I can't join any chat channel in the CFC java thingy. I really have no idea what to do. HALP NOW!

http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp

Guess I should have been more specific.
I always get to this part, and still do after downloading that, and it never goes any further.
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/1923/chatshotnt5.jpg

Use a normal client:

mIRC
xChat
Pidgin


The first two have a trial period, and Pidgin is fully free

mIRC: I AM NOT PAYING TO CHAT! AND I'VE TRIED IT AND IT DOESN'T WORK ANYWAY, BECAUSE #FIFTYCHAT IS NOT IN THE CHANNEL LIST, AND WHEN I JOIN #FIFTYCHAT I GO TO AN EMPTY CHANNEL, LIKE I'M NOT ON THE RIGHT SERVER! NO!

xChat: NO WAY! THIS PROGRAM WAS INTENDED FOR PORNO WEBCAMS! NO!

Pidgin: YAY IT WORKS, THANKS! YES!

mIRC: I AM NOT PAYING TO CHAT! AND I'VE TRIED IT AND IT DOESN'T WORK ANYWAY, BECAUSE #FIFTYCHAT IS NOT IN THE CHANNEL LIST, AND WHEN I JOIN #FIFTYCHAT I GO TO AN EMPTY CHANNEL, LIKE I'M NOT ON THE RIGHT SERVER! NO!


That would be because you didnt spend less than 5 minutes configuring it. Plus, you might have possibly joined vos.irc-chat.net which is still broken.

In case you still want to fix the Java version...

Guess I should have been more specific.
I always get to this part, and still do after downloading that, and it never goes any further.
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/1923/chatshotnt5.jpg

My first guess is your Firewall blocked it.

Otherwise, click Start Menu | Settings | Control Panel | Java
Advanced tab
Expand Java Console node
Select Show Console
Press OK

With that the Java Console will appear. There might be debug messages that help us find out what was wrong.

Noep!!!1 I like Pidgin way better. :thanx:
Oh, and about xChat, I think that it's just because I went to xchat.com instead of xchat.org. Oh well, Pidgin works fine for me. again: :thanx:.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!!!!!! !!!:aargh:
Pidgin stopped working, can't figure out why. It can't connect to irc.irc-chat.net for some reason. And here's what the Java console said:Java Plug-in 1.6.0_03
Using JRE version 1.6.0_03 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
User home directory = C:\Users\Joe


----------------------------------------------------
c: clear console window
f: finalize objects on finalization queue
g: garbage collect
h: display this help message
l: dump classloader list
m: print memory usage
o: trigger logging
p: reload proxy configuration
q: hide console
r: reload policy configuration
s: dump system and deployment properties
t: dump thread list
v: dump thread stack
x: clear classloader cache
0-5: set trace level to <n>
----------------------------------------------------

JPilot jIRC applet versoin 2.7.0, Reg v3
http://www.jpilot.com
Detected docbase=www.civfanatics.com
Licensehost=civfanatics.com
Failed to start Ident daemon or it has already running.
Exception in thread "IRC Protocal Engine Thread" java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.net.SocketPermission irc.irc-chat.net resolve)
at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission (Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(Unk nown Source)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkConnect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(Unknown Source)
at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(Unknown Source)
at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(Unknown Source)
at java.net.InetAddress.getByName(Unknown Source)
at java.net.InetSocketAddress.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Unknown Source)
at r.<init>(Unknown Source)
at f.g(Unknown Source)
at f.run(Unknown Source)

Did you change anything, install anything or things as such?

And did you try reinstalling Pidgin?

I did have a problem w/ my video card, which I fixed, and I'll try re-installing after I try another idea that I have....

And your idea and my idea both didn't work. :P
I can think of NO OTHER WAY to use it. (don't even mention Chatzilla, it's so weird).
Oh, and I DID try xChat (the real one) and it is too complicated for me to figure out. :cry:
Please, after Pidgin helped me I started to enjoy #fiftychat again!