Cannot connect to IRC servers/networks

[Billy Pollifrone]

On 9/28/06, hasan <hasan60 at batelco.com.bh> wrote:
> Hi,
> I was a frequent IRC user,  but recetly I found that I cannot connect.
> I receive this error:
>  Python interface loaded
>  Perl interface loaded
>  Tcl plugin for XChat - Version 1.59
>  Copyright 2002-2005 Daniel P. Stasinski
>  http://www.scriptkitties.com/tclplugin/
>  Tcl interface loaded
>  xchat remote access loaded successfully!
>  SysTray Integration Plugin Version 2.4.5 successfully loaded
>  Patrizio Bassi - hetfield666 at virgilio.it - http://www.blight.tk
>  Successfully loaded settings from file.
> * Looking up irc.freenode.net
> * Connecting to chat.freenode.net (216.165.191.52) port 6667...
>
> Last line stays there for ever, when using KDE.  I guess it responses
> with connection failed in GNOME.
>
> Can some1 help please.

I had a similar problem with xchat as well. I used Konversation and
didn't have the same problem.