OK, for all the wrong reasons, I was trying to use X Chat IRC. I opened it, and this is what I received for 2-3 minutes:
A seartch of the forum didn't turn up this problem, so I assume it is unique. Any suggestions?
IRC Chat not connecting in LMDE
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IRC Chat not connecting in LMDE
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Re: IRC Chat not connecting in LMDE
That happened a couple of times last weekend - servers went offline temporarily.
Maybe best to shut down XChat and try again an a few minutes.
Maybe best to shut down XChat and try again an a few minutes.
Re: IRC Chat not connecting in LMDE
Thanks for your suggestion Oscar. I just tried it again and received the same results. Perhaps I have really misspelled something? I don;t know . . .
Re: IRC Chat not connecting in LMDE
If you haven't changed anyhing it should be preconfigured to connect to mint irc..
Re: IRC Chat not connecting in LMDE
Haven;t touched a thing - first time I ever used it. All I wanted to do was to see what would happen. I guess I know now . . .
Re: IRC Chat not connecting in LMDE
Probably some problems that is out of your hand then. Temporary connection issues i guess.
Re: IRC Chat not connecting in LMDE
I am STILL having problems connecting to mint chat. I can connect to other channels just fine, but mint keeps giving me the error messages found in my OP. Here are my settings. Is there anything amiss?
Re: IRC Chat not connecting in LMDE
I can only see one difference between your settings and mine - you have a checkmark in "Bypass proxy server" and I don't
The Nickserv password wouldn't make a difference,that's just to auto-identify
The Nickserv password wouldn't make a difference,that's just to auto-identify