Can't connect to GIMP IRC in LimeChat

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Just tried to add a connection to the GIMP IRC channel in LimeChat. It’s sitting there on “Connecting…” Any ideas how to make it work?

Steps:

  1. Launch LimeChat 2.47 on macOS 26.4.1
  2. Set network name to irc://irc.gimp.org/#gimp
  3. Set Server to irc://irc.gimp.org/#gimp
  4. Port was automatically set to 6667

Expected result: Connect to GIMP developer IRC channel

Actual result: Sits there showing Connecting…

Also tried with SSL enabled and port 6697. Same result. I’d prefer an SSL connection if that’s available.

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SSL has to be disabled, except for that I don’t see anything wrong. I seem to remember seeing someone else having issues with LimeChat connecting to gimp a while ago. Not sure if registering your nick is required at this time, but I would expect that to return a message if that is the case.

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It doesn’t have to be disabled, but the certificate verification must be (i.e. you can use SSL, but don’t validate the cert because the domains won’t match).

That’s indeed a quite long-running problem now on GIMPNet. I know admins are regularly coming back on searching for a solution to fix this, but I think time is missing (everyone being a volunteer).

In the meantime, we do with it. We use IRC for public discussions anyway and don’t share over-sensitive information through it. :person_shrugging:

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@Jehan I’m not so worried about confidential info - I’d file on gitlab.gnome.org and check the sensitive info checkbox. I just prefer all my internet interactions to be SSL.

Since it’s a known issue that isn’t likely to be resolved soon, I’ll just post here if that’s okay.