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@@ -0,0 +1,712 @@ +1. PROJECT RELATED QUESTIONS + +1.1 What is KVIrc ? What the "KVIrc" name stands for ? +1.2 Why KVIrc is not totally integrated in KDE ? + + +2. COMPILATION + +2.1 I can't compile kvirc from cvs, what's wrong? +2.2 Internal Compiler Errors ? +2.3 On Mandrake 10.0 (or other) KVIrc fails to start + saying that it can't find libkvisetup.so. +2.4 I got 'amarokInterface.cpp:29:31: amarokInterface.moc: No such file or directory'. Whats going wrong? +2.5 Configure complains about a missing libdl.so but I seem to have it + + +3. INSTALLATION + +3.1 There is a problem during package installation/creation + file /usr/share/services/irc.protocol from install + kvirc-version.package conflicts with file from package xxx + + +4. IRC + +4.1 How do i join a channel ? +4.2 How do i autojoin channels ? +4.3 How do I enable automatic NickServ identification ? +4.4 I can't see my national characters, what's wrong ? +4.5 I can't connect to an IPV6 server, what's wrong ? +4.6 /me doesn't support the '$' character, what's wrong ? +4.7 /me doesn't support the '"' (double quote) character, what's wrong ? +4.8 /me can't contain the ';' character, what's wrong ? +4.9 I try to do a /whois on nick blah\ but i get the reply for blah (without the slash) +4.10 What is AVATAR protocol ? Is there any documentation about it ? +4.11 The log files seem to be saved randomly, when I open a log + I can see only a part of the text that actually should be there +4.12 The DCC transfers seem to be interrupted after the first few bytes: + KVIrc says that the remote end has closed the connection. + + +5. ADVANCED IRC FEATURES + +5.1 How do I connect to an SSL-enabled IRC server ? +5.2 How do I use DCC over SSL ? +5.3 Do I need a SSL certificate ? +5.4 How do I create a SSL certificate ? +5.5 I can't get KVIrc to use my SSL certificate in a DCC, what's wrong ? +5.6 KVIrc crashes when a certificate is used under Windows, what's wrong ? +5.7 How do I enable mircryption (encryption in general) for a specific channel ? +5.8 How do I execute a process and send its output to a channel ? +5.9 How do I keep channels and queries open after a disconnect ? +5.10 I have an unreliable ISP connection but KVIrc takes a really long + time to detect a disconnection and reconnect. +5.11 I'm in a LAN and KVIrc uses a wrong IP address in dcc transfers + +6. APPAREANCE + +6.1 On Windows KVIrc seems to slow-down sometimes, what's wrong ? +6.2 I don't see the channel popup menus anymore, what's wrong ? +6.3 Does KVIrc support Themes? +6.4 I hate all that colors, what can I do about it ? +6.5 On Windows, how do I use firefox/opera/any_other_browser to open links instead of explorer ? + + +7. CRASHES + +7.1 KVIrc crashes when the multiline text input is opened (obsolete) +7.2 What the heck is a gdb stack trace and how do I get it ? +7.3 KVIrc hangs up, but doesn't crash. How do i report debug informations ? +7.4 KVIrc exits by itself or simply "disappears" without any apparent reason. +7.5 KVIrc dies randomly and "Alarm Clock" is printed in the console +7.6 KVIrc dies when using alias(identify){ identify password; } + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +1. PROJECT RELATED QUESTIONS +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + +1.1 What is KVIrc ? + + KVIrc is a cross-platform Internet Relay Chat client. + The name stands for K Visual Internet Relay Chat client. + The K prefix comes from the old times, when KVIrc was bound to the + KDE project and depended on the KDE libraries to run. Actually this + is not true anymore since KVIrc depends only on the Qt library from + TrollTech and runs also on platforms where KDE can't run. + + +1.2 Why KVIrc is not totally integrated in KDE ? + + First of all read the answer for question 1.1. + We could provide a more complete integration by the means of conditional + compilation but since it would require additional efforts to synchronize + the KVIrc sources with the KDE library changes we choose not to do it. + If you wish to contribute some code that better integrates KVIrc with + KDE you're welcome to do so: we will happily accept your patches as long + as you promise to mantain them :) + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +2. COMPILATION +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +2.1 I can't compile kvirc from svn, what's wrong? + + Have you checked the requirements ? + *Carefully* read the INSTALL file that comes with the distribution: + it contains the informations to solve 95% of the problems that + you may encounter. You may also try digging in our mailing list + archive: many problems have been solved there. + If you still can't get it to work please either subscribe to the KVIrc + mailing list (see www.kvirc.net) and report the problem there or join #kvirc + on IRCNet and ask the channel members for a hint. + + +2.2 Internal Compiler Errors ? + + Compile errors like this: + In file [somefile]:[someline] internal error: + Segmentation fault + Please submit a full