From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 14 23:47:12 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C13237B401 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 23:47:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3C7243E4A for ; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 23:47:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-b226.otenet.gr [212.205.244.234]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0F7l6xc004753; Wed, 15 Jan 2003 09:47:07 +0200 (EET) Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0F7l63p098893; Wed, 15 Jan 2003 09:47:06 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h0F7l62B098892; Wed, 15 Jan 2003 09:47:06 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 09:47:06 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: "P. U. Kruppa" <520023893678-0001@t-online.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: talk can't find connection Message-ID: <20030115074706.GC97205@gothmog.gr> References: <20030115075625.X2448-100000@small.pukruppa.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030115075625.X2448-100000@small.pukruppa.de> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 2003-01-15 08:04, 520023893678-0001@t-online.de (P. U. Kruppa) wrote: > I try to conect two users via talk. Both typed > # mesg y > But when user_1 types > # talk user_2 > the talk screen appears and continues saying > > [No connection yet] > [Checking for invitation on caller's machine] > [Checking for invitation on caller's machine] > [Checking for invitation on caller's machine] > ... > > Strange is > # write user_2 > or > # write user_1 > works in both directions. > > So what can be done? You need to enable the `ntalk' service in inetd.conf if it isn't already. Quoting from /etc/inetd.conf: # ntalk is required for the 'talk' utility to work correctly #ntalk dgram udp wait tty:tty /usr/libexec/ntalkd ntalkd - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message