Why is the output of wall command not displaying in stdout?
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I am using ubuntu 14.04. I'm executing the wall command like this:
$ wall
Hi this is for testing
^d
But it doesn't display the message in terminal. I'm just executing the wall command in my machine; I'm not sending it to anyone. How could I solve this problem?
Thank You...
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edited Jul 7 '16 at 10:19
Zanna
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I am using ubuntu 14.04. I'm executing the wall command like this:
$ wall
Hi this is for testing
^d
But it doesn't display the message in terminal. I'm just executing the wall command in my machine; I'm not sending it to anyone. How could I solve this problem?
Thank You...
command-line
edited Jul 7 '16 at 10:19
Zanna
50.6k13135241
asked Jul 7 '16 at 10:01
GanapathyGanapathy
1469
Test it in TTY . I had the same issue in 16.04 , where it doesn't display in GUI but does display in TTY. I suspect it may be a form of bug
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jul 7 '16 at 10:04
But why its not working in GUI, My colleagues using the same version of Ubuntu 14.04. But in those machines it's working in GUI...
– Ganapathy
Jul 7 '16 at 10:33
Can you run it with strace so we see if it has any permissions issues perhaps?strace -e open wallshould list numerous open(2) calls, and the last one should be something likeopen("/dev/pts/0", O_WRONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE) = ...
– Josip Rodin
Jul 9 '16 at 21:13
I tried it, but it doesn't show that path. Instead of that it gives like this,open("/var/run/utmp", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 +++ exited with 0 +++
– Ganapathy
Jul 11 '16 at 5:21
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I am using ubuntu 14.04. I'm executing the wall command like this:
$ wall
Hi this is for testing
^d
But it doesn't display the message in terminal. I'm just executing the wall command in my machine; I'm not sending it to anyone. How could I solve this problem?
Thank You...
command-line
edited Jul 7 '16 at 10:19
Zanna
50.6k13135241
asked Jul 7 '16 at 10:01
GanapathyGanapathy
1469
I am using ubuntu 14.04. I'm executing the wall command like this:
$ wall
Hi this is for testing
^d
But it doesn't display the message in terminal. I'm just executing the wall command in my machine; I'm not sending it to anyone. How could I solve this problem?
Thank You...
command-line
command-line
edited Jul 7 '16 at 10:19
Zanna
50.6k13135241
asked Jul 7 '16 at 10:01
GanapathyGanapathy
1469
edited Jul 7 '16 at 10:19
Zanna
50.6k13135241
asked Jul 7 '16 at 10:01
GanapathyGanapathy
1469
edited Jul 7 '16 at 10:19
Zanna
50.6k13135241
edited Jul 7 '16 at 10:19
Zanna
50.6k13135241
edited Jul 7 '16 at 10:19
Zanna
50.6k13135241
50.6k13135241
asked Jul 7 '16 at 10:01
GanapathyGanapathy
1469
asked Jul 7 '16 at 10:01
GanapathyGanapathy
1469
asked Jul 7 '16 at 10:01
GanapathyGanapathy
1469
1469
Test it in TTY . I had the same issue in 16.04 , where it doesn't display in GUI but does display in TTY. I suspect it may be a form of bug
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jul 7 '16 at 10:04
But why its not working in GUI, My colleagues using the same version of Ubuntu 14.04. But in those machines it's working in GUI...
– Ganapathy
Jul 7 '16 at 10:33
Can you run it with strace so we see if it has any permissions issues perhaps?strace -e open wallshould list numerous open(2) calls, and the last one should be something likeopen("/dev/pts/0", O_WRONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE) = ...
– Josip Rodin
Jul 9 '16 at 21:13
I tried it, but it doesn't show that path. Instead of that it gives like this,open("/var/run/utmp", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 +++ exited with 0 +++
– Ganapathy
Jul 11 '16 at 5:21
add a comment |
Test it in TTY . I had the same issue in 16.04 , where it doesn't display in GUI but does display in TTY. I suspect it may be a form of bug
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jul 7 '16 at 10:04
But why its not working in GUI, My colleagues using the same version of Ubuntu 14.04. But in those machines it's working in GUI...
