You know you have run a OS for a while, when the little things become issues...

Case in point: XChat - In the windows world, I used Pirch - and this is where I am getting my connection information from...

XChat tries to (1) locate the server, and (2) connect to the server...

Problems: During step (1) it sometimes changes servers, or irc locations to God knows why [something] -=- or, during step (2) it always times out and disconnects.

Background: DALNet - either irc.darkmyst.org/6667 or irc.icq.com/7000

connecting to DarkMyst - it changes to some "Hotels" irc, and tries to connect to that, icq on the other hand, likes to change to irc-m.icq.aol.com - which never connects either...

I'd like to get back to my "usual" chat groups, some of them, I actually host, and not being able to get to them, doesn't help.

I am using kppp, with an already connected connection to the ISP, these servers, and irc locations DO exist, and I "am" a member of them (with the account I have in the setup of DALNet, in the server list)

I realize that this (must) be a simple problem, possibly "user", but, can someone help on getting this to work? Sheesh, for as much as I have gone through, to get Knoppix up, and setup, and happy, not to mention the learning involved, to get stumped by something like this. (who'd a thunked [giggle])

Thanks for any assistance,
Cuddles