Do you have any firewall rules that may be blocking IRC? 2008/8/1 Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Mac wrote: > > I thought I'd have a go with IRC. I've set up an account in > > Xchat-gnome, but it does not make the connection. All I get is > > > > Looking up irc.ubuntu.com.. > > Connecting to chat.freenode.net (209.177.146.34) port 6667.. > > > > and then it just hangs. I get the same thing with other channels; and > > the same thing happens if I try using Pidgin. > > > > > Sorry for double post, but it may help to know that I can do > > ping chat.freenode.net > PING chat.freenode.net (154.35.200.44) 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from card.freenode.net (154.35.200.44): icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 > time=112 ms > 64 bytes from card.freenode.net (154.35.200.44): icmp_seq=2 ttl=51 > time=111 ms > 64 bytes from card.freenode.net (154.35.200.44): icmp_seq=3 ttl=51 > time=113 ms > > Mac > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >
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