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From: bhiksha@tifrvax.tifr.res.in
Subject: RE: ytalk
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Organization: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 11:37:26 GMT
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In a previous article, Timothy J Kniveton <tim+@CMU.EDU> wrote:
>i am trying to run ytalk on my FreeBSD box.  i have version 3.0 with
>patch levels 1 & 2.  everything compiles and runs fine, until i try
>and talk to someone.  it then says it can't find a talk daemon on my
>machine, although there is one there: regular talk works fine.
> 
>anyone have experience on this and know what my problem is, how to fix it?

I have exactly the same problem on my NetBSD 0.9 box. However talk
does not work either, on my machine: I get 
[Target machine does not  recognize us]
whenevery i try a talk (to another person on the same machine)

bhiksha