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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    Bug#23570: ktalkd doesn't know about ttys
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2001-04-02 23:50:30
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On Tuesday 03 April 2001 00:20, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
> Package: ktalkd
> Version: KDE 2.1.1
> 
> (Originally submitted to the Debian BTS by Simon Law <sfllaw@engmail.uwaterloo.ca> as Bug#92646)
> 
> 'm running ktalkd, and it works just fine most of the time, but it
> doesn't seem to like the ttyname parameter.  For example:
>  
> I have three users logged in: root (tty1), slaw (tty2), root (tty3)
>  
> From tty2, I do the following:
> slaw$ talk root
>  
> On tty1, I get an invitation to talk.  Great!
>  
> However, if I type:
> slaw$ talk root tty1
>  
> It says that "Your party is refusing messages."
>  
> Also, if I type:
> slaw$ talk root tty3
>  
> It does the same thing, and tells me that "Your party is refusing
> messages."

Tried "mesg y" ? ;-)

> This is not expected behaviour.  This does not occur with the regular
> talkd, so I assume that ktalkd is the culprit.

Can you follow the instructions in the doc, about enabling debug output
(ktalkd -d, etc.), to send me the debug output from ktalkd in both
cases ?

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