Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 20:53:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Information Help Desk <info@adn.edu.ph> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: lynx sleeping Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960731205201.264O-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960731190121.7622B-100000@sili.adn.edu.ph>
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On Wed, 31 Jul 1996, Information Help Desk wrote: > I ported lynx recently to my freebsd box. I got it installed and there > were no problems when I did this. I tried connecting to www.yahoo.com and it > works fine. But, whenever I connect to www.freebsd.org or ftp.cdrom.com, > lynx connects but it stops on the message at the screen's bottom, Was this from a package/port or did you do this yourself? > > "HTTP request sent; Waiting for response". > > And this goes on forever !!! Hm. First, you should be contacting www.freebsd.org. Secondly, those machines are under pretty heavy load; they may be taking a long time to respond. > I tried lynx in one linux box and did the same. Lynx however > connects without stopping at the message above. > I kept on repeating this comparison and I got same results. Lynx > running in FreeBSD stops at the message above when I connect to > www.freebsd.org or ftp.cdrom.com and lynx running in linux can connect to > this sites. > I wonder what is wrong ? Bad routing? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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