From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Sep 13 4: 9: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from relay.ucb.crimea.ua (relay.ucb.crimea.ua [212.110.138.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9026414D79 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 1999 04:08:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ru@ucb.crimea.ua) Received: (from ru@localhost) by relay.ucb.crimea.ua (8.9.3/8.9.3/UCB) id OAA89740; Mon, 13 Sep 1999 14:06:31 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from ru) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 14:06:31 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov To: Greg Quinlan Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "talk" appears broken! Message-ID: <19990913140631.B64305@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> Mail-Followup-To: Greg Quinlan , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG References: <009a01befdd5$d59dc2e0$5214010a@swlct.sthames.nhs.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <009a01befdd5$d59dc2e0$5214010a@swlct.sthames.nhs.uk>; from Greg Quinlan on Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 11:50:46AM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 11:50:46AM +0100, Greg Quinlan wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Steve O'Hara-Smith > > > On 13-Sep-99 Greg Quinlan wrote: > > > The split screen program "talk" seems to not work anymore for 3.3-RC > > > > > > (mesg y) > > > > Fails for me (3.3RC cvsupped last thursday), all I get is the > > checking for invitation message repeated endlessly (talk to local user). > > > > Yep! That's extactly what I get. (cvsup last friday) > So it is broken! > > Greg Make sure that `ntalk' line is present and uncommented in your /etc/inetd.conf: ntalk dgram udp wait tty:tty /usr/libexec/ntalkd ntalkd -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message