lynx on 4.8-stable

Bob Hall rjhalljr at starpower.net
Sat May 31 14:00:28 PDT 2003


On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 02:09:45AM -0400, John wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>    A few recommendations.
> 
>    1. Check your environment variables and compare the list to
>       the variables listed in the lynx manpage. There are some
>       that affect proxies.

Good suggestion.
$ env
http_proxy=http://localhost:3128/
gopher_proxy=http://localhost:3128/
https_proxy=http://localhost:3128/
 
>    2. Please double check your lynx.cfg (locate lynx.cfg) to
>       make sure there are no proxies installed. ie: something
>       like:
> 
>       http_proxy:http://name.domain.foo:3128/
>       https_proxy:http://name.domain..foo:3128/

The lynx.cfg file is stock; the proxy settings are all commented out.
      
>       Try explicity setting no_proxy:*

That works. Thanks.

I'd still like to know what is creating the proxy settings. There's 
nothing in the bash or lynx files.

Bob Hall


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