bug report, + with preprocessed source if appropriate. + See <URL:http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/> for instructions. + + This error can have multiple reasons. + 1) A compiler bug: my GCC 3.2 20020903 (default on RH 8.0) spits + out 5-6 of them daily. Usually it is solved by simply restarting the "make" command. + If it doesn't go away or if it gets really frequent and annoying you might try to upgrade the compiler. + 2) A memory corruption: this is really frequent: one of your memory banks is spitting random bytes + sometimes. Usually the problems come out under heavy system load (kernel, KDE or kvirc compilation for example). + You can check for memory corruption by trying different RAM modules (or removing them one at a time to discover + the broken bank). You can also try a program called memtest and a kernel + patch that can force the broken memory banks to be ignored by the kernel (allocated permanently to a dummy kernel task). + These tools can be found by digging the web with your favorite search engine. + 3) A deeper hardware problem: if upgrading the compiler and changing memory banks doesn't help then + it *might* be a deeper hardware problem: bus errors , faulty IDE (or SCSI) controller or even buggy CPU... + Well.... + + +2.3 On Mandrake 10.0 (or other) KVIrc fails to start + saying that it can't find libkvisetup.so. + + Mandrake 10.0 default libtool package is broken. Either upgrade + the libtool package or try to run ./autogen.sh --bundled-libtool + and then recompile (./configure, make, make install). + This *might* apply to other systems too. + + +2.4 I got 'amarokInterface.cpp:29:31: amarokInterface.moc: No such file or directory'. Whats going wrong? + + You have to install qt3 devel tools which include uic and moc. If installed, be sure that uic and moc are in PATH. + + +2.5 Configure complains about a missing libdl.so but I seem to have it + + The most common causes are two: + + 1) You have libdl.so.X (where X is usually a number or a set of numbers) but not libdl.so + + You need to do a symbolic link from libdl.so.X to libdl.so. You do it by entering the directory + where libdl.so.X is and issuing a ln -s command, for example: + + # cd /lib + # ls libdl* + # ln -s libdl.so.2 libdl.so + + Then try to ./configure again + + 2) You don't have a c++ compiler installed + + The libdl test is the first ./configure test made with a c++ compiler. + The confirmation for this error can be found in the config.log file + where you can find lines similar to the following: + + configure:21637: g++ -o conftest conftest.cc -rdynamic -ldl >&5 + ./configure: line 1: g++: command not found + configure:21643: $? = 127 + configure: failed program was: + ... + + Your distribution probably ships the c++ frontend to gcc in a package + separated from gcc itself. The package might be also named g++. + Look it up on your installation CD and install it, then ./configure again. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +3. INSTALLATION +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +3.1 There is a problem during package installation/creation + file /usr/share/services/irc.protocol from install + kvirc-version.package conflicts with file from package xxx + + This is a known issue with all types of packages that handle + file conflicts. KVIrc installs the irc protocol handler for KDE + and the same is done by ksirc and kopete (and maybe others). + There is no particular reason for KVIrc to fix it in the core + distribution (and there is also no simple way to do it). + Either the package maker must exclude the irc.protocol + file from installation or mark it as "optional" in some way or the + users must use some sort of "force" flag during the installation. + + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +4. IRC +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +4.1 How do i join a channel ? + + Type "/join #channelname" + + +4.2 How do i autojoin channels? + + There are many ways to do it. + For example: + Select "Scripting/Events" from the KVIrc menu. + Lookup the "OnIrc" entry in the left pane of the window that pops up. + Right-click on that entry and select "Add handler". + A "default" handler will be created. In the right pane write: + join #kvirc + join #kde-users + join #somechannel + .... + Now click OK and you're done: you have just created a handler for an event. + Reconnect to a server and KVIrc will autojoin the channels that you have selected. + Another option (nicer, if you use several servers) is to go to the servers options + page and click the button labeled 'Advanced' on the entry for the single server. + There is a server-specific "On connect execute..." event. + + +4.3 How do I enable automatic NickServ identification ? + + KVIrc supports two kind of NickServ identification rules: per-network and global. + The per-network rules can be accessed from the server options page. + You need to select a network in the list view (not a server!) and then click + "Advanced...". In the dialog that appears there is