kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
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?
$ mesg?
"mesg" was set to "y".
Moritz suggested checking /var/log/syslog, which gave me the clue I
needed. Although ntalk was enabled in /etc/inetd.conf, the talkd daemon
was not installed. Installing talkd solved the problem.
Thanks everyone!
Kent
