"talk" doesn't

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

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?

Thanks!

Kent