code converter not found (UTF-8 to UTF-8) (Encoding::ConverterNotFoundError) about cinch HOT 3 CLOSED

running your sample code from irb, I get the same error:

$ irb
001:0> require 'cinch'
true
002:0> Cinch::VERSION
"1.0.1"
003:0> class Bot
004:1>     def self.bot
005:2>         bot = Cinch::Bot.new do
006:3*               configure do |c|
007:4*                   c.server   = "irc.freenode.org"
008:4>                 c.nick     = "TestmeBot"
009:4>                 c.channels = ["#cinch"]
010:4>               end
011:3>       
012:3*               on :message, /^!msg (.+?) (.+)/ do |m, who, text|
013:4*                   User(who).send text
014:4>               end
015:3>           end
016:2>       end
017:1>   end
nil
018:0> Bot.bot.start
!! Connecting to irc.freenode.org:6667
<< NICK TestmeBot
!! /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.3dev/gems/cinch-1.0.1/lib/cinch/irc.rb:46:in `gets': code converter not found (UTF-8 to UTF-8) (Encoding::ConverterNotFoundError)
!!  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.3dev/gems/cinch-1.0.1/lib/cinch/irc.rb:46:in `block in connect'
<< USER TestmeBot 0 * :cinch
fatal: deadlock detected
    from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.3dev/thread.rb:189:in `sleep'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.3dev/thread.rb:189:in `block in pop'
    from :10:in `synchronize'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.3dev/thread.rb:184:in `pop'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.3dev/gems/cinch-1.0.1/lib/cinch/message_queue.rb:52:in `process!'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.3dev/gems/cinch-1.0.1/lib/cinch/irc.rb:60:in `connect'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.3dev/gems/cinch-1.0.1/lib/cinch/bot.rb:404:in `start'
    from (irb):18
    from /usr/bin/irb:12:in `'

my encoding stuff should be correct. my shell LANG is es_EC.utf8 and ruby picks it up as utf-8 encoding. Here is the encoding stuff from my .irbrc

# encoding: utf-8
[...]
Encoding.default_internal="utf-8"
Encoding.default_external="utf-8"

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Setting default_internal to the same value as default_external will lead to Ruby attempting to convert from utf-8 to utf-8, which is not possible.

I might include a check/fix for that, but I am unsure yet.

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check if internal and external encoding are the same

If setting both internal_encoding and external_encoding to the same
encoding, Ruby will raise an exception because it can't convert
between the two. But apparantly, some users have such a setup, so we
explicitly check for that and don't set an internal encoding for the
socket if it'd equal the external encoding.

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