ytalk error is:
                #################################################
                #                  Ytalk Error                  #
                #                                               #
                #      find_daemon: first select() failed       #
                #            Interrupted system call            #
                #                                               #
                #  No talk daemon on XXXX-XXX.XX.mediaone.net   #
                #               (no system error)               #
                #                                               #
                #  No talk daemon on XXXX-XXX.XX.mediaone.net   #
                #               (no system error)               #
                #################################################


the port is open :

root@halo:/# pscan -u localhost
scanning host localhost's udp ports 1 through 10240
port 514 (syslog) open
port 518 (ntalk) open
root@halo:/# 

> 
> neither ytalk nor talk appear to be working and i am getting the
> following errors
> 
> from talk :
> [Couldn't bind to control socket : Can't assign requested address (49)]
> 
> in messages:
> Nov  4 14:06:47 halo talkd[9798]: recv: Socket operation on non-socket
> Nov  4 14:07:53 halo talkd[9890]: recv: Socket operation on non-socket
> Nov  4 14:10:48 halo talkd[10397]: recv: Socket operation on non-socket
> Nov  4 14:13:05 halo talkd[10621]: recv: Socket operation on non-socket
> 
> this is from my inetd.conf:
> ntalk dgram udp wait nobody.tty /usr/libexec/ntalkd ntalkd -ld
> talk  dgram udp wait nobody.tty /usr/libexec/talkd  talkd
> 
> any ideas ?