Alan,
Point taken; sorry about coming off so hot at first. :-)
Thanks for offering the solution.
On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, you wrote:
>
>I'm sorry that my response upset you, but try not to overreact next time.
>
>Alan
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> Alan
>
> I'm not sure what you are refering to re: aversion to security,
> but in any case I seem not to have a xdm.options file. Perhaps you
> could be less accusatory and more helpful; after all, we're all here to
> enjoy the benefits of the global knowledgebase, rather than picking on
>
In a message dated 2/28/99 1:04:48 AM Central Standard Time,
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> any case I seem not to have a xdm.options file. Perhaps you could be less
xdm.options is a file in slink. hamm used a config file in /etc/X11.The
change is the same in either case.
-Jay
On Sat, Feb 27, 1999 at 10:52:09PM -0800, Jesse Evans wrote:
> Calling up the man page on xconsole does not give me any clues as to
> how to prevent a user from having it appear in their logon. I've read the man
> page; what else would you expect of me?
xconsole is just a program to display
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> The file /etc/X11/xdm/xdm.options probably has the line
> run-xconsole
>
> which, when commented out (#) will get xdm (the program that provides that
> "login banner") to stop starting and running xconsole.
If you use hamm this would probably be /etc/X11/config. See
Folks,
Well, I apologise: it seems I did indeed have the file mentioned.
I've changed the entry and it fixed the problem I had.
Thanks for the help; even though the reponse was less than friendly it
was still useful.
On Sat, 27 Feb 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Alan
I'm not sure what you are refering to re: aversion to security, but in
any case I seem not to have a xdm.options file. Perhaps you could be less
accusatory and more helpful; after all, we're all here to enjoy the benefits of
the global knowledgebase, rather than picking on others for
[adjusted to look better on my screen:]
> After this morning's apt-get dist-upgrade, a whole bunch of X
> windows stuff got replaced. (I'm running slink.) Now, when I start up,
> I get a console window displaying various system messages. This shows
> up in the lower right corner of my display
Folks,
After this morning's apt-get dist-upgrade, a whole bunch of X windows
stuff got replaced. (I'm running slink.) Now, when I start up, I get a console
window displaying various system messages. This shows up in the lower right
corner of my display when the log-in banner is running and
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