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From: Michelle Konzack on 18 Jun 2008 12:10 Am 2008-06-16 22:07:45, schrieb Daniel Burrows: > I think he means talk(1). > > Package: talk > State: not installed > Version: 0.17-13 > Description: Chat with another user > Talk is a visual communication program which copies lines from your > terminal to that of another user. > > In order to talk locally, you will need to install the talkd package. Why not: Package: xtalk Version: 1.3-15 Description: BSD talk compatible X Window System client XTalk is a visual communication program which copies lines from your terminal to that of another user. This is an X Window System version, written in Python. Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator 24V Electronic Engineer Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ##################### Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 +49/177/9351947 50, rue de Soultz MSN LinuxMichi +33/6/61925193 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)
From: Michelle Konzack on 18 Jun 2008 12:10 Am 2008-06-17 01:24:45, schrieb Dotan Cohen: > The wife uses one computer, I use another. We are both connected to > the internet via a router, as such we can SSH into one another's > boxen. Is there a way to pop up a message on the wife's machine, by > SSHing in and having root access. We both use KDE 3.x if it matters. I > notice that when I shutdown her machine remotely, she gets a popup > message stating that the computer is going down, so I see that the > basic infrastructure of having root pop up messages to users is in > place. From your machine you could do a: > ssh root wife-machine -c 'su - wife -c\"echo "I will kill your machine NOW! |xmessage -display :0.0 -file -\" && shutdown -r now' or: apt-get install linpopup Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator 24V Electronic Engineer Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ##################### Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 +49/177/9351947 50, rue de Soultz MSN LinuxMichi +33/6/61925193 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)
From: Michelle Konzack on 18 Jun 2008 12:10 Am 2008-06-17 04:01:26, schrieb i'll teach you to turn away.: > Dotan Cohen <dotancohen(a)gmail.com> wrote: > DC> The wife uses one computer, I use another. We are both connected to > DC> the internet via a router, as such we can SSH into one another's > DC> boxen. Is there a way to pop up a message on the wife's machine, by > DC> SSHing in and having root access. We both use KDE 3.x if it matters. I > > does no one use 'talk' anymore? Ehm, this is for the console... Better: xtakl or linpopup Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator 24V Electronic Engineer Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ##################### Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 +49/177/9351947 50, rue de Soultz MSN LinuxMichi +33/6/61925193 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)
From: i'll teach you to turn away. on 18 Jun 2008 14:30 Owen Townend <owen.townend(a)gmail.com> wrote: OT> On 17 Jun 2008 04:01:26 GMT, i'll teach you to turn away. <crank(a)got.net> wrote: >> does no one use 'talk' anymore? OT> Talking is a viable option, though less convenient depending on the OT> distance between the computers. My brother and I used to chat over i think you're going to have to leave this newsgroup after a response like that. lish "figured out what you're good for: crank(a)got.net making anything look better." -uc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: i'll teach you to turn away. on 18 Jun 2008 14:30
Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle(a)tamay-dogan.net> wrote: MK> Am 2008-06-17 04:01:26, schrieb i'll teach you to turn away.: >> does no one use 'talk' anymore? MK> Ehm, this is for the console... Better: xtakl or linpopup does no one use CLI anymore? :D lish "i left all my kinder parts crank(a)got.net rusting & peeling." -mm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org |