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From: rvdp@cs.vu.nl (=Ronald van der Pol)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: talk for HPUX problem
Message-ID: <7960@star.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 16 Oct 90 19:21:07 GMT
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jsadler@misty.boeing.com (Jim Sadler) writes:


>I install the talk for HP-UX 7.0.  It gives the following message and
>quits, any ideas ?

>[Checking for invitation on caller's machine 
	* this message is displayed when the machine you talk to
	  doesn't have a talk daemon running
	* if the program quits, this usually means the other side
	  uses another version of talk. I think HPUX uses the
	  Berkeley (BSD 4.3) new talk (port 518). Many machines 
	  still use the old talk (port 517). Some use old talk on 
	  port 518 and your talk experiences a protocol error and 
	  exits. Of course your talk program should give some 
	  warning like 'protocol error'!!

	Try talking to someone on your local machine


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		Ronald van der Pol  <rvdp@cs.vu.nl>