From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 18 10:46:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA13042 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 10:46:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fang.cs.sunyit.edu (fang.cs.sunyit.edu [192.52.220.66]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA13037 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 10:46:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from chuck@localhost) by fang.cs.sunyit.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) id NAA13294; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 13:46:15 -0400 Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 13:46:15 -0400 From: Charles Green Message-Id: <199606181746.NAA13294@fang.cs.sunyit.edu> In-Reply-To: Nate Williams "Re: Talk problems btw. FreeBSD & Sun" (Jun 18, 10:12) X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.5 10/14/92) To: Nate Williams Subject: Re: Talk problems btw. FreeBSD & Sun Cc: questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Nate Williams stands accused of saying: } Date: Jun 18, 10:12 } Subject: Re: Talk problems btw. FreeBSD & Sun } > I am having problems with talk between a FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE machine } > and a Sun4M running SunOS 5.5 (or so the uname reports). The problem is - } > it is not possible to either talk from FreeBSD to the sun (using talk } > user@sun.machine) or from the Sun to FreeBSD (using talk } > user@freebsd.machine). } } That's because Sun uses a *very* old (6-7 years) version of talk that } doesn't work over machines that use different byte orders, sucn as Sun's } and PC's. The *ONLY* machines that Sun's will 'talk' to are other suns. } } You could install a newer talk on the Sun's if it's really important. } } } Nate }-- End of excerpt from Nate Williams Or use ytalk! -- Charles Green, PRC Inc. UN*X System Administration 22 Powell Ave. Apt. B UN*X Security & Whitesboro, NY 13492 Programming