[SOLVED] Ridiculous Pidgin question

I'm trying to connect to the #archlinux irc channel using Pidgin, but having never done so before on pidgin (used XChat ages ago), I don't really know what i'm doing.
OK, so i've added a new IRC account in pidgin, and clicked modify. Changed my screen name to dyscoria, left the server as "irc.freenode.net" and left the 'Password' and 'Local Alias' blank. Switched to the 'Advanced' tab and changed the port from 6667 to 8001 so that I can connect, because otherwise it fails. Left 'Username' and 'Real Name' blank.
Then I enable the account and a new chat window appears showing:
(18:36:14) freenode-connect: Received CTCP 'VERSION' (to dyscoria) from freenode-connect
What exactly do I do here to enter the #archlinux channel?
Thanks!
Last edited by dyscoria (2008-02-14 18:50:26)

type /j #archlinux or go to Buddys->Join Chat, select the irc accound and type archlinux on channel field

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