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+====== FAQs ======
+===== Linux =====
+==== Unable to Access Google using Lynx ====
+**Symptom:** Attempts to access www.google.com using Lynx result in the error, "Google Error Bad Request" or "400 Bad
+Request".
+**Cause:** Some Linux distributions ship with a large /etc/mailcap or ~/.mailcap file that Lynx is using to send a huge Accept: header and google doesn't like it.
+**Fix:** In /etc/lynx.cfg, edit
+<code>"GLOBAL_MAILCAP:/etc/mailcap" to "GLOBAL_MAILCAP:/dev/null"
+or
+"PERSONAL_MAILCAP:~/.mailcap" to "PERSONAL_MAILCAP:/dev/null"
+</code>
+ as appropriate (depending on which mailcap file is causing the grief).

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