> > > Yesterday it happened that I was working on my debian machine (1.3) from = > home, and another user of the same machine was working from home as well.= > We wanted to talk to each other but we simply couldn't. ytalk said that = > the other party refusing messages while I know that he is also trying to = > talk to me. Trying talk itself, it started said something and exited with= > out being able to see what is it complaining about. I used to talk withou= > t any problem with the same user when I am working on the machine itself,= > not remotely logging. I would appreciate it if anyone can explain what i= > s happening to me.
My guess would be that one or both of you had `mesg n' switched on. Type mesg and see whether it prints 'n' on either side. If it does print 'n', type 'mesg y'. Eric Meijer -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