– Ganapathy
Jul 7 '16 at 10:33
Can you run it with strace so we see if it has any permissions issues perhaps?strace -e open wallshould list numerous open(2) calls, and the last one should be something likeopen("/dev/pts/0", O_WRONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE) = ...
– Josip Rodin
Jul 9 '16 at 21:13
I tried it, but it doesn't show that path. Instead of that it gives like this,open("/var/run/utmp", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 +++ exited with 0 +++
– Ganapathy
Jul 11 '16 at 5:21
Test it in TTY . I had the same issue in 16.04 , where it doesn't display in GUI but does display in TTY. I suspect it may be a form of bug
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jul 7 '16 at 10:04
Test it in TTY . I had the same issue in 16.04 , where it doesn't display in GUI but does display in TTY. I suspect it may be a form of bug
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jul 7 '16 at 10:04
But why its not working in GUI, My colleagues using the same version of Ubuntu 14.04. But in those machines it's working in GUI...
– Ganapathy
Jul 7 '16 at 10:33
But why its not working in GUI, My colleagues using the same version of Ubuntu 14.04. But in those machines it's working in GUI...
– Ganapathy
Jul 7 '16 at 10:33
Can you run it with strace so we see if it has any permissions issues perhaps?
strace -e open wall should list numerous open(2) calls, and the last one should be something like open("/dev/pts/0", O_WRONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE) = ...– Josip Rodin
Jul 9 '16 at 21:13
Can you run it with strace so we see if it has any permissions issues perhaps?
strace -e open wall should list numerous open(2) calls, and the last one should be something like open("/dev/pts/0", O_WRONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE) = ...– Josip Rodin
Jul 9 '16 at 21:13
I tried it, but it doesn't show that path. Instead of that it gives like this,
open("/var/run/utmp", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 +++ exited with 0 +++– Ganapathy
Jul 11 '16 at 5:21
I tried it, but it doesn't show that path. Instead of that it gives like this,
open("/var/run/utmp", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 +++ exited with 0 +++– Ganapathy
Jul 11 '16 at 5:21
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Type the mesg command, and if it says "is n" (messages from wall are blocked), do mesg y. Of course, do man mesg;man wall first.
answered Jul 7 '16 at 13:01
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I tested it, It gives 'y'. But the output is not displaying
– Ganapathy
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Type the mesg command, and if it says "is n" (messages from wall are blocked), do mesg y. Of course, do man mesg;man wall first.
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I tested it, It gives 'y'. But the output is not displaying
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Type the mesg command, and if it says "is n" (messages from wall are blocked), do mesg y. Of course, do man mesg;man wall first.
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Type the mesg command, and if it says "is n" (messages from wall are blocked), do mesg y. Of course, do man mesg;man wall first.
answered Jul 7 '16 at 13:01
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Type the mesg command, and if it says "is n" (messages from wall are blocked), do mesg y. Of course, do man mesg;man wall first.
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Test it in TTY . I had the same issue in 16.04 , where it doesn't display in GUI but does display in TTY. I suspect it may be a form of bug
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jul 7 '16 at 10:04
But why its not working in GUI, My colleagues using the same version of Ubuntu 14.04. But in those machines it's working in GUI...
– Ganapathy
Jul 7 '16 at 10:33
Can you run it with strace so we see if it has any permissions issues perhaps?
strace -e open wallshould list numerous open(2) calls, and the last one should be something likeopen("/dev/pts/0", O_WRONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE) = ...– Josip Rodin
Jul 9 '16 at 21:13
I tried it, but it doesn't show that path. Instead of that it gives like this,
open("/var/run/utmp", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 +++ exited with 0 +++– Ganapathy
Jul 11 '16 at 5:21