2 EMACS_KEYS_ALWAYS_ON > .h2 DEFAULT_KEYPAD_MODE > .h2 DEFAULT_KEYPAD_MODE_IS_NUMBERS_AS_ARROWS > .h2 CASE_SENSITIVE_ALWAYS_ON > .h1 Auxiliary Facilities > .h2 DEFAULT_BOOKMARK_FILE > .h2 MULTI_BOOKMARK_SUPPORT > .h2 BLOCK_MULTI_BOOKMARKS > .h1 Interaction > .h2 DEFAULT_USER_MODE > .h1 External Programs > .h2 DEFAULT_EDITOR > DEFAULT_EDITOR: /usr/bin/sensible-editor > .h2 SYSTEM_EDITOR > .h1 Proxy > .h2 HTTP_PROXY > .h2 HTTPS_PROXY > .h2 FTP_PROXY > .h2 GOPHER_PROXY > .h2 NEWSPOST_PROXY > .h2 NEWSREPLY_PROXY > .h2 NEWS_PROXY > .h2 NNTP_PROXY > .h2 SNEWSPOST_PROXY > .h2 SNEWSREPLY_PROXY > .h2 SNEWS_PROXY > .h2 WAIS_PROXY > .h2 FINGER_PROXY > .h2 CSO_PROXY > .ex 15 > .h2 NO_PROXY > .ex > .ex > .h1 External Programs > .h2 PRINTER > .h2 DOWNLOADER > .h2 UPLOADER > .ex 3 > .ex > .ex > .ex > .ex > .ex > .ex > .ex > .ex 2 > .ex > .h1 Interaction > .h2 NO_DOT_FILES > NO_DOT_FILES:FALSE > .h1 Internal Behavior > .h2 NO_FROM_HEADER > .h2 NO_REFERER_HEADER > .h1 Internal Behavior > .h2 NO_FILE_REFERER > .h2 REFERER_WITH_QUERY > .h1 Appearance > .h2 VERBOSE_IMAGES > .h2 MAKE_LINKS_FOR_ALL_IMAGES > .h2 MAKE_PSEUDO_ALTS_FOR_INLINES > .h2 SUBSTITUTE_UNDERSCORES > .h1 Interaction > .h2 QUIT_DEFAULT_YES > .h1 HTML Parsing > .h2 HISTORICAL_COMMENTS > .h2 MINIMAL_COMMENTS > MINIMAL_COMMENTS:TRUE > .h2 SOFT_DQUOTES > .h2 STRIP_DOTDOT_URLS > .h1 Appearance > .h2 ENABLE_SCROLLBACK > .h2 SCAN_FOR_BURIED_NEWS_REFS > .h2 PREPEND_BASE_TO_SOURCE > PREPEND_BASE_TO_SOURCE:FALSE > .h1 External Programs > .h2 GLOBAL_EXTENSION_MAP > .h2 PERSONAL_EXTENSION_MAP > GLOBAL_EXTENSION_MAP:/etc/mime.types > PERSONAL_EXTENSION_MAP:.mime.types > .h2 SUFFIX_ORDER > .h2 SUFFIX > .ex > .ex > .ex > .ex > .ex 29 > .h2 XLOADIMAGE_COMMAND > XLOADIMAGE_COMMAND: > .h2 VIEWER > .ex 7 > .h2 GLOBAL_MAILCAP > .h2 PERSONAL_MAILCAP > GLOBAL_MAILCAP:/etc/mailcap > .h1 Keyboard Input > .h2 KEYBOARD_LAYOUT > .h2 KEYMAP > .nf > .fi > .nf > .fi > .nf > .fi > .nf > .fi > .nf > .fi > .nf > .fi > .nf > .fi > .h1 External Programs > .h2 CSWING_PATH > .h1 Internal Behavior > .h2 AUTO_UNCACHE_DIRLISTS > .h1 Appearance > .h2 LIST_FORMAT > .nf > .fi > .ex > .ex > .ex > .h1 External Programs > .h2 DIRED_MENU > .nf > .fi > .h1 Internal Behavior > .h2 NONRESTARTING_SIGWINCH > .h2 NO_FORCED_CORE_DUMP > .h1 Appearance > .h2 COLOR > .nf > .fi > COLOR:0:black:white > COLOR:1:blue:white > COLOR:2:yellow:blue > COLOR:3:green:white > COLOR:4:magenta:white > COLOR:5:blue:white > COLOR:6:brightred:black > COLOR:7:magenta:cyan > .h2 ASSUMED_COLOR > .h1 External Programs > .h2 EXTERNAL > .h1 Internal Behavior > .h2 RULE > .h2 RULESFILE > .ex 5 > .h1 Appearance > .h2 PRETTYSRC > .h2 PRETTYSRC_SPEC > .nf > .fi > .ex > .ex > .ex > .h2 HTMLSRC_ATTRNAME_XFORM > .h2 HTMLSRC_TAGNAME_XFORM > .h2 PRETTYSRC_VIEW_NO_ANCHOR_NUMBERING > .h1 HTML Parsing > .h2 FORCE_EMPTY_HREFLESS_A > .h2 HIDDEN_LINK_MARKER > .h1 Appearance > .h2 JUSTIFY > .h2 JUSTIFY_MAX_VOID_PERCENT > .h1 Interaction > .h2 TEXTFIELDS_NEED_ACTIVATION > .h2 LEFTARROW_IN_TEXTFIELD_PROMPT > .h1 Timeouts > .h2 CONNECT_TIMEOUT > .h1 Internal Behavior > .h2 FTP_PASSIVE > .h2 ENABLE_LYNXRC > .nf > .fi > > - --- End /etc/lynx-ssl.cfg > > > > -- > > Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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