program talk doesn't work on fc1-> Error on read from talk daemon

Didier Casse didierbe at sps.nus.edu.sg
Thu Feb 19 15:33:17 UTC 2004


On 19/02/04, at 16:42 +0200, Rotariu Bogdan <bogdan at alterox.ro> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> you need to chkconfig talk on and chkconfig ntalk on
> service xinetd restart
> that should do it
> and check if there are no rules that block ports 517-518 UDP
> 

That is precisely what I thought of doing a

/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 talk on
/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 ntalk on

/sbin/service xinetd restart

and still the same old error message from talk:

i.e

"Error on read from talk daemon: Connection refused... press any key"


> 
> 
> > Hi all,
> >        I just realized that my "talk"  program doesn't work on FC1,. When
> > I try to talk to a user, i.e
> >
> > talk someuser
> >
> > it gives me back
> >
> > "Error on read from talk daemon: Connection refused... press any key"
> >
> > then a
> >
> > "Checking for invitation on caller's machine."
> >
> > An rpm -qa|grep talk, gives:
> >
> > talk-server-0.17-21
> > talk-0.17-21
> > ytalk-3.1.1-14
> >
> > meaning I've the server and client installed.
> >
> > My /etc/xinetd.d/talk reads;
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > default: on
> > # description: The talk server accepts talk requests for chatting with
> > users \
> > #       on other systems.
> > service talk
> > {
> >         disable = no
> >         flags                   = IPv4
> >         socket_type             = dgram
> >         wait                    = yes
> >         user                    = nobody
> >         group                   = tty
> >         server                  = /usr/sbin/in.talkd
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > In the archives there's some guy who had the same problem but never could
> > found the solution. Any help is appreciated! :-)
> >
> >
> >
> > With kind regards,
> >
> > Didier.
> >
> > ---
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
> >
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With kind regards,

Didier.

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