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Alan Peery wrote:

>To put messages on the X screen at login, use
>fortune | xmessage -file -
>to put the box on the screen.
>To make this part of the default login sequence on gnome, figure out
>how the Gnome config file ( /usr/share/gnome/default.session) works
>and add it.
>If you want a fun challenge after this, figure out how to display
>random fortune quotes in a box on the login screen. :-)

And if you _really_ want to enjoy Fortune as nature intended, add the 
'offensive' library. OpenBSD ships it, but alas, Red Hat seems to 
have been swayed by the P.C. police (and I don't mean 'personal 
computer') ... heck, even their 'sudo' build doesn't include the funny 
stuff.

- -d

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David Talkington

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