How to start the talk daemon?
I would like to use ytalk and set in /etc/inittab:
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talk dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.talkd Addendum: I must have missed something, the talk daemon was running. It is still unusable, than the reply now is that the user is "not logged in" (naturally is logged in). |
Just did some quick and dirty testing here
ytalk works and uses the talk line in inetd.conf talk gives the error you describe and uses the second ntalk line Make sure your using ytalk on both ends |
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Anyway, thank you for your efforts. |
in.talkd runs under inetd, so you should check /etc/hosts.allow too for allowing the boxes to talk each other
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in.talkd: 192.168.1.2 |
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I did like the idea that no server is required by ytalk and don't really intend to use Google Talk which loads a list of my "Contacts" and notifies them all that I am online. I find ytalk would provide me with more freedom :) It is regrettable that ytalk seems not to be really supported anymore. (The next question would been: how to get a notification about an incoming call in an X-environment /there was'nt any on the oder box, I had to open a terminal waiting for the ringing :) Best regards |
you can specify the tty on the talk command line, so you just need to know the tty on which your user has a running shell (let him run the "tty" command to find it, works also under X).
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Meanwhile I searched the net but did only find "lan messengers" which is not the same as they can not be used over the internet. |
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you have to open a terminal under X, because talk rings on ttys. |
If you want something to use through internet maybe you have to move away from talk (I think it's not safe for internet use) and use pidgin (in stock slackware) with some protocol (jabber or whatever) you don't already use (so no bothering for friends there).
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By the way: the router/server is openwrt and ngircd is already in the repository. (Had a Slackware server for approx 6 years running but the CISCO consumes about only 5W and have an acceptable system - though with compromises - using openwrt) Many thanks for your advices! :) |
Are you trying it on the terminal only? If not, you might have to have $DISPLAY set in /etc/profile or ~/.bashrc to the one X runs as, .i.e., do 'ps ax|grep X' and right after you should see something like ':0'. Then you have to 'export DISPLAY=:0' (or the number right after 'X') in profile or bashrc. I am not sure I was getting the pop-up messages until I tried this.
You also need to go to a shell and type 'mesg y' for every user you want to be able to receive messages. |
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