Re: Invalid Port Command
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 11:24:09AM -0400, aeleblanc@olgc.on.ca wrote:
> First off, thanks to everyone for the help with the infinite loop issue,
> the base-config was updated last night though, so I managed to install it
> without any workarounds. now i'm experiencing strange errors with FTP. my
> apt/sources.list is set to use FTP and it is working fine, however ftp
> always gives me an invalid port command error right after i log into an
> FTP Site, and Lynx gives a similar error when I try to download via FTP.
Perhaps try passive FTP?
> furthermore lynx is behaving oddly, if I just hit enter to download
> a tar.gz it tries to display it using 'less some-file.tar.gz' i have to
> press D to download it, thats never happened to be before either.. could
> it be a result of answering YES during debian installation when it asks if
> I want to create a mime type application/* ?
Almost certainly, yes. Although if I mean download I generally do hit
'd', otherwise I'm relying on nothing having happened to register a MIME
type for whatever I'm trying to download.
> i just chose yes because it seemed like a good idea, but i dont recall
> ever seeing that question in previous installations. if that is the
> reason how can I go about changing it?
'dpkg-reconfigure less'.
Cheers,
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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