I can't connect to irc.ubuntu.com

[NoOp]

On 03/18/2008 02:58 PM, michael wrote:
> To connect via Pidgin watch out UbuntuDesktopTraining.pdf
> chapters 4.5 and 10.4.3

Well... true & thanks! But that's a 72.5Mb PDF download & I'm not sure
he wants to do that just to find out how to do it from pidgin. However,
looks like the key in pidgin is:

1. Open the Buddies menu to view the available options, and click Add
Chat. This displays the Add Chat dialogue box.

2. To interact with ubuntu users, type #Ubuntu in the Screen name field.
Then click Add. This adds the Ubuntu users’ account to your
Buddies List.
Figure 10.16: Add Chat Dialogue Box
3. Notice that #ubuntu is added as an IRC account to your Buddy List.
Double-click the account name to enter the IRC channel for
Ubuntu

Got it working from my end with that info. However, I think I'll stick
with chatzilla :-)

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> Am Dienstag, den 18.03.2008, 10:25 -0700 schrieb NoOp:
>> On 03/18/2008 10:04 AM, NoOp wrote:
>> 
>> > 
>> > See:
>> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat
>> > 
>> > You must first connect to to the irc.freenode.net (irc://freenode)
>> > network & then join the chat group you are looking for
>> > (irc://freenode/ubuntu). I am not sure how to set that up in Pidgin - I
>> > use SeaMonkey's Chatzilla instead.
>> > 
>> Sorry, forgot to ask: when you try chatzilla are you first connecting to
>> freenode?
>> 
>> Preferences|Add|Network|freenode
>> then: IRC|Join|Ubuntu
>> 
>> Or, once you are connected to freenode, then:
>> /join #ubuntu
>> 
>> You might also find these helpful:
>> 
>> http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/faq/
>>   http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/faq/#join
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IrcGuidelines
>> and
>> http://freenode.net/
>>   http://freenode.net/faq.shtml
>> 
>> Also consider that 163.com is blocked by many networks due to spam etc.
>> Could be that freenode.net might be blocking your isp.
>> http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#rejected
>> 
>> 
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