I can confirm that this bug exists as of Ubuntu 10.10, and does not
affect usernames shorter than 8 characters.
** Also affects: netkit-ntalk (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
- Binary package hint: ytalk
+ Binary package hint: ytalk, talk
1.
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
2.
$ apt-cache policy ytalk
ytalk:
- Installed: 3.3.0-5
- Candidate: 3.3.0-5
- Version table:
- *** 3.3.0-5 0
- 500 http://mirrors.gandi.net karmic/universe Packages
- 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
+ Installed: 3.3.0-5
+ Candidate: 3.3.0-5
+ Version table:
+ *** 3.3.0-5 0
+ 500 http://mirrors.gandi.net karmic/universe Packages
+ 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3.
Right after apt-get install ytalk, I wanted to open a chat connection
between 2 users in the same server (username1 is jjmaestro, username2 is
map). Both users have executed 'mesg y' and both receive the talk
message to join the chat.
I expect that when jjmaestro executes 'talk map', right after receiving
the invitation to do so, the talk session should open.
4.
When any of them tries to complete the connection after receiving the
invitation, nothing works.
Furthermore, when jjmaestro starts the talk, he cannot close the window
with Ctrl-C. It just sits there 'Waiting for connection...' and he must
Ctrl-Z, ps, and kill the PID :-/
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NOTES:
I think this bug is linked to usernames longer than 8 chars. Long time
ago, I did a very dirty hack because, although everybody seemed to think
that long usernames were supported, I could not use ytalk.
Apparently, talkd returns an error message when receiving an old talk
packet and this breaks ytalk (or something like that).
I will investigate further tomorrow. For the moment, my ooooold dirty
hack is attached.
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Title:
Unable to establish an ytalk chat
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