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From: Jyanek@cris.com (Jay Yanek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Talk not functioning
Date: 2 Feb 1996 19:19:42 GMT
Organization: Concentric Internet Services
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Message-ID: <4eto4e$n2o@spectator.cris.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: mariner.cris.com

I have tried to fire up 'talk' on my FreeBSD 2.1 site, only to hit the 
following roadblock.  Talk fires, it looks like it is beginning to 
initiate when I get a message on the top of the screen saying:

[Couldn't bind to control socket : Can't assign requested address (49)]

What does this mean?  If I try from a distant site to 'talk' to my host, 
the talk requests appear on my host! ... unfortunately, if I try to 
'talk' back to connect up, I get the same error message.

Clues?
Jay Yanek