Re: Cannot start conversation using talk

2020-02-22 Thread David Diggles
On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 09:08:07PM +, b...@0x1bi.net wrote: > I've set my hostname to point to 127.0.0.1 and I still receive the > same error. I tried with and without the domain information. > > Is there a log for talkd or inetd? I've attempted to use the -d > flag for inetd however I

Re: Cannot start conversation using talk

2020-02-21 Thread ben
Thank you, Steve. I was able to get talk to work by properly configuring /etc/resolve.conf as well as the hosts file. Ben Raskin.

Re: Cannot start conversation using talk

2020-02-21 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 21:01:10 +0100 KatolaZ wrote: > On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 07:13:48PM +, b...@0x1bi.net wrote: > > > Do you have a correct entry with the machine hostname (full > > > hostname(1) output) in /etc/hosts? > > > > I don't. What should the entry look like? Should the hostname

Re: Cannot start conversation using talk

2020-02-21 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:48:00 + (UTC) b...@0x1bi.net wrote: > I verified the output of rcctl and inetd is running. > > Ben Raskin. > Hi Ben, Here's what I did on my Void Linux computer to get talk working: * Configured xinetd to work * Make sure xinetd has an entry for talk[1] * As my

Re: Cannot start conversation using talk

2020-02-20 Thread ben
>Appart from setting your address and host and domain names in /etc/hosts, do >you >have a "lookup file bind" line in /etc/resolv.conf ? If you don't, it defaults >to "lookup bind file", so it will query DNS first, and then look into >/etc/hosts. There is a possibility this too can confuse talk.

Re: Cannot start conversation using talk

2020-02-19 Thread Zeljko Jovanovic
On 19.02.2020. 22:08, b...@0x1bi.net wrote: I've set my hostname to point to 127.0.0.1 and I still receive the same error. I tried with and without the domain information. Is there a log for talkd or inetd? I've attempted to use the -d flag for inetd however I receive no error messages or

Re: Cannot start conversation using talk

2020-02-19 Thread ben
I've set my hostname to point to 127.0.0.1 and I still receive the same error. I tried with and without the domain information. Is there a log for talkd or inetd? I've attempted to use the -d flag for inetd however I receive no error messages or warnings. Ben Raskin.

Re: Cannot start conversation using talk

2020-02-19 Thread KatolaZ
On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 07:13:48PM +, b...@0x1bi.net wrote: > > Do you have a correct entry with the machine hostname (full hostname(1) > > output) in /etc/hosts? > > I don't. What should the entry look like? Should the hostname point to > 0.0.0.0? It should point to 127.0.0.1

Re: Cannot start conversation using talk

2020-02-19 Thread ben
> Do you have a correct entry with the machine hostname (full hostname(1) > output) in /etc/hosts? I don't. What should the entry look like? Should the hostname point to 0.0.0.0? Ben Raskin.

Re: Cannot start conversation using talk

2020-02-19 Thread Frederic Cambus
On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 06:25:56PM +, b...@0x1bi.net wrote: > >Did you restart inetd after editing inetd.conf? It has to decide what > >ports to listen on when it starts up, which means it isn't going to > >notice edits. > > Yes, I restarted inetd. I still receive the 'Couldn't bind to

Re: Cannot start conversation using talk

2020-02-19 Thread ben
>Did you restart inetd after editing inetd.conf? It has to decide what >ports to listen on when it starts up, which means it isn't going to >notice edits. Yes, I restarted inetd. I still receive the 'Couldn't bind to socket: Can't assign requested address' I'm not attempting to talk to another

Re: Cannot start conversation using talk

2020-02-19 Thread Matthew Weigel
On 2020-02-19 9:48, b...@0x1bi.net wrote: I verified the output of rcctl and inetd is running. Did you restart inetd after editing inetd.conf? It has to decide what ports to listen on when it starts up, which means it isn't going to notice edits. -- Matthew Weigel

Re: Cannot start conversation using talk

2020-02-19 Thread ben
I verified the output of rcctl and inetd is running. Ben Raskin.

Re: Cannot start conversation using talk

2020-02-19 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 03:38:24PM +, b...@0x1bi.net wrote: > > Hello, everyone; > > I'm attempting to initiate a conversation via talk(1) however upon > executing the command I receive the following error: > > talk: Couldn't bind to control socket: Can't assign requested address > > I've

Cannot start conversation using talk

2020-02-19 Thread ben
Hello, everyone; I'm attempting to initiate a conversation via talk(1) however upon executing the command I receive the following error: talk: Couldn't bind to control socket: Can't assign requested address I've uncommented the line in /etc/inetd.conf which corresponds to the talkd daemon,