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From: monty@blackhole.lerc.nasa.gov (Monty Andro)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: "talk" problems with 386i and SPARC
Message-ID: <1990Jul27.191542.9525@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
Date: 27 Jul 90 19:15:42 GMT
Reply-To: monty@blackhole.lerc.nasa.gov (Monty Andro)
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Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
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I have been having problems using "talk" between a sun 386i and SPARC
workstation.  I get the following error message on the SPARC station
when I respond to a pending "talk" request from a 386i:

        unable to connect with initiator: address family not supported
        by protocal family (47).

Each machine prints messages requesting the user to respond to a pending
talk connection, but when you respond the connection is never made.
So, some connection and communication is accomplished but not completly.
Can anybody explain this ?  Can I correct this problem with a different
software package or command ?  Maybe it can't be done.

Any help will be appreciated.

monty