windrop problem: not connecting to irc server

CosmicD · Post by **CosmicD** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:06 pm

Hello,

I myself use a linux eggdrop but some friend of mine is using a windrop and has problems putting it on any irc server. so I've completely installed an eggdrop myself and well: i've come to the same problem as this guy. you see eggdrop launching into the background and all, then the windows firewall dialog to unblock this program comes up and I allow it, but you'll never see the bot on the irc server.

when i run netstat i don't see any establisched or even a timed out connection to a server:

the /logs/eggdrop.log doesn't make me any wiser, isnt there a debugging option that

I know that when you connect to mirc it takes a while befor getting connected but I spent enough time waiting for the eggdrop.

is there a way to make the bot show more error messages or something like that ?

^DooM^ · Post by **^DooM^** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:24 pm

yes when you launch your eggdrop dont use the .bat goto cmd

goto your bot location and run with this switch

Code: Select all

eggdrop.exe -n eggdrop.conf

that will show you exactly whats going on.

CosmicD · Post by **CosmicD** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:59 pm

thanks,

now it's showing something:

seems that dns can't be resolved, even when I open up both tcp and udp ports 51 in the windows firewall (sp2)..

when i do nslookup to some domain, it resolves,

so i tried to connect to the ip's , then it stops with a "connection doesn't have endpoint on 6".

demond · Post by **demond** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 5:06 pm

probably Cygwin resolver library problems (Cygwin is the underlying UNIX compatibility layer; it's necessary since windrop is not a native win32 application, it's merely an eggdrop - UNIX/Linux app - with some tweaks to compile under Cygwin)

CosmicD · Post by **CosmicD** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 5:11 pm

weird, that 3 years ago on windows ME it seemed to work

well.. i guess he'll just has to install linux

^DooM^ · Post by **^DooM^** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 5:25 pm

How about turning windows firewall off and buying a 3rd party one like norton or mcafee they are so much easier to use and configure. if you want i can send you my cygwin1.dll file to try that as i know that works perfectly with the new windrops. if so private message me an email adress to send it too

Alchera · Post by **Alchera** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:48 pm

There is absolutely nothing needed to "tweak" in Windows Firewall (SP2) to have a Windrop (or any other program) connect to IRC. It's a fault with the latest Cygwin (either cygminires.dll or dns.dll). Try replacing either, or both, with previous versions (that worked) and see if that fixes the problem.

KrzychuG · Post by **KrzychuG** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:08 pm

Yeah, SP2 firewall is not too smart and does not block ip which scan computer. If you have Norton Firewall you may nothice this problem on IRCnet, where servers are scanning every incoming connection for misconfigured proxy. Mine firewall blocked irc server for 30 minutes and i was unable to connect to that server without reconfiguring my firewall ;)

CosmicD · Post by **CosmicD** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:22 pm

i've installed a cygwin version from last year and still i'm getting that dreaded connection has no end thingy

^DooM^ · Post by **^DooM^** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:26 pm

PM me your email address and i will email you the dll's that i use see if that helps.

CosmicD · Post by **CosmicD** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:23 am

ok oficcially hit me on the head:

I've commented out both my ip and my hostname (bad idea)..

but still yo'uve helped with the dlls because i could not resolve hosts otherwise...

Alchera · Post by **Alchera** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:48 pm

KrzychuG wrote: Yeah, SP2 firewall is not too smart and does not block ip which scan computer.

I suggest you do a lot of reading up on Windows Firewall. It simply drops all illegal incoming packets; the only difference between it and programs like Norton is that it does not continuously annoy you when it blocks. I've been a Norton fan almost since Adam & Eve shared that infamous apple but now only use Windows Firewall (which passes the Symantec Security Check with flying colours).

KrzychuG · Post by **KrzychuG** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:46 pm

Nice, i wanted to scan my firewall on linux (iptables). Unfortunatelly i saw a message:

Symantec Security Check is not compatible with your computer settings because:
Error 001
Security Scan and Virus Detection do not work with your operating system. To run Security Scan and Virus Detection, you must be using Windows 98/ME, NT 4.0 Workstation/2000 Pro/XP, or Mac OS 8.1 or higher.

That's sad.

metroid · Post by **metroid** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 2:49 am

http://scan.sygate.com/

I've found this to be a very good website to test

demond · Post by **demond** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 11:08 pm

bottom line is, those windrop guys need to concentrate on porting eggdrop to use winsock natively, and convert UNIX and POSIX style function calls to native win32 function calls - getting rid of Cygwin - only then it would be rightfully called windrop and not eggdrop

now, it's merely eggdrop compiled under Cygwin - and I can't imagine why do they maintain a dedicated sourceforge project for that - they don't actually develop anything, just distribute pre-compiled binaries bundled with third-party modules like gseen - this shouldn't be called windrop, and should be maintained by eggheads