a NickServ tab + on that you can add your identification rules. Adding a rule + should be straightforward (if you stop the mouse over an item you will likely get a small + tool tip with the explaination). Each rule is composed of: + - the nickname that is being identified: the rule will be applied only + when your current nickname corresponds to this one. + - a nick server user mask that must be matched by the NickServ user + in order for him to be recognized as the real NickServ asking for + identification. You will probably use something like NickServ!service@* + - a message regular expression that must be matched by the message + that the NickServ sends when requesting the identification. + You will probably use something like "If this is your nick, + identify yourself with /ns IDENTIFY password" + - an identification command that will be executed when all the rules + above match. You will probably use something like "ns IDENTIFY yourpassword" + The global rules can be created in the IRC::NickServ page of the options dialog + (accessible from the Settings/Configure KVIrc... menu). The main difference + is that each rule has a server mask that must be matched by the current + server name for the rule to be applied. + KVIrc first looks in the per-network rules and if none matches it looks + in the global rules. + + +4.4 I can't see my national characters, what's wrong ? + + There are several ways to fix your national characters display. + General encoding: + Open the options dialog and go to the "Encoding" page. + You can set explicitly the encoding to be used for the whole application. + If you choose "Use Language Encoding" KVIrc will try to guess the + encoding from your system settings. If this doesn't work then the reasons + may be: + - Your system settings are wrong + You need to fix them + - Your server applies some specific encoding to the data + See "Server encoding" + - You're chatting with people that have different system settings + See "Channel & Query encoding" + Server encoding + Besides the general encoding you can set one encoding per server. + This is done in the server options dialog (Click Advanced...). + The encoding will be applied to all the text that comes from + and goes to the server. If you choose "Use system encoding" + then the server will inherit the "General encoding" value above. + If this doesn't work then you have either set it incorrectly or + you are chatting with people that use different encodings. + In this case see "Channel & Query encoding" + The server encoding is used also to decode nicknames and + channel names on servers that support it. + Channel & Query encoding + Besides the general and server encoding you can set also per-window + encoding in channels and queries. This encoding will be applied + ONLY to the text sent to or received from that channel or query. + This feature is useful when chatting over a non unicode aware + IRC server (nearly all at the time of writing) with people + that have settings different than your general defaults or + the server default. + + Keep in mind that IRC has a MAJOR problem with character encoding + and in fact the formal definition of the protocol requires it + to be only 7bit safe. This means that on some servers you may + see your national characters eaten by the IRC network and there + is almost nothing you can do about that... + + UTF-8 is the best encoding we can get on IRC. Try to convince + other people to use it :) + + +4.5 I can't connect to an IPV6 server, what's wrong ? + + First of all make sure that your IPV6 stack is setup correctly. + Can you ping6 other IPV6 other machines ? + + # ping6 www.6bone.net + + Is the IPV6 support enabled in your kvirc executable ? + To find it out , try + + /echo $features + + in the KVIrc commandline. You should get a comma separated list of + features compiled in the executable. If the list contains "IPv6" then + the support is compiled in, otherwise you must check your compilation + stage to guess what went wrong. + To connect to an IPV6 server you can use /server -i <servername> + If you can ping other IPV6 machines, the IPv6 support is compiled in your + executable and you still can't connect to an *existing* IPv6 server then + you may have found a bug :) Report it. + + +4.6 /me doesn't support the '$' character, what's wrong ? + + This is NOT a bug : this is a feature : kvirc supports (and substitutes!) variables in all the commands. + You can escape your $ sign by using the backslash character: /me has gained \$100 will work correctly + + +4.7 /me doesn't support the '"' (double quote) character, what's wrong ? + + This is NOT a bug : this is a feature : a string enclosed in double quotes will have its whitespace preserved + while the other strings will have the whitespace simplified. This is valid for ANY command. + You can escape your " sign by using the backslash character: /me feels a bit \"foo\" will work correctly + + +4.8 /me can't contain the ';' character, what's wrong ? + + This is NOT a bug : this is a feature : kvirc