unable to use irc

[criptonswamy]

when ever i open the HTS irc i get an application error n the firefox browser hangs .. i ll have to restart the browser again..



java.lang.nullpointerexception application error



can anyone tell me wat might be wrong?

[Rijnzael]

looks like a bug in your version of Firefox or a bug with an addon you're using.

[BhaaL]

Thats actually a Java Bug or something like that.

The Java Applet attempts to read the proxy settings from the browser - this doesnt work properly in Firefox (pretty much any Gecko tbe) because it does not use the Windows-Default settings. However, This also occurs on Linux if I'm not mistaken.

To fix this, run javacpl.jar in <your Java path>\bin, and Change the Network Settings to "Direct Connection", or whatever applies for you. The setting "Use Browser Settings" is the culprit in that case.