[GLLUG] Emacs IRC Client Trouble

[Patrick Hawkins]

Two thoughts:

1) There's another emacs irc package: ncirc (or perhaps nc-irc, not sure
which). You may want to try that one out as well.
2) Emacs22+ should have erc installed already. If you are running that
version or higher, and installed a second package, removing your installed
package might do the trick.
3) are you adding the port number by hand after M-x erc brings up
irc.freenode.net as the host? If so, that's your problem. the port number is
the next thing you're asked for (this is a long shot, but I didn't want to
leave any stone unturned).

Hope this helps.

-Patrick

On Jan 24, 2008 6:21 PM, Marr <marr at copper.net> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I'm trying to coordinate with a fellow Linux kernel module hacker to get a
> permanent fix for a long-broken kernel module into the next kernel
> release.
> He wants to use IRC to coordinate our efforts. Unfortunately, despite many
> years of computer hacking (the good kind!), I'm a total noob at IRC.
>
> Based on a discussion with fellow Emacs enthusiast Patrick (Hawkins, I
> think)
> at a GLLUG meeting well over a year ago, I decided to run the Emacs IRC
> client known as 'erc'.
>
> The 'erc' installation is trivial (unlike web-based 'Google Talk', which
> wanted me to install Adobe Flash 9 -- no thanks).
>
> Unfortunately, when I run 'erc' from within Emacs, all I get is this
> message
> in my Emacs status line:
>
>   irc.freenode.net:6667 name or service not known
>
> I _can_ successfully 'ping irc.freenode.net', so I know that DNS is
> resolving
> it.
>
> I played around a bit, and then Googled for that term a bit, but I cannot
> find
> anything to help. Of course, I *am* connected to the Internet (via
> dial-up)
> when I run 'erc', but it acts just like it does when I'm not connected --
> same message. I don't think my 'iptables' firewall is blocking anything. I
> checked the Emacs 'erc' customization variables and cannot find anything
> that
> might help either, so I'm pretty much mystified at this point. Being a
> total
> noob at IRC isn't helpful, either. :^)
>
> I'll continue to look into solutions, but thought I'd ask for some
> guidance
> here too.
>
> I don't even have to use 'erc'. I'd gladly run any simple IRC client that
> won't require me to install a ton of extra junk on top of my nice
> Slackware
> 11.0 installation. Simpler (and lower-bandwidth) is better, especially
> since
> I'll only be using it once.
>
> Thanks in advance to anyone with advice!
>
> P.S. Does anyone know when the window for Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04 LTS)
> closes? That is to say, "If we get our kernel module fix in by
> such-and-such
> date, it will be guaranteed to be included in Hardy Heron." I'm not a big
> Ubuntu user, but I just saw that this very old bug was mentioned a while
> ago
> on the Ubuntu forums and I'd like to get the fix in before the next
> release.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Marr
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