supports multiple commands on a single line and uses ';' as a command + separator. You can escape your ';' sign by using the backslash character: /me is hungry \;) will work correctly. + + +4.9 I try to do a /whois on nick blah\ but i get the reply for blah (without the slash) + + In KVIrc /whois is a scripting command and the nickname is a command parameter. + In scripting commands the backslash is a special character with several "escape" + meanings. To include a literal backslash inside a parameter you MUST double it, + thus the correct command to issue is /whois blah\\ + + +4.10 What is AVATAR protocol? Is there any documentation about it ? + + AVATAR is a simple CTCP based protocol that allows associating images (avatars) + to IRC users. The protocol definition is simple: + + - CTCP AVATAR QUERY: + :<source> PRIVMSG <target> :<0x01>AVATAR<0x01> + Queries the avatar of the <target>. + - CTCP AVATAR REPLY: + :<source> NOTICE <target> :<0x01>AVATAR <avatar_url><0x01> + Asserts that the <source> user's avatar is located at <avatar_url> + that usually will be something like http://server.domain.top/avatarimage.jpg. + + KVIrc supports also DCC based avatars that are simply "offered" to the + remote users. In this case the <avatar_url> does not contain the http:// + prefix but is a simple file name. The remote users request the avatars + by issuing a DCC GET command. This is an useful but secondary extension + and can be ignored by simple implementations. If you need more informations + about this method please write to pragma at kvirc dot net. + + +4.11 The log files seem to be saved randomly, when I open a log + I can see only a part of the text that actually should be there + + KVIrc does not explicitly flush the log files while writing them. The OS + (or the underlying C library) does the flush operation when necessary. + This means that blocks of the log file will be added to the file on disk + only once in a while. If you really need to see the logs in real time + then you can explicitly flush the log files by scripting. + Just add a script like this to your OnKVIrcStartup event: + + timer(flushlogfiles,30000) + { + foreach(%x,$window.list(all,any)) + { + if($log.file(%x)) + { + echo -w=%x "Flushing log file..."; + log.flush -w=%x; + } + } + } + + The script above will flush all the log files every 30 seconds. You may + remove the echo statement if you're annoyed by the output :) + + +4.12 The DCC transfers seem to be interrupted after the first few bytes: + KVIrc says that the remote end has closed the connection. + + Make sure that you don't have activated the "Send ACK for byte 0" + option in "Options->DCC->File Transfer->Advanced". + This option should be used ONLY IF you have problems without. + + + + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +5. ADVANCED IRC FEATURES +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + +5.1 How do I connect to an SSL-enabled IRC server ? + + Use /server -s <servername> + It should work also over IPV6. + If it doesn't work then your executable might have no SSL support compiled in. + To find it out type + + /echo $features + + in the KVIrc commandline. If "SSL" is not in the list then you must go back + to the compilation phase and see what went wrong. + + +5.1 How do I use DCC over SSL ? + + /dcc.chat -s <nickname> should work + + +5.3 Do I need a SSL certificate ? + + No you shouldn't need it, but you can use it if you want. + + +5.4 How do I create a SSL certificate ? + + A test self-signed certificate can be created by using the CA.pl perl script included + in the OpenSSL distribution. It will be something like CA.pl -newcert + + +5.5 I can't get KVIrc to use my SSL certificate in a DCC, what's wrong ? + + The SSL protocol doesn't require the "client" to send the certificate: it is + sent only if the "server side" requests it (it is not the KVIrc case). + The server side may have a certificate and you can set it in the SSL options page. + If your Private Key is stored in the certificate file pass the same filename + to both Certificate and PrivateKey option. + Remember to set the password if needed. + + +5.6 KVIrc crashes when a certificate is used under Windows, what's wrong ? + + This is probably a bug of the SSL dll shipped with the windows version of KVIrc. + You might try with a different version of this dll. + + +5.7 Can I encrypt my messages? +(or: How do I enable mircryption (encryption in general) for a specific channel?) + + KVIrc supports encryption for channels, queries and dcc chats by the means + of text transformation engines. You can access the list of the engines + by clicking the button with the yellow lock in the upper right corner + of the window. In the pane that will appear select "use text transformation" + and then choose one of the available engines. + The Mircryption engine is an implementation of the mircryption protocol and + supports both ECB and CBC mode. There is also a wide variety of Rijndael based encryption + engies as well as some funky other text transform tricks. + Most