moonunit@meteor.wisc.edu (Chris Bovitz) (03/06/91)
I've been trying to use talk to talk to someone on another system, but something's wrong. When I type "talk user@address", I get the standard "[No connection yet]", but then it shows "[Checking for invitation on caller's machine]" and hangs there ad infinitum. She has set her messages off. I've even tried "talk user@address tty". Is this normal? I'd assume that if a user doesn't want messages, it would say on the sender's machine. Any comments would be most welcome. Chris -- | Chris Bovitz | Late to bed, | | moonunit@meteor.wisc.edu | Early to rise, | | Univ of WI-Madison | Makes a man | | :-) :-) :-) (-: (-: (-: | Damn tired come noon. |
kepowers@mbunix.mitre.org (Powers) (03/07/91)
In article <1991Mar6.050511.13981@meteor.wisc.edu> moonunit@meteor.wisc.edu (Chris Bovitz) writes: > >I've been trying to use talk to talk to someone on another system, >but something's wrong. When I type "talk user@address", I get the >standard "[No connection yet]", but then it shows "[Checking for >invitation on caller's machine]" and hangs there ad infinitum. >She has set her messages off. I've even tried "talk user@address tty". That depends on the type of machines that are involved. There are two types of talk protocals that are not compatible. For instance, Ultrix and SunOS cannot 'talk' to each other. Unfortunately, talk does not realize that an incompatability exists and it just keeps trying. -- Kelly-Erin Powers The MITRE Corporation Unix Systems Group Burlington Road (617) 271-2143 Bedford, MA 01730 kepowers@mbunix.mitre.org linus!mbunix!kepowers
jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) (03/07/91)
In article <1991Mar6.161028.25932@linus.mitre.org>, kepowers@mbunix.mitre.org (Powers) writes: |> That depends on the type of machines that are involved. There are two |> types of talk protocals that are not compatible. For instance, |> Ultrix and SunOS cannot 'talk' to each other. Unfortunately, talk |> does not realize that an incompatability exists and it just keeps |> trying. Elaborating a little bit: Some machines have both versions of talk installed. If "talk" doesn't work for you, try "ntalk", "otalk", "talk.old" and "talk.new" if any of them are available. If none of them are available and work, then you lose. -- Jonathan Kamens USnail: MIT Project Athena 11 Ashford Terrace jik@Athena.MIT.EDU Allston, MA 02134 Office: 617-253-8085 Home: 617-782-0710