problem on startup

Knochen · Post by **Knochen** » Tue Mar 11, 2003 6:13 pm

Hi!
Ive got a problem...my bot doesnt show up in the channel where he should. But it seems that it starts up correctly:

Eggdrop v1.6.13 (C) 1997 Robey Pointer (C) 2002 Eggheads
[22:17] --- Loading eggdrop v1.6.13 (Tue Mar 11 2003)
[22:17] Listening at telnet port 23492 (all)
[22:17] Module loaded: dns
[22:17] Module loaded: channels
[22:17] Module loaded: server
[22:17] Module loaded: ctcp
[22:17] Module loaded: irc
[22:17] Module loaded: notes (with lang support)
[22:17] Module loaded: console (with lang support)
[22:17] Module loaded: blowfish
[22:17] Module loaded: uptime
[22:17] Userinfo TCL v1.07 loaded (URL BF GF IRL EMAIL DOB PHONE ICQ).
[22:17] use '.help userinfo' for commands.

STARTING BOT IN USERFILE CREATION MODE.
Telnet to the bot and enter 'NEW' as your nickname.
OR go to IRC and type: /msg UKB hello
This will make the bot recognize you as the master.

[22:17] === UKB: 1 channels, 0 users.
Launched into the background (pid: 6955)
So, whats wrong???

ppslim · Post by **ppslim** » Tue Mar 11, 2003 7:06 pm

COuld be one of many things.

1: Did you give the bot enough server in its list. Ellthough you can connect to them, you bot may not.

2: The bot may have gone into the background, however, it may then have died. DO a "ps x" to check it's still running.

3: Have you checked the logs?

Knochen · Post by **Knochen** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 2:18 am

1) about 20

2) yeah he is still alive

3) [22:05] -ERROR from server- Closing Link: UKB by b0rk.uk.quakenet.org (USER: Bad username)

so i'd chnaged the username but it wont work...
and it can't be a problem with the username anymore, because with it's new username he'd already been on...1 time

ppslim · Post by **ppslim** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 5:21 am

Change the value of username in your config file, to "eggdrop" or your shell account login name.

These are sure fire ways to getting the correct syntax, and will rule out this error further. You can change this value at a later date, the goal is simply to disprove this error is the main issue.

Another option, other than sending the the "hello" command to the bot, is to telnet into the bot. When it asks for your username, type "new" and it will then ask you some questions, and get you setup in the bot.

You can then do commands like ".status" to find out why it isn't working.

Another option, is to start with the -n option as well (eg ./eggdrop -mn config.file). This will turn the shell into the console, and withh display any errors between the start time, and the time you can get into the bot.

Knochen · Post by **Knochen** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 11:34 am

thx, it works...

Next problem (

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Received a DCC CHAT offer from UKB
DCC CHAT connect attemp to UKB failed (err=No route to host).
Any ideas?

ppslim · Post by **ppslim** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 11:50 am

Is the bot behind a NAT router, or some other port-forwarding system?

If so, then edit the config file, and change the value of nat-ip to the IP the bot is see as on IRC (using /whois). Then set my-ip to the IP of the local machine (the one the bot is on).

The bot weill need totaly restarting.

Otherwise, what IP is the bot sending to you to connect to (usualy displayed innhe connectiopn dialog).