Hmmm...
apt-cache search talk
gtalk - plug-in replacement for standard talk
ktalkd - KDE talk daemon
xtalk - BSD talk compatible X Window System client.
...etc.
HTH
Russell
On Sun, 2005-04-24 at 20:46 -0400, Sick Twist wrote:
> >From: Christopher Hotchkiss <christopher.hotchkiss@gmail.com>
> >Reply-To: slug@nks.net
> >To: slug@nks.net
> >Subject: Re: [SLUG] Messaging other users in X
> >Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 13:03:22 -0400
> >
> >I run KDE3.4 with fast user switching so I can have multiple people signed
> >in at the same time. While doing that I can IM anyone logged in using any
> >service I chose with no problems. (AIM,Yahoo,MSN,IRC,Jabber) I generally
> >have gaim installed to do that. The only problem is the sound and fast user
> >switching dont generally agree. I am sorry if I wasn't clear before.
> >
> >BTW it also works if you are tunneling X11 desktops to other computers.
> >--
> >Christopher Hotchkiss
> >(813)960-9273
> >http://www.post227.org
>
> No, this is not what I'm trying to do. Sorry if my previous posts were
> unclear. I don't want to rely on the internet or other outside services
> (e.g. AIM, Yahoo!, MSN, etc). I'm looking for a graphical way for users of
> the same machine to send each other messages when they're logged on
> simultaneously. There are Unix commands that do this on the terminal (talk,
> write) but they won't work under X. In my previous post I was merely asking
> how difficult it would be to adapt Gaim to do this if something else doesn't
> do it already.
>
> -Jonathon
>
>
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