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[Michiel]

Hi,

I've been using eggdrop for quite some time now, but I can't figure out this problem.

I'm using eggdrop1.6.13 along with tcl8.4.
It worked perfectly a few days ago, but when I apt-get updated my system yesterday (I use Debian Linux) it found tcl8.4. Weird enough, I thought the bots were already running tcl8.4. (this is a long story, but to make it short: I'm now running tcl8.4 and it should work )

When I start eggdrop (./eggdrop) it starts with no errors. It loads into the background but is does nothing. It's like it's "dead" or something. I can telnet to the bot, but it doesn't respond anything (it opens the connection, but that's it, no username). I have to kill -9 it to...kill it:)

But when I start eggdrop with ./eggdrop -n (no background), it DOES start, with no errors at all. I can put it in the background that way (ctrl-z, bg), but that's not the way it should work.

It's very weird and I would just like to start my bot like I normally do. I know you're probably thinking: can't you just start with -n from now on, it's no big deal. Even so, It's weird that it worked one day and the next it doesn't.

Could it have something to do that the tcl version? I think that shouldn't be the case, I mean, why would it normally start with -n and not when it automatically should go in the background (and does, but it just doesn't work!).

Hmm, Reading back on this message I think nobody will be able to understand me or give me an answer. But I'll try it anyway

Edit: Eggdrop dies anyway when I put it in the background with ctrl-z. I could use screen, but I really want this ./eggdrop to work again. Recompiling didn't seem to work...

Edit 2: I've got it working again. I removed tcl8.4 and installed tcl8.3, recompiled the bot and copied the modules dir's and executables to my bot(s).