Hey, Here is the solution ! The instructions at https://riseup.net/chat made me realize I should not attempt to connect to the server but simply add a chat to the server I'm already using (in the Buddy menu). Apparently the more recent versions of Pidgin do not call this a Room but a Chat. And there is no mention of TLS/SSL in the menu but that probably is the default nowadays because ... it worked :-)
Cheers On 12/31/2017 11:12 AM, Loic Dachary wrote: > Hi Cody, > > Thanks for the quick reply, much appreciated :-) > > On 12/31/2017 12:04 AM, Cody Brownstein wrote: >> Hello! >> >> Loic Dachary wrote: >>> I'd like to attend the next contributor meeting[1] but I failed to connect >>> following the Contributors chat intructions[2] using pidgin. I wonder if >>> there are detailed instructions somewhere, maybe with screenshots ? For >>> instance I'm not sure if I'm supposed to provide a password, should the >>> nick I pick be autoregistered ? It is recommended to use TLS/SSL but the >>> closest approximation I found is "use encryption if available" in the >>> "Advanced" tab. And pidgin only shows "Unable to connect" in the GUI which >>> is not much help to debug the situation ;-) >> >> You first need to register an account with an XMPP server. Here's a list >> of free, public XMPP servers: >> >> https://list.jabber.at/ >> >> Once you've registered an account with an XMPP server, you need to add >> the account to Pidgin. You can do this by pressing Ctrl+A while in >> Pidgin. Once your account has been added and you are connected, you >> should be able to join the "tails-dev" room on the >> "conference.riseup.net" server. >> >> Hope this helps! > > I already have a [email protected] account and using it daily. I added the > conference.riseup.net (as shown in the screenshot > http://dachary.org/loic/a.png) > and when I try to connect (as shown in the screenshot > http://dachary.org/loic/b.png) it says "Host Unknown" (but I also got Unable > to connect). The hostname resolves ok on my laptop. > > $ getent hosts conference.riseup.net > 198.252.153.234 xmpp.riseup.net conference.riseup.net > > It feels like I'm doing something *completely* wrong :-) > > Cheers > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tails-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev > To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to > [email protected]. > -- Loïc Dachary, Artisan Logiciel Libre _______________________________________________ Tails-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to [email protected].
