[GLLUG] Emacs IRC Client Trouble

[Marr]

On Friday 25 January 2008 5:07pm, Patrick Hawkins wrote:
> 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

Thanks for your input, Patrick.

To update anyone still following my saga, I was able to successfully run XChat 
(which comes with Slackware 11.0 [or maybe Dropline Gnome]). That was so 
simple and worked so nicely that I'll probably just use that -- no pain, 
lotsa gain.

Just to be sure, I registered a nickname on IRC then went back to Emacs 'erc' 
and tried again, this time using my newly-registered nickname and password. 
Same failure as before. It's odd that XChat (and BitchX) worked with no 
problems while 'erc' just keeps failing to connect. As to your 3rd 
suggestion, I was using the Emacs default (prompted) port of 6667 (which 
comes up after the host prompt, just as you described). That is to say, I was 
not manually adding it. And I'm still on Emacs 21.4.2 (Slackware 11.0) so I 
had to unzip the 'erc' files from the download and add a link in my '.emacs' 
file.

I'd still like to solve the mystery at some point, but for now, XChat seems to 
do nicely.

Thanks again to all who provided input.

Regards,
Bill Marr