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Jlvs2run · 2021-08-01 00:08

I registered for a nickname two days ago on Libera, then yesterday it
kept kicking me off and wouldn't let me sign on.  Now Spotchat won't
let me sign on either.  I followed https://wiki.znc.in/HexChat <--
these directions.  I took photos of the screens but am not sure how to
post them.  Some helpful guidance will be much appreciated.

My nickname and username were the same, seven lower case letters, one
capital letter and no spaces.  The nickname is in use because of my
registering and using it two days ago on Libera, but not on Spotchat.

Update:
I found the simple solution.  Hexchat and r/irc instructions stated to
put username + networkname (username/libera) for the username.  Just
now I removed libera and the network identified me immediately.
Problem solved.
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Libera:
*** Couldn't look up your hostname
*** No Ident response
*** Your username is invalid (etc)
Closing Link (my IP#) (Invalid username)
Disconnected (Remote host closed socket)

Spotchat:
*** Could not resolve your hostname:
Domain name not found; using your IP address instead.
USER :Your username is not valid
Closing link:  (unknown IP#) [Registration timeout]
Disconnected (Remote host closed socket)
Cycling to next server in Spotchat...
Disconnected ()
Connecting to irc.spotochat.org
Connection failed ((336130315) error:1408F10B:SSL
routines:ssl3_get_record:wrong version number)
Are you sure this is a SSL capable server and port?

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UselessSoftware · 2021-08-01 00:56

Your username is invalid.

What is it? Any weird characters in it?

Is it etc? Maybe that's not long enough.

Your username, not nickname.

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[deleted] · 2021-08-01 01:04

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UselessSoftware · 2021-08-01 01:06

You would only register a nickname, the username is different and is
in your server settings.

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[deleted] · 2021-08-01 01:35

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Giraffestock · 2021-08-01 02:35

I believe already in use means someone is already connected with that
nick.

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[deleted] · 2021-08-01 03:26

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Kilobyte22 · 2021-08-01 13:01

In IRC the nickname is per connection. If you are connecting with two
clients at the same time they need to have different nick names
(unless you use a bouncer, in which case the nick is set on the
bouncer)