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