IRC FAQ
Benoit Grégoire <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.finance.libofx.devel |
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On January 11, 2003 02:31 pm, TomF wrote: > Thanks, but I still can't do the first step: connect to irc.gnome.org. > > I use Mozilla, Pan, and Sylpheed. There is no web site called > irc.gnome.org. Mozilla Help does not mention chat. Google finds > references to irc.gnome.org, but I couldn't find one that tells how to > get started. Recall that I am new to Linux. Also, I have never joined > a chat group. irc.gnome.org isn't a web site, it's an irc server. What Linux distribution are you running? Mozilla irc support is often in a different package (In mandrake it's in mozilla-irc) > Would you tell me where to find the information on how to get started? There is a Mini-Howto, but it's not very up to date: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/IRC/index.html > I'll install KSirc if that's my best bet. If you do, here is the step by step: -Open KSirc -Settings/Configure KSirc.../Startup/ , give yourself a nickname and a real name -Connections/New server.../Qick connect to:, enter irc.gnome.org and click Connect -In the field below the window that pops up with the server messages, type: /join #gnucash -- Benoit Grégoire http://step.polymtl.ca/~bock/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com