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

[Rotariu Bogdan]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Didier Casse" <didierbe at sps.nus.edu.sg>
To: "Rotariu Bogdan" <bogdan at alterox.ro>
Cc: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: program talk doesn't work on fc1-> Error on read from talk
daemon


> 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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> With kind regards,
>
> Didier.
>
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