an addition for those who have the problem too:
I now use "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/extracted/old/libgtk xchat" to start
xchat,
because with globally downgraded libgtk gnome will not start.
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[lucid] channels do not change color anymore
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/508297
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Binary package hint: xchat
Im using ubuntu lucid and
since update of libgtk2.0 from 2.19.1-1ubuntu1 to 2.19.3-1ubuntu1 on jan 15,
the channels in the channel tab stay brown and do not change color when they
are read (black), highlighted (blue) or a new message (red) arrived
