[Rd] Problems connecting to httpd help server with some browsers

[Simon Urbanek]

Thomas,

On Sep 29, 2009, at 15:15 , Thomas Friedrichsmeier wrote:

> Hello,
>
> sorry to provide only very little testing, but with the release date  
> nearing, I thought it better to report this quickly than to wait for  
> an uncertain period until I find more time.
>

Yes, good thinking :).


> I'm observing strange problems connecting to the httpd help server  
> with
> konqueror (KDE 4.3.1):
>
> options (help_type="html")
> options (browser="konqueror")
> help ("print")
>
> The first page opens in a konqueror window as expected. However,  
> clicking on
> any links does not have any result. Konqueror just says "waiting for  
> reply"
> forever. There does not even seem to be a timeout. Pointing the same  
> browser
> instance to some other url works fine.
>
> Trying to use lynx as a browser (since it's a terminal browser, you  
> need open
> lynx in a separate terminal and point it to the httpd help server  
> manually)
> causes lynx to become unresponsive.
>

I don't have konqueror at hand, so I have tested and fixed the lynx  
case (lynx is acting as an HTTP/1.0 client and expects non-persistent  
connection). With some luck the fix may solve the konqueror issue as  
well (although I'd be a bit surprised if konqueror was not 1.1- 
capable..).

Thanks,
Simon


> Both konqueror and lynx are able to browse the static html files  
> just fine.
>
> Firefox and Opera work fine with the httpd server on the same  
> computer.
>
> Does anybody else see similar symptoms?
>
> Regards
> Thomas
>
>> R.version
>               _
> platform       i686-pc-linux-gnu
> arch           i686
> os             linux-gnu
> system         i686, linux-gnu
> status         Under development (unstable)
> major          2
> minor          11.0
> year           2009
> month          09
> day            29
> svn rev        49866
> language       R
> version.string R version 2.11.0 Under development (unstable)  
> (2009-09-29
> r49866)
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