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# 5.3. How Do I Get Debug Output from Ktalkd ?

As it is a daemon, there is no debug output on standard output. To get debugging output (for instance before submitting me a bug report !), update the lines in inetd.conf which launches ktalkd and kotalkd to be :

     talk   dgram   udp     wait    root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  /opt/kde/bin/kotalkd -d
     ntalk  dgram   udp     wait    root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  /opt/kde/bin/ktalkd -d

(notice the -d option)

Then edit /etc/syslog.conf to add the following line :

     *.*         /var/log/all_messages

To make it work, you then have to restart inetd and syslogd :

     % killall -HUP inetd
     % killall -HUP syslogd

Finally, run a talk session and see the result in /var/log/all_messages

When submitting a bug report, never forget to include the debugging output, but also ktalkd's version number and the "./configure" output. Thanks.

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