Bug#5257: talk won't start up ...
Hi,
Nikhil Nair wrote:
> Package: netstd
> Version: 2.07-1
>
> I can't seem to get talk going. I can receive talk requests from other
> hosts (i.e. I get the message on my terminal), but I can't respond.
>
> When I start talk, whether initiating a connection or trying to respond,
> it bails out, giving the error:
>
> [Couldn't bind to control socket : Cannot assign requested address (99)]
>
> on the top line of the terminal.
I had this problem for a while, too. I believe your problem could be that
your machine is in a stand-alone environment (no networking board installed),
and you do not have a route to your machine except for the one going through
the loopback device.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that a command like
$ talk root
will sort-of expand to 'talk root@<hostname>'. If a 'ping' to hostname
does not work, talk won't work either (although the error message is
a bit misleading). You can fix this by using the dummy device for
an extra route to your own machine, as in:
# ifconfig dummy <hostname>
# route add dummy
After this, talk should work for local users, too.
Alternatively, I _think_ "talk <user>@localhost" should work, too.
Frank
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