[newbie] Problem with Lynx

1999-10-06 Thread Ephrem Hugh Bensusan 

Can anyone help me?

I have installed Mandrake 6.0.  When I invoke Lynx it fails with the
error message:

metamail:  Can't open temporary file!

I have read the man pages and documentation for both programmes, and
can't seem to find the answer.

Thanks in advance,
Ephrem

Re: [newbie] Problem with Lynx

1999-10-06 Thread Frank Hilliard 

Ephrem,
Download the latest Lynx file from Linux Mandrake. It will fix this
specific problem.

Frank Hilliard

Ephrem Hugh Bensusan wrote:

 Can anyone help me?

 I have installed Mandrake 6.0.  When I invoke Lynx it fails with the
 error message:

 metamail:  Can't open temporary file!

 I have read the man pages and documentation for both programmes, and
 can't seem to find the answer.

 Thanks in advance,
 Ephrem

RE: [newbie] Problem with Lynx

1999-10-06 Thread Bill Moshier 

Hi Ephrem - you need to have a tmp directory in you home directory.
Do a 
 mkdir tmp

from you home directory.

Bill

 -Original Message-
 From: Ephrem Hugh Bensusan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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 Can anyone help me?
 
 I have installed Mandrake 6.0.  When I invoke Lynx it fails with the
 error message:
 
 metamail:  Can't open temporary file!
 
 I have read the man pages and documentation for both programmes, and
 can't seem to find the answer.
 
 Thanks in advance,
 Ephrem

RE: [newbie] Problem with Lynx

1999-10-06 Thread Jim Howarth 

This is lame, but you need to define the metamail temp directory.

Check the man page for the exact environment name, but I just created a tmp
directory in my home directory then put "export
METAMAILTMP=/home/username/tmp" and it worked for me.  on my second install
I just bypassed the metamail installation. :)

Jim

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 Can anyone help me?

 I have installed Mandrake 6.0.  When I invoke Lynx it fails with the
 error message:

 metamail:  Can't open temporary file!

 I have read the man pages and documentation for both programmes, and
 can't seem to find the answer.

 Thanks in advance,
 Ephrem

Re: [newbie] Problem with Lynx

1999-10-06 Thread Jackal 

create a tmp directory in your home directory

On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 10:48:27AM -0400, Ephrem Hugh Bensusan wrote:
 Can anyone help me?
 
 I have installed Mandrake 6.0.  When I invoke Lynx it fails with the
 error message:
 
 metamail:  Can't open temporary file!
 
 I have read the man pages and documentation for both programmes, and
 can't seem to find the answer.
 
 Thanks in advance,
 Ephrem
 
 
 
 
 


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