Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC

2003-01-09 Thread Terry Sheltra
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.

Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC

2003-01-09 Thread Brandon Vanderberg
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

Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC

2003-01-09 Thread Terry Sheltra
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

Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC

2003-01-09 Thread Stephen Kuhn
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

Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC

2003-01-09 Thread Terry Sheltra
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,

Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC

2003-01-09 Thread mike
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

Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC

2003-01-09 Thread Brandon Vanderberg
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

Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC

2003-01-08 Thread Jerry
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

Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC

2003-01-08 Thread Michael Viron
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

Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC

2003-01-08 Thread mike
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. --

Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC

2003-01-08 Thread Jerry
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

Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC

2003-01-08 Thread Brandon Vanderberg
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

Server Candidate Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC

2003-01-08 Thread Jerry
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

Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC

2003-01-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
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