of the engines will need a pair of keys to encrypt and decrypt text + and in most cases you will use the same key for both encrypting and + decrypting. In the particular case of Mircryption you can enable + CBC mode by prefixing your key(s) with the "cbc:" string. + Once you have entered the keys just click on OK and start "talking" in the + window. Any encrypted text will have a "lock" overlay in his icon. + If you want to avoid encrypting a particular text line (maybe because + you want to allow everyone on a channel to read it) you can start + the line with a CTRL+P character. + + +5.8 How do I execute a process and send its output to a channel ? + + The straight way to do this is + + /exec("your command here"){ say $1; } + + Since it is not too much "user friendly", you can alias it in + the following way: + + alias(runandsay) + { + exec($0-){ say $1; } + } + + Then you would simply run + + /runandsay cat /proc/cpuinfo + + in the channel window you want the output sent to. + + Keep in mind that this is a "brute" approach and I'm sure that after + reading some documentation (start from /help exec) you will be able to + find more elaborate and nice ways to send a process output to a channel/query. + + +5.9 How do I keep channels and queries open after a disconnect ? + + KVIrc can keep your channels and queries open when the connection terminates + unexpectedly. This will probably make sense only if you plan to + reconnect to the same server or at least the same network (either manually + or automatically). + + An "unexpected disconnect" is a connection termination not explicitly caused by + the KVIrc user. This means that the connection is interrupted, either + by the networking stack or by the remote server, without the user + having sent a QUIT message (by the means of the /quit command or by pressing + the "disconnect" button in the toolbar). + + All this because the normal behaviour of a /QUIT command is, yes, to quit + your current connection without leaving traces of it. + + To keep the channels and queries open you just need to select the + relative options in the "Connection" page of the options dialog + (on unexpected disconnect: "Keep channels open" an/or "Keep queries open"). + + Then you might also select "Automatically reconnect", "Rejoin channels + after reconnect" and "Reopen queries after reconnect" to bring your + "dead windows" to life again :) + + Finally, you can simulate an "unexpected disconnection" by using the -u switch + of the /quit command. This might be useful when you want to explicitly + quit your connection while leaving the channels and queries open... maybe + because you need to renew the connection to your ISP before reconnecting ;) + + +5.10 I have an unreliable ISP connection but KVIrc takes a really long + time to detect a disconnection and reconnect. + + KVIrc doesn't detect itself that the connection has dropped until your + kernel explicitly times out. KVIrc measures lag, instead, that will + probably grow up a lot when the connection has dropped. + You can write a handler for the OnLagCheck event that will detect + the lag growing over a certain threshold and reconnect. + This involves opening the event editor, selecting OnLagCheck + and choosing "Add handler" from the right mouse menu. + In the handler write: + + if($1 > 30000){ quit -f -u; } + + 30000 is just a sample threshold (it means 30000 milliseconds!), replace + it with a value of your choice. + quit -f -u will close the current connection immediately (-f = force) + and will simulate an "unexpected disconnection" condition (-u = unexpected). + If you then enable automatic reconnection (see answer for question 5.9) + in the options dialog, KVIrc will automatically reconnect and rejoin channels. + + +5.11 I'm in a LAN and KVIrc uses a wrong IP address in dcc transfers + + KVIrc supports a couple of methods for guessing the right IP address for + DCC transfers: you only have to guide it a bit :) + + The first thing to try is "Guess address from IRC when unroutable" (Options->DCC). + This will perform a lookup on your own IRC mask once you connect + to an IRC server and use the address as source in DCC transfers. + (You need to reconnect to the server to make this option work!) + This trick will fail when your hostmask is cloaked (mode +x on recent IRC servers): + KVIrc will tell you that it couldn't look up the hostname and give up. + + In this case you might try to set a fixed address to be sent as source + in the DCC transfers: you just need to fill in the *IP address* of your + router in the option field. This field doesn't support hostname lookups + and it won't update automatically when you router's IP changes. + However, if you router's IP has a dns entry, you can ask KVIrc to fill + this field with a simple script to be performed at every connection. + + event(OnIRCConnectionEstabilished,updatedccsource) + { + ahost(yourrouterhostname.dyndns.org) + { + option boolDCCSendFakeAddressByDefault 1 + if($1)option stringDefaultDCCFakeAddress $2 + else echo "Couldn't look up the router's hostname" + } + } + + When transferring files to other KVIrc clients you may also try the + DCC RSEND protocol instead of DCC SEND. It will ask the remote end + to listen instead. