Lynx is a text-based web browser that I've been using in DOS for years. It's great because, since it doesn't bother with graphics and sound and such frivolities, it can load web pages like lightning. It can also view secure http sites (such as gmail) which Arachne, my other DOS browser, cannot.
Lynx has served me well for years, however a couple of days ago it randomly stopped working for some reason. When the program begins to load, it used to say "configuring through DHCP..." but now it says "all attempt (config-file/DHCP/BOOTP/RARP) to get a IP-address failed" and it won't load the program at all after that. Arachne still works fine, however, so I know it's not a problem with my computer's connection to the internet. Also of note is that there is no noticable pause of any kind before the message is displayed so I'm suspicious of the thouroughness of its "attempts" to get an IP address...
I tried looking for some kind of online documentation detailing this issue and a way to solve it but found nothing. I even tried deleting the works and re-installing it from scratch but nothing changed. I know it's a longshot but I was wondering if by some fluke of luck there might be someone here who has used this program and may have encountered this issue or can think of what may be wrong and how to fix it...
Thanks
Topic: Trouble with Lynx (Read 1585 times)