[JDEV] IRC transport not connecting

[David Sutton]

Hi,

  Can you send me a copy of your config file so I can check it against
mine. I might be able to spot something.

Regards,

  David

On Mon, 2001-11-12 at 12:17, Migs Paraz wrote:
> Now I understand... thanks for the explanation!
> 
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 11:28:29AM +0000, David Sutton wrote:
> > > I do a Services/Browse Jabber Conference Services, enter irc.localhost
> > > as the Server to browse (since that's defined in my config file), but
> > > nothing happens with Gabber and with jabberd.
> > >
> > Ok, i'll grab my copy of patched gabber (rpm) and test it again and tell
> > you what happened. If you want, I can look at your config file and see
> > if I can spot anything.
> 
> I took a second look and spotted this error:
> 
> <browse>
>   <browse>
>      <conference type="irc" ... >
>      </conference>
>   <browse>
> </browse>
> 
> Which I got by an uninformed cut-n-paste.
> 
> After taking out the extra <browse> section, I can now browse localhost.
> But, when I enter a room ("plug"), or create a room:
> 
> 20011112T12:09:00: [alert] (irc.localhost): hostname maps back to ourselves!
> 20011112T12:09:00: [notice] (irc.localhost): failed to establish connection
> 20011112T12:09:00: [notice] (irc.localhost): bouncing a packet to plug at irc.localhost from baloney at localhost/Gabber: Server Connect Failed
> 
> I read through the code, and the error message comes from the s2s code, and 
> not the irc-transport.  What is special about 'localhost' and irc-t that
> causes this, when other transports don't mind?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> 
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