Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: xchat-gnome
When starting XChat for the first time after installation, it attempts
to auto-connect irc.ubuntu.com on port 8001 and auto-join a Ubuntu
channel in the user's language, e.g. #ubuntu-nl .
The connection to irc.ubuntu.com is immediately redirected to
chat.freenode.net. This causes the server name displayed by XChat to change to
"Freenode" (note the case: not "FreeNode" !).
Changing server settings under "FreeNode" (to add server password, enable SSL
connection, etc.), has no effect, because they are made for the wrong server
configuration. Only looking closely at the beginning of the server output makes
this clear.
The reason for all this confusion is that XChat attempts to connect to the IRC
server defined in XChat at "Ubuntu Server", hostname irc.ubuntu.com, port 8001,
which is not mentioned anywhere (anymore) in any current documentation I could
find (which all clearly mention FreeNode).
Also, enabling SSL connection for "Ubuntu Server" gives an error on
connect, because (after redirection from irc.ubuntu.com), the FreeNode
servers don't accept SSL connections on port 8001.
After looking around in the source package, I think the problem is with
the patch 04_autojoin_ubuntu_chan.patch . (Why hard-code this in the
executable anyway?)
I would like to suggest changing the patch to use the server
configuration for "FreeNode" instead of "Ubuntu Server", or at least
change hostname irc.ubuntu.com to chat.freenode.net .
Kind regards, Alain
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: xchat-gnome 1:0.26.1+git20101206.557c940-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue May 17 14:45:45 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=nl_NL:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xchat-gnome
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: xchat-gnome (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty running-unity
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Title:
XChat auto-join local language channel outdated and confusing
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