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Contents 1 Internet Relay Chat (IRC) 1.1 Native Client Download 1.2 Registering your IRC User Name 2 Linux 2.1 Getting to #linux-omap 2.2 Alternate option: irssi 3 Windows 3.1 Proxy Setup (Optional) 3.2 IRC Tutorial

[edit] Internet Relay Chat (IRC)

Pidgin, ChatZilla, xchat, ircII are a few IRC applications available for windows or Linux OS's. The sections below will only describe the steps for installing and setting up Pidgin on both Windows and Ubuntu machines.

[edit] Native Client Download

Pidgin native client has support for IRC. It's available for download at: http://www.pidgin.im If you would like to have GTK+ included in the installer, the offline installer that bundles everything except spell-checking dictionaries is available at http://pidgin.im/download/windows/. Pidgin is preloaded on most Ubuntu systems. If it is not loaded by default then run the following command.

[edit] Registering your IRC User Name

Though this step is not required. By registering your username you can get a handle/username that you can use to identify yourself on IRC. Simple steps to register are available on WikiHow

[edit] Linux

sudo apt-get install pidgin

[edit] Getting to #linux-omap

Once installation is complete follow the steps below

• Open Pidgin
• In the Buddy List Window
  • Select Accounts
  • Select +add
  • Protocol = IRC
  • Create username
    • password is optional but is required if you wish to register a new nickname
  • Server = irc.freenode.net

Once an account has been added

• In the Buddy List Window
  • Open Buddies menu
  • Select + add chat
  • Select account created above
  • Enter #linux-omap in the Channel

Ubuntu users should configure the network proxy settings in the system. See Ubuntu's Firewall settings for more information.

[edit] Alternate option: irssi

Irssi is a command-line IRC client, supported on Ubuntu.

If you are behind a corporate firewall, you may want to go through an http proxy.

Add to your ~/.irssi/startup:

/SET use_proxy ON
/SET proxy_address 
/SET proxy_port 
/SET -clear proxy_password
/EVAL SET proxy_string CONNECT %s:%d HTTP/1.0\n\n

Additional commands worth adding to the startup script:

/NETWORK ADD Freenode
/SERVER ADD -auto -network Freenode irc.freenode.net
/CHANNEL ADD -auto #linux-omap Freenode

Some other useful irssi commands to set or run:

To suppress notifications in the #linux-omap channel issue the command:

/IGNORE -channels #linux-omap * JOINS PARTS QUITS NICKS

Alternatively, use the crapbuster.pl script. See the top of scripts.irssi.org for script usage instructions.

More info on irssi site: http://irssi.org/documentation/

[edit] Windows

Download Pidgin at: pidgin windows download and install in on your windows machine.

Once installation is complete follow the steps below

• Open Pidgin
• In the Buddy List Window
  • Select Accounts
  • Select +add
  • Protocol = IRC
  • Create username
    • password is optional but is required if you wish to register a new nickname
  • Server = irc.freenode.net

[edit] Proxy Setup (Optional)

Setting Pidgin up the network: Open Pidgin and navigate to the network's tab

In the Buddy List Window select Tools-->Preference-->"network tab"

• Address: select autodetect IP address
• Ports: select automatic router port forwarding

In the Buddy List Window Tools-->Preference-->"Proxy tab"

• Proxy Server:
  • Proxy type:
  • Host:
  • Port:

If you are inside Texas Instruments please visit: TI's internal wikifor additional settings.

[edit] IRC Tutorial

If you are new to IRC a tutorial is found at IRC Help