On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, sander-martijn wrote:
May I ask why you would want to use the version packaged with ubuntu, especially if it is old and known to have problems and it's so simple to download a newer version?
In a word: Dependencies.
However, since it only depends upon libgd2-xpm and php5-gd, it wouldn't be that hard to break dep tracking in this instance. If I had checked the version on the site before I installed, I may have tried the non-ubuntu version. Frankly, Ubuntu is usually not *that* far behind in its versions.
Also why are you browsing with lynx? Do you have a specific requirement to support lynx browsers on your site?
Yes, in fact I do. Multiple users using text consoles, with no available alternative.
imho unless there's a reason you absolutely and only need to have it work with a standard install and with lynx, you should try using an updated version of drupal with a standard and modern web browser (eg firefox). then at least you'll be seeing what everyone else is seeing before trying esoteric combinations and claiming it's drupal that isn't working.
1. I can try a newer version of Drupal. 2. I can not change to other than text based browsers--I know Firefox et al work with it, but I must support console based operations as well.
As a side note: changing the useragent to something other than Lynx, appears to have no effect, which would seem to blow my theory as to what is going on.
Luke