xchat doesn't wait for authentication to succeed before autojoining channels

[Iain Buclaw]

Binary package hint: xchat

xchat doesn't wait for authentication to succeed before autojoining channels, so I cannot autojoin any of the invite-only channels I'm part of.

Problem not seen in Lucid, however it may interest you that this issue is also present on Lucid booting off a newer 2.6.35 kernel.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xchat 2.8.8-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-21.31-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Sep 25 18:19:50 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429.4)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xchat

[philinux (philcb)]

This is now affecting joining #ubuntu. I keep getting floodbot nonsense and then it's ok to join.

I have my favourites set to join #ubuntu,#ubuntu-beginners,#ubuntuforums-mods but it only lets me join #ubuntu-beginners now. I have to manually join the others.

[Rory McCann (rorymcc)]

I have a similar problem that i raised on askubuntu: http://askubuntu.com/questions/6332/prevent-xchat-from-trying-to-join-channels-until-i-have-been-authenticated/6336#6336

[Evgeny Martynov (pro-epic-fail)]

Compiling fresh from their source (from svn) seems to respect irc_join_delay variable - UNLESS the server sends a JOIN command (from my understanding of the code).

Does /set irc_join_delay 5 fix the problem? You might need to change 5 to 15 or 25 or whatever seconds - it will wait that much time before autojoining.

[Andrew Constantine (andrewmc)]

On freenode this can be resolved by moving your NickServ password to the "Server Password" field

[Aminda Suomalainen (mikaela)]

You might be interested in https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xchat/+question/262103

The issue is that XChat doesn't support SASL which identifies you before you are visible to normal users on the network. There is script at https://freenode.net/sasl/sasl-xchat.shtml , but I would suggest moving to HexChat as you can see from that first link.

[Aminda Suomalainen (mikaela)]

Sorry, I missed the SASL specification from the previous comment and I don't see edit button:

* https://github.com/ircv3/ircv3-specifications/blob/master/extensions/sasl-3.1
* https://github.com/ircv3/ircv3-specifications/blob/master/extensions/sasl-3.2.md