on Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 10:23:15PM -0600, Kent West (westk@acu.edu) 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.
>
> 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?
$ mesg?
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