> just wondering, how do i get rid of that ansi penguin at the login > prompt? it really doesn't appeal to me. Edit issue.rc (or is it rc.issue?) in your /etc/rc directory to not generate it. Hmm. It might not be this way with Mandrake (I know this from Red Hat 5.0). In any case, you'll see whatever is in /etc/issue before the login prompt.