Oh, I think this makes it pretty clear that something in /etc/lynx.cfg and/or /etc/mailcap was getting in the way. I'll look into this when I have time. Cheryl Homiak writes: > Well, I still can't explain it but I solved it for the fedora installation > the same way as I did for the debian one: I got rid of the current > installation (the one from fedora) by doing "yum remove lynx" and > downloaded and compiled 2.8.5-rel1 from the lynx website. Interestingly, > when I removed fedora's version, I was told it was removing 2.8.5-1 but I > was pretty sure it had said 2.8.5.dev16 when I checked i before. There > were other little ideosyncracies, like the fedora lynx installation using > fedora as the startfile even though that wasn't what the lynx.cfg had for > a startfile; made me wonder what else they might have over-ridden. At any > rate, with my new install fresh from lynx, the Pine site and the opensound > site downloaded for me with no problem, AND ..... the Redhat 9 manual is > there in all its glory. So I can't explain why it doesn't happen to > everybody, but it seems to have had something to do with the .dev16 > release. Other than that I can't say, but maybe somebody will be > comforted and encouraged if they have a weird problem with lynx and see my > saga in the archives. > > > -- > Cheryl > > "Do not fear, for I am with you; > do not be dismayed, for I am your God. > I will strengthen you and help you; > I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
