lynx and ftp mystery

lynx and ftp mystery

[Cheryl Homiak]

Maybe some of you will remember several months ago I had problems 
accessing the Fedora ftp content referenced in the speakup-modified howto. 
Well, the mystery of ftp and lynx has returned.

I did installs of FC2 on both my desktop and my laptop using the same set 
of installation isos. Yet on my laptop I can access and download from ftp 
sites using lynx, while on my desktop I cannot, though I can do so just 
fine with wget and links the chain. I have tried placing the .lynxrc from 
the laptop on my desktop and have also tried placing the .mailcap from my 
laptop on my desktop--to no avail. The /etc/mailcap should be and appears 
to be the same on both machines.
I haven't edited my lynx.cfg on either machine; my firewall setup is the 
same on both machines.
Any ideas of other files to look at?
Thanks.


-- 
Cheryl

"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

Re: lynx and ftp mystery

[Igor Gueths]

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Does Lynx just sit there, or does it outright tell you it can't connect to the ftp server in question? Are you able to access other websites with no problems?
On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 11:23:17AM -0500, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
> Maybe some of you will remember several months ago I had problems 
> accessing the Fedora ftp content referenced in the speakup-modified howto. 
> Well, the mystery of ftp and lynx has returned.
> 
> I did installs of FC2 on both my desktop and my laptop using the same set 
> of installation isos. Yet on my laptop I can access and download from ftp 
> sites using lynx, while on my desktop I cannot, though I can do so just 
> fine with wget and links the chain. I have tried placing the .lynxrc from 
> the laptop on my desktop and have also tried placing the .mailcap from my 
> laptop on my desktop--to no avail. The /etc/mailcap should be and appears 
> to be the same on both machines.
> I haven't edited my lynx.cfg on either machine; my firewall setup is the 
> same on both machines.
> Any ideas of other files to look at?
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cheryl
> 
> "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
> 
> 
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Re: lynx and ftp mystery

[Cheryl Homiak]

Yes, I can access other sites; it appears to be just ftp.
Lynx just sits there, and then when I hit ctrlG it says it can't access 
the document.


-- 
Cheryl

"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

Re: lynx and ftp mystery

[Igor Gueths]

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Have you checked your Iptables rules to make sure you're not blocking any traffic from port 21? Also, assuming its not the firewall...Try going to an ftp site that you know you can access with 
Lynx on another machine, then try from the machine in question. It could very well be that the site (s) you're trying to access don't get along well with Lynx. The Speakup ftp site is a good 
example of this.
On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 01:52:07PM -0500, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
> Yes, I can access other sites; it appears to be just ftp.
> Lynx just sits there, and then when I hit ctrlG it says it can't access 
> the document.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cheryl
> 
> "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

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lynx and ftp mystery solved

[Cheryl Homiak]

Well I still don't understand WHY this worked but it did.
I changed FTP-Passive to TRUE. I don't quite know why this is necessary on 
one machine and not on the other, but it works.


-- 
Cheryl

"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

Re: lynx and ftp mystery

[Cheryl Homiak]

Well, as I just posted, I already solved this--thanks!!!
But of course one of the first things I did was try the same site with 
both my laptop and my desktop--that's how i knew the problem was specific 
to my desktop, because sites that worked on my laptop didn't work on my 
desktop.
Now all is working fine, but obviously something is working slightly 
differently with my desktop to make PASSIVE to absolutely be required to 
be set to TRUE.


-- 
Cheryl

"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

lynx and speakup ftp problem may also be solved

[Cheryl Homiak]

Since the ftp site was mentioned, I tried that on both computers and had 
absolutely no problem accessing
ftp://linux-speakup.org
and all its directories; I even downloaded.
So here's my suggestion: anybody who is having trouble with this 
particular 
site might try changing FTP-Passive to TRUE in your lynx.cfg. Of course, I 
was having trouble with ftp in lynx in general, but on my laptop, where I 
had no other ftp problems, I also could access speakup without changing 
PASSIVE to TRUE. Why this would be necessary for one computer on a network 
and not another I can't say, but it might make the speakup site work for 
some people.
Remember to type the url just as typed--don't put an ftp. after the ftp:// 
or it won't work.
Hth somebody.


-- 
Cheryl

"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

Re: lynx and speakup ftp problem may also be solved

[Cheryl Homiak]

At the risk of insulting somebody--if you change the entry uncomment it 
too. I say that only because I've forgotten that once or twice and then 
been really mad when nothing changed.


-- 
Cheryl

"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

Re: lynx and ftp mystery

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.  This just a guess, so I probably shouldn't post it.  Is the fire
lwall different from the laptop and the desktop?

          Kenny

On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 03:15:36PM -0500, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
> Well, as I just posted, I already solved this--thanks!!!
> But of course one of the first things I did was try the same site with 
> both my laptop and my desktop--that's how i knew the problem was specific 
> to my desktop, because sites that worked on my laptop didn't work on my 
> desktop.
> Now all is working fine, but obviously something is working slightly 
> differently with my desktop to make PASSIVE to absolutely be required to 
> be set to TRUE.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cheryl
> 
> "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

Re: lynx and ftp mystery

[Cheryl Homiak]

No, I'm reasonably sure I did the firewall the same on both machines.


-- 
Cheryl

"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

Re: lynx and ftp mystery

[Kenny Hitt]

I have to ask.  Reasonably sure?  Also, do you have a hardware
firewall/router?  If bot boxes can connect at the same time, does the
router have the same ports open for them?

Hope this helps.
          Kenny

On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 05:39:08PM -0500, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
> No, I'm reasonably sure I did the firewall the same on both machines.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cheryl
> 
> "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

Re: lynx and ftp mystery

[Cheryl Homiak]

Yes, I have a router. But yes, the same ports are open for both computers.
But as it's working now, knowing why isn't critical; I just would like to 
know why.
Thanks.


-- 
Cheryl

"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."