connection refused from Google search [ABANDONED]

dcljr · Last edited by dcljr on Mon Jan 09, 2017 9:27 am; edited 1 time in total

When using 'links' on the console, I usually search for Gentoo Forums posts through Google (because the forums' own search feature is a complete POS).

Today as I'm trying to fix a software updating issue, I find that I cannot follow such links (whether http or https) because the connection is being refused. What changed?

audiodef · Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2016 7:24 pm Post subject:

No problem here. Tried it with:

dcljr · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 11:37 am Post subject:

Sorry for the lack of reply. I never had occasion to followup on replicating and/or diagnosing that problem. It was in a fresh Gentoo installation that just didn't work out for various reasons and has now been abandoned. So I don't know if it was a temporary thing or something I did while installing/configuring things.

Today in a completely different Gentoo installation I find that 'links' in an xterm and 'links' on the console both work as expected wrt following google search hits to this site.

So... nevermind, I guess.