Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC
Pardon the total newbieness :-), but I can seem to configure X-chat correctly to connect to irc.freenode.net .. I put in the server name, gave myself a nickname, and when i try to connect, I get the following: --- Connecting to sterling.freenode.net (212.204.214.114) port 6667.. --- Connected. Now logging in.. --- AUTH :*** Looking up your hostname... --- AUTH :*** Found your hostname, welcome back --- AUTH :*** Checking ident --- AUTH :*** No identd (auth) response --- Closing Link: ts (Bad user info) --- Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). Is there something else I need to do that I'm not doing? Thanks! Terry mike wrote: On Wednesday 08 January 2003 10:26 pm, you wrote: Is this besides the #mandrake channel on irc.freenode.net ? Michael Actually there is a channel on Freenode called #mandrake-offtopic that might be most appropriate for off topic chat.I am there now and it could use some provocation. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Micro$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC
Some servers require an ident response (see pidentd) for access. But before looking at that, I'd try a different server. If you still have trouble, feel free to contact me via email directly, and I'll do whatever I can to help. ~Brandon On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 12:30, Terry Sheltra wrote: Pardon the total newbieness :-), but I can seem to configure X-chat correctly to connect to irc.freenode.net .. I put in the server name, gave myself a nickname, and when i try to connect, I get the following: --- Connecting to sterling.freenode.net (212.204.214.114) port 6667.. --- Connected. Now logging in.. --- AUTH :*** Looking up your hostname... --- AUTH :*** Found your hostname, welcome back --- AUTH :*** Checking ident --- AUTH :*** No identd (auth) response --- Closing Link: ts (Bad user info) --- Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). Is there something else I need to do that I'm not doing? Thanks! Terry mike wrote: On Wednesday 08 January 2003 10:26 pm, you wrote: Is this besides the #mandrake channel on irc.freenode.net ? Michael Actually there is a channel on Freenode called #mandrake-offtopic that might be most appropriate for off topic chat.I am there now and it could use some provocation. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Micro$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC
Brandon, Thanks for the response. What I entered into the server setting was the generic irc.freenode.net .. I've seen it connect to several different servers within the freenode.net group, each one of them giving me the same message. Even typing in one of the servers directly results in the same thing. Any other suggestions? Thanks! Terry Brandon Vanderberg wrote: Some servers require an ident response (see pidentd) for access. But before looking at that, I'd try a different server. If you still have trouble, feel free to contact me via email directly, and I'll do whatever I can to help. ~Brandon -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Micro$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC
On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 07:30, Terry Sheltra wrote: Pardon the total newbieness :-), but I can seem to configure X-chat correctly to connect to irc.freenode.net .. I put in the server name, gave myself a nickname, and when i try to connect, I get the following: --- Connecting to sterling.freenode.net (212.204.214.114) port 6667.. --- Connected. Now logging in.. --- AUTH :*** Looking up your hostname... --- AUTH :*** Found your hostname, welcome back --- AUTH :*** Checking ident --- AUTH :*** No identd (auth) response --- Closing Link: ts (Bad user info) --- Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). Is there something else I need to do that I'm not doing? Thanks! Terry When you fire up X-Chat, have you made sure that you've setup a username/nick and all that jazz? When you fire it up, it's going to give you three places to put in nicknames, then your real name and etc - you need to fill them in. Then, when you create a link for a new server (irc.freenode.net) you still will need to put in some type of username - not a password, just a username...then you should be right (don't run IRC as root) -- Fri Jan 10 08:15:00 EST 2003 8:15am up 21:57, 5 users, load average: 0.10, 0.27, 0.30 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- * linux user:267497 * RH 7.3+ * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC
I sure jumped the gun on that one!! :-) Thanks for the pointer Brandon. I checked my 'puter, and sho' nuff, I didn't have pidentd installed. So, I installed that, and now it works! Now I can go play with the other boys and girls! ;-) Thanks again! Terry Terry Sheltra wrote: Brandon, Thanks for the response. What I entered into the server setting was the generic irc.freenode.net .. I've seen it connect to several different servers within the freenode.net group, each one of them giving me the same message. Even typing in one of the servers directly results in the same thing. Any other suggestions? Thanks! Terry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC
On Thursday 09 January 2003 04:03 pm, you wrote: Some servers require an ident response (see pidentd) for access. But before looking at that, I'd try a different server. If you still have trouble, feel free to contact me via email directly, and I'll do whatever I can to help. ~Brandon On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 12:30, Terry Sheltra wrote: Pardon the total newbieness :-), but I can seem to configure X-chat correctly to connect to irc.freenode.net .. I put in the server name, gave myself a nickname, and when i try to connect, I get the following: --- Connecting to sterling.freenode.net (212.204.214.114) port 6667.. --- Connected. Now logging in.. --- AUTH :*** Looking up your hostname... --- AUTH :*** Found your hostname, welcome back --- AUTH :*** Checking ident --- AUTH :*** No identd (auth) response --- Closing Link: ts (Bad user info) --- Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). Is there something else I need to do that I'm not doing? Thanks! Terry mike wrote: On Wednesday 08 January 2003 10:26 pm, you wrote: Is this besides the #mandrake channel on irc.freenode.net ? Michael Actually there is a channel on Freenode called #mandrake-offtopic that might be most appropriate for off topic chat.I am there now and it could use some provocation. I connect to IRC servers everyday without having to use an ident server.So I dont know that is the problem.I consider them a security risk and wouldnt use one unless I had to.I am on Freenode now without one.So your rejection might be caused by something else. -- Michael Shinobi a.k.a. 'alfalfa' Mandrake 8.2 Linux user #298896 Kernel-2.4.18-8.1mdk 01/09/2003 04:28:28 PM Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://micronuke.tripod.com/ 4:28pm up 1 day, 18:36, 2 users, load average: 0.22, 0.13, 0.09 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC
I connect to IRC servers everyday without having to use an ident server.So I dont know that is the problem.I consider them a security risk and wouldnt use one unless I had to.I am on Freenode now without one.So your rejection might be caused by something else. I've just noticed that some servers require it. As for the security risk, you can always run the fakeident. ~Brandon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003 21:23:16 +0100 Ralph Slooten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I would be willing to set one up on my server if needed, but would need some ideas on which software to use (reliable IRC server) to hook up to my debian box. ircd is in the mandrake contribs, it's probably available for debian, i'm sure. Or you could probably grab a src rpm for it ;) If you don't want to have the load on your machine, though, the IRCOPs on the starlink.org servers are great and it's a smaller network without all the problems of big ones like DalNET, etc. HTH Jerry. PS. i'd be all for it. it'd be nice to have a list channel. If ya need a bot, you can also run eggdrop (comes with mandrake 8.2, i think it's in the 9.0 contribs too) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC
Is this besides the #mandrake channel on irc.freenode.net ? Michael -- Michael Viron Core Systems Administration Team Simple End User Linux At 05:58 PM 1/8/2003 -0800, you wrote: PS. i'd be all for it. it'd be nice to have a list channel. If ya need a bot, you can also run eggdrop (comes with mandrake 8.2, i think it's in the 9.0 contribs too) An IRC channel sounds like a great idea. Starlink looks fine, but it only has one server in Europe. :( BTW, Eggdrop 1.6.13 works like a champ on mdk 9.0, they fixed some old bugs in this new version. ~Branodn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC
On Wednesday 08 January 2003 10:26 pm, you wrote: Is this besides the #mandrake channel on irc.freenode.net ? Michael Actually there is a channel on Freenode called #mandrake-offtopic that might be most appropriate for off topic chat.I am there now and it could use some provocation. -- Michael Shinobi a.k.a. 'alfalfa' Mandrake 8.2 Linux user #298896 Kernel-2.4.18-8.1mdk 01/08/2003 11:06:11 PM Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://micronuke.tripod.com/ 11:06pm up 1 day, 1:13, 2 users, load average: 0.04, 0.02, 0.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC
SNIP Starlink looks fine, but it only has one server in Europe. :( BTW, Eggdrop 1.6.13 works like a champ on mdk 9.0, they fixed some old bugs in this new version. I'll check out a couple of the other smaller nets and see if i can get a hold of some of the OPERS, try and find one with a little better coverage. I op some channels on Undernet currently so I'll see what I can find. ;-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC
On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 21:19, Jerry wrote: SNIP Starlink looks fine, but it only has one server in Europe. :( BTW, Eggdrop 1.6.13 works like a champ on mdk 9.0, they fixed some old bugs in this new version. I'll check out a couple of the other smaller nets and see if i can get a hold of some of the OPERS, try and find one with a little better coverage. I op some channels on Undernet currently so I'll see what I can find. ;-) I like freenode, the one Mike mentioned. It's pretty small too, but they've already got an established mandrake-ot channel. (lot of other good stuff there too.) http://www.freenode.org/irc_servers.shtml ~Brandon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Server Candidate Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 22:19:27 -0700 Jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP Starlink looks fine, but it only has one server in Europe. :( BTW, Eggdrop 1.6.13 works like a champ on mdk 9.0, they fixed some old bugs in this new version. I'll check out a couple of the other smaller nets and see if i can get a hold of some of the OPERS, try and find one with a little better coverage. I op some channels on Undernet currently so I'll see what I can find. ;-) the openprojects.net IRC servers have a better coverage, 4 AU servers, a Chinese server, 10 EU servers and 9 US servers, http://openprojects.nu/irc_servers.shtml Upon connection, the MOTD does say: -USERNOTICE- You've connected to the Freenode network via IRC.OPENPROJECTS.NET. That domain name's being PHASED OUT, since Open Projects changed its name to Freenode in August, 2002. If you connected directly, please reconfigure your client to point to IRC.FREENODE.NET and reconnect. If you connected via another project's irc hostname, irc client default or web site, please ask the project owners to change their pointer! Thanks. So it looks like the servernames need to have openprojects.net replaced with freenode.net. http://openprojects.nu/policy.shtml Network policies. Chanserv and nickserv services available. In the channel listing there are a few channels of note: #Mandrake, #mandrake-linux and #mandrake-offtopic, plus channels for things such as MySQL, mplayer, MDK-Cooker, KDE, gtk+, gnome, etc. Perhaps we could form #mandrake-newbie here? IMO it'd be a good alternative plus possibly a place to refer people who do not want to receive the bulk of email from the list yet still have some of the benefits of it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC
On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 16:33, Brandon Vanderberg wrote: On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 21:19, Jerry wrote: SNIP Starlink looks fine, but it only has one server in Europe. :( BTW, Eggdrop 1.6.13 works like a champ on mdk 9.0, they fixed some old bugs in this new version. I'll check out a couple of the other smaller nets and see if i can get a hold of some of the OPERS, try and find one with a little better coverage. I op some channels on Undernet currently so I'll see what I can find. ;-) I like freenode, the one Mike mentioned. It's pretty small too, but they've already got an established mandrake-ot channel. (lot of other good stuff there too.) http://www.freenode.org/irc_servers.shtml ~Brandon So if they've already got an ot-mandrake channel, why don't we usurp it? -- Thu Jan 9 16:55:00 EST 2003 4:55pm up 6:37, 4 users, load average: 0.17, 0.18, 0.13 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- * linux user:267497 * RH 7.3+ * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. -- Susan Ertz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
