Just for the sake of testing the error, the right URL above is irc://irc.freenode.net:8001/xchat
So, again. The syntax according to the man page: xchat -e irc://irc.freenode.net:8001/xchat The right syntax: xchat -e --url=irc://irc.freenode.net:8001/xchat -- man page shows wrong syntax for irc:// URLs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/618515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs