I got tripped up by this too. When using pidgin, you need to goto the Advanced settings page and change the server there as well as on the front page, otherwise it connects to the "default" silc server.
Cheers Chris On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:10 +0100, "David Chisnall" <thera...@sucs.org> wrote: > You are not connected to the server. Looking at netstat on the server > machine, all of the connections to the SILC port are accounted for by the > people currently in the channel. What happens if you click on this link? > > silc://silc.etoileos.com/Etoile > > Please verify that the server that you are connected to is > silc.etoileos.com (109.169.23.24), on port 706. > > David > > On 6 Apr 2010, at 15:04, Kunal Bharati wrote: > > > David, > > It shows : > > "You are channel founder on etoile" > > on pidgin window > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:28 PM, David Chisnall <thera...@sucs.org> wrote: > > Etoile is the name of the channel (note: not #Etoile). If you can't see it > > in the list, specify it directly. > > > > David > > > > On 6 Apr 2010, at 14:56, Kunal Bharati wrote: > > > > > Hey david, > > > Thanx for the info. > > > > > > I m try pidgin right now for connecting it. What should I enter in > > > channel name? I cant see Etoile in room list. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:03 PM, David Chisnall <thera...@sucs.org> wrote: > > > You probably had problems connecting over the past few days because the > > > server moved and the DNS records didn't get updated properly. > > > silc.etoileos.com now works, but silc.etoile-project.org does not yet. > > > > > > As to why SILC, you can see the SILC FAQ: > > > http://silcnet.org/support/faq/project/ > > > > > > It is used by several other open source projects, such as OpenBSD. If we > > > considered 'other people are doing it' as a valid reason for adopting > > > inferior technology, the Étoilé project would not exist at all. > > > > > > David > > > > > > On 6 Apr 2010, at 14:14, Kunal Bharati wrote: > > > > > > > Hello All, > > > > > > > > I am Kunal from India. I have just started to learn about writing apps > > > > for Etoile :) Its really interesting. > > > > > > > > I am willing to help you guys and also willing to submit an app written > > > > from scratch :) > > > > > > > > One thing though which I would like to tell is, why arent we having irc > > > > channel? I am having really tough time getting a Silc client running on > > > > my Ubuntu box ;) > > > > > > > > Irc is the way many foss projects communicate. Is there any reason to > > > > not have irc channel for Etoile? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Thanx, > > > > Kunal > > > > > > > > Projects: http://github.com/kunal > > > > Blog: http://bharatikunal.wordpress.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Etoile-dev mailing list > > > > Etoile-dev@gna.org > > > > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-dev > > > > > > > > > -- Sent from my brain > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Etoile-dev mailing list > > > Etoile-dev@gna.org > > > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-dev > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Thanx, > > > Kunal > > > > > > Projects: http://github.com/kunal > > > Wordpress Blog: http://bharatikunal.wordpress.com/ > > > Blogspot Blog: http://bharatikunal.blogspot.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Etoile-dev mailing list > > > Etoile-dev@gna.org > > > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-dev > > > > -- Send from my Jacquard Loom > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Etoile-dev mailing list > > Etoile-dev@gna.org > > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-dev > > > > > > > > -- > > Thanx, > > Kunal > > > > Projects: http://github.com/kunal > > Wordpress Blog: http://bharatikunal.wordpress.com/ > > Blogspot Blog: http://bharatikunal.blogspot.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Etoile-dev mailing list > > Etoile-dev@gna.org > > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-dev > > > -- Sent from my brain > > > _______________________________________________ > Etoile-dev mailing list > Etoile-dev@gna.org > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-dev > -- Christopher Armstrong carmstrong ^^AT^ fastmail dOT com /Dot/ au _______________________________________________ Etoile-dev mailing list Etoile-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-dev
