On 27/05/2021 14.23, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
Thanks, guys. But we really need an easy guide somewhere.
If you google it, I'm sure you'll find something. "how to connect to an IRC server". libera is the same as any other.
How about this one:
Wow, this one must be new, it uses Libera. It doesn't cover the basics, it points to external sites. None of them talks the very basic starting. The key point that got me started is that despite pidgin asking for a password, you have to leave it blank the first time. Then, after connection, you have to open a channel to issue commands. This is a problem: what channel? I got refused on #suse, but got in on #opensuse. Maybe it has to be done on some other channel, no idea. Once in a channel, register a nickname with password (the web site starts explaining at this point, the previous steps are not mentioned): /nick somename /msg NickServ REGISTER yourpassword your-email then: identify /msg NickServ IDENTIFY somename yourpassword then test that you can post. Somewhere (at some system channel that I was not reading) the system answers that you have to reply to an email you get issuing a command /msg NickServ VERIFY REGISTER somename some_given_pin one problem I had is that when pasting commands, I got instead: p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; } /msg NickServ IDENTIFY somename password which was displayed to the entire group with my password and I had to change it, creating some laughs :-) Someone (fridrich) tried to help me starting a private conversation, but the system would not allow me to answer (I have lost the exact error). So I'll say thanks from here instead. Then disconnect, and add the nick/password to the account configuration (in pidgin, tick "remember password"), and setup SSL. Port for SSL is not standard, it is 6697 (and I know this because I had to ask in the past, and had it saved). And try connecting again. SSL is a requirement for me. The Freenode folks had a robot that scanned the ports in my router, and found one they did not like because it was "vulnerable". My ISP refused to patch it. In the past, I had to ask on some freenode help channel where they told my that I had to use SSL so that they would not scan me (I do not know if Libera is doing the same, but being the same people, they probably do). As I said, it took me weeks to get IRC going the first time. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)