Try to update your talk command ! Download the latest package from debian which has the talk command and I think it will work !
If you don't know what's the package try something like: $ dpkg --search talk Best regards, Nuno Carvalho ------------------------------------------- Nuno Emanuel Carvalho University of Coimbra Dep. of Informatics Engineering PORTUGAL URL: http://student.dei.uc.pt/~nemanuel e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- > I'm trying to enable the talk in my machine, but can't figure out > what's happening. > > If I try to talk to a local user, I get this message: > > $ talk zorzella > [Your party is refusing messages] > [Press any key to continue] > > Even if mesg is "y" and talkd is up: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]