Re: my machine is refusing talk

1998-06-09 Thread Nuno Carvalho
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 -

Re: my machine is refusing talk

1998-06-08 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
matthew wrote, >> $ talk zorzella >> [Your party is refusing messages] >> [Press any key to continue] > Even if mesg is "y" and talkd is up: >If they are using an xsession (as opposed to just plain telnet or ssh), >then you need to look in the X config files - It's currently set up so >that you

Re: my machine is refusing talk

1998-06-08 Thread Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella
M.C. Vernon writes: > > > $ talk zorzella > > [Your party is refusing messages] > > [Press any key to continue] > > > > Even if mesg is "y" and talkd is up: > > If they are using an xsession (as opposed to just plain telnet or ssh), > then you need to look in the X config files - It's c

Re: my machine is refusing talk

1998-06-08 Thread M.C. Vernon
> $ talk zorzella > [Your party is refusing messages] > [Press any key to continue] > > Even if mesg is "y" and talkd is up: If they are using an xsession (as opposed to just plain telnet or ssh), then you need to look in the X config files - It's currently set up so that you can't talk people o

my machine is refusing talk

1998-06-08 Thread Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella
Hi, 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: $ mesg is y $ ps auxw | egrep talk