I used to chat in #ubuntu chat room so I think this problem has nothing to do with Pidgin or xchat. <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:45 AM, Dax Solomon Umaming <<a href="mailto:knightlust@ubuntu.com">knightlust@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d"> </div>Is there any chance that your problem's caused by the Great Firewall of China? Come to think of it, I haven't encounted anyone on Freenode connected from mainland China. </blockquote><div> Now I think that maybe Freenode has been blocked by the Great Firewall of my truly "open" country . This is really disappointing . As you may know, Some foreign website would be blocked if they are considered to be "unsafe" ( for political reasons) . But I just can't find out how freenode is related to political reasons . Thanks for all your reply, anyway Regards, Kinch Zhang </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> -- Dax Solomon Umaming <a href="http://knightlust.com/" target="_blank">http://knightlust.com/</a> GPG: 0x715C3547 -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- Kinch::The Missing Person