Re: "talk" doesn't

[Philipp Schulte <p.schulte@matrix.uni-duisburg.de>]

On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 10:23:15PM -0600, Kent West 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.

Try setting "mesg y" sp connections are accpeted. See "man mesg" for
more information.
Phil