on Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 10:23:15PM -0600, Kent West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I can't get the "talk" program to work. Just as a test, I'm trying to > talk to myself within X. I open two terminals, find which terminal is > which with the "tty" command, and then from one terminal (say > /dev/pts/0) I type "talk westk pts/1". The screen divides into two > sections (upper and lower), the top reports "No connection yet" for a > few seconds, and then reports "Checking for invitation on caller's > machine" and just sits there forever. The other term never give any > indication of being called. > > I've tried this on two different Debian boxes, and have tried it from > outside X; same results. Both "talk" and "ntalk" are enabled in > "/etc/inetd.conf". > > Any help?
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