[10:39] <effendy[m]> punkgeek: Use -vvv at the end of the command. It might show you more. My guess is that you don't have to the correct permissions on your private key. This is one the typical scenarios.
[10:40] <effendy[m]> 400 should be enough.
[10:40] <effendy[m]> And yes, don't post the same message on several channels of the same server. It's not nice :)