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +6. APPAREANCE +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +6.1 On Windows KVIrc seems to slow-down sometimes, what's wrong ? + + This is usually caused by the heavy graphics: try removing some graphic effects like the + pseudo-transparency. I have experimented that it happens almost always on 32-bit displays. + Switching to 16 or 24 bits may also help. + + +6.2 I don't see the channel popup menus anymore, what's wrong ? + + If something went wrong with KVIrc settings (a crash when the script settings + were saved ?) or if you have messed with the scripting options and you + want to get back the original behaviour (default script) you can choose + "Scripting/Restore default script" from the KVIrc menu. + (WARNING: It will erase any script modification you have made!) + Update: starting with the cvs of 2005.01.17, KVIrc should be able to + detect such situations and automatically suggest the re-installation of the + default script. + +6.3 Does KVIrc support Themes? + + Yes, KVIrc now has introduced a Theme Manager. You can find it in the Option dialog. + From there you can change the way KVIrc looks: fonts, colors, windows behaviour, + icons, taskbars, and so on. + Once you have changed the theme, you can save it, archive it (tar.bz2 or zip) and share with your friends, + or send it to the KVIrc staff to see it published on the web site. + + +6.4 I hate all that colors, what can I do about it ? + + By fiddling with the options you can make KVIrc appear even monochromatic. + Go to Options/Theme and select the minimalist theme: it will set white text + on black background and will disable the displaying of a lot of icons. + This is a good starting point for you console addicted hackerz :D + + +6.5 On Windows, how do I use firefox/opera/any_other_browser to open links instead of explorer ? + + Go to the "URL Handlers" options page and set + + run "C:\\path\\to\\your\\browser.exe" "$0" + + as url handler for the protocol you're interested in (maybe in all). + + Suepahfly suggests to use + + rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler "$0" + + as url handler to open the url in the default windows browser. + + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +7. CRASH +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +7.1 KVIrc crashes when the multiline text input is opened (obsolete) + + If you have installed a new version of KVIrc over a previous installation + br if you have changed the Qt libraries that KVIrc is linked to then + it might be caused by a broken multiline text editor config. + Try removing $HOME/.kvircssexeditorrc and starting KVIrc again. + Update: this problem has been completely removed during late 2004 developments + by completely rewriting the multiline input. + + +7.2 What the heck is a gdb stack trace and how do I get it ? + + A gdb stack trace is a "photography" of the state of the KVIrc internals + taken when a certain event has occured. The most common event + is a program crash (Segmentation Fault). + The stack trace helps (or even allows) the developers to locate the + crash cause in the program sources. + To obtain a gdb stack trace you must: + + - Compile KVIrc with the --enable-debug ./configure option. + Without this switch the stack trace is USELESS. + - Have a working installation of gdb (the gnu debugger) + This is usually available on your distribution cd + and you may already have it installed. + - Run KVirc: + # gdb kvirc + When the gdb prompt appears write: + # (gdb) run -f + Make KVIrc crash: gdb will tell something about + a signal received by the program. Write then: + # (gdb) bt + The text you see is the stack trace you wanted :) + Copy+Paste+Send it to pragma at kvirc dot net or the mailing list. + + +7.3 KVIrc hangs up, but doesn't crash. How do i report debug informations ? + + Use gdb to get a stack trace as in answer to question 7.2. + Since your KVIrc doesn't crash you will have to interrupt the execution + manually while it is hung up. You can do it by pressing CTRL+C in gdb. + + +7.4 KVIrc exits by itself or simply "disappears" without any apparent reason. + + Yes. It probably crashed but you haven't noticed that. + We NEED a gdb stack trace or a working procedure to reproduce the + behaviour in order to hunt it. + + +7.5 KVIrc dies randomly and "Alarm Clock" is printed in the console + + Try recompiling kvirc by adding the --with-ignore-sigalarm switch to + ./configure. (Note: the reason of the incoming SIGALARM signals + on certain systems is acually unknown. Please send hints to pragma at kvirc dot net). + + +7.6 KVIrc dies when using alias(identify){ identify password; }; + + This is infinite recursion: a programming error. + Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_loop , learn + that once for all and fix your script. + |