Moritz Schulte wrote:
Kent West <westk@acu.edu> writes:I can't get the "talk" program to work. Just as a test, I'm trying to talk to myself within X.[...]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.Is there something helpful in your log files (/var/log/syslog for example)? moritz
Wow! Looking through the logs. What a concept! Thanks Moritz; that gave me a clue. syslog reports: error: cannot execute /usr/sbin/in.ntalkd: No such file or directory "locate ntalkd" returns nothing.