[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> <"
> If you want a fun challenge after this, figure out
> :-) >how to display
> :-) >>random fortune quotes in a box on the login screen. :-)
> it will br great to do so ...plz tell me how
> ">
>
> fort
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 11:00:35PM -0600, Manuel A. Camacho Q. wrote:
>>
Hey guys, I just found an issue with fortune under RH7.2
>
> I included /usr/games/fortune in my .bashrc. Then I su to root to
> compile xsysinfo with rpm --rebuild --targer i686, and then tried to
> in
Hey guys, I just found an issue with fortune under RH7.2
I included /usr/games/fortune in my .bashrc. Then I su to root to
compile xsysinfo with rpm --rebuild --targer i686, and then tried to
install the compiled RPM with rpm -Uvh.BUT, I got dependency error
messages with single words that
No Soap, Honkie Lips!
If you find that entertaining, get d/l'ing !!
Monte Milanuk wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 11:30:43 -0800 (PST)
> David Talkington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>>And if you _really_ want to enjoy Fortune as nature intended, add the
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 11:30:43 -0800 (PST)
David Talkington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 (a
Here is my ~/.bash_profile:
/usr/games/fortune hitchhiker
Had at: http://freshmeat.net/projects/fortune-hitchhiker/
On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 05:37, Emmanuel Seyman wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 04:59:31PM +, Alan Peery wrote:
> >
> > If you want a fun challenge after this,
On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 04:59:31PM +, Alan Peery wrote:
>
> If you want a fun challenge after this, figure out how to display
> random fortune quotes in a box on the login screen. :-)
I have this in my ~/.bash_profile:
echo && /usr/games/fortune startrek &
<"
If you want a fun challenge after this, figure out
:-) >how to display
:-) ---->>random fortune quotes in a box on the login screen. :-)
it will br great to do so ...plz tell me how
">
fortune > /etc/redhat-release
or use sed to replace the line every n
If you want a fun challenge after this, figure out
:-) >how to display
:-) >>random fortune quotes in a box on the login screen. :-)
it will br great to do so ...plz tell me how
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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 ( /
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.
BE VERY CAREFUL in a live environment, as
i just installed a game or what ever was that called
Fortune it gives a nice messages when invoked ...now i want that is gives
messages when ever anyone logs in his x windows i want it to display the
message in a window
thanxand yes plz do
not mind the disclaimer which will be
First off, sorry for the multiple messages. Was having trouble with
Hotmail's server. (Hotmail...go figure...)
Also, I wanted to thank everyone who responded. I'll read up on all of your
suggestions tonight. Thanks again.
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Hi Chad
You know where to find this info now (rpmfind/rpmfind.net), but just in
case, the rpm is called fortune-mod.
On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Chad Roberts wrote:
>
> Quick question.
>
> Does Redhat have a version of the fortune command (prints quotes)? If so,
> what package can
Chad Roberts wrote:
> Quick question.
>
> Does redhat have the fortune command (i'm sure it does), and if so, what
> package can i find it in. pom? I know slackware does.
>
> Also, while I'm on the subject, is there a list somewhere of all the
> packages and wha
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000 00:27 Chad Roberts wrote:
>Does Redhat have a version of the fortune command (prints quotes)? If so,
>what package can it be found in? I know slackware does, but i'm running
>Redhat 6.2 right now.
/usr/games/fortune
Tony
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Quick question.
Does redhat have the fortune command (i'm sure it does), and if so, what
package can i find it in. pom? I know slackware does.
Also, while I'm on the subject, is there a list somewhere of all the
packages and what programs are in them? I keep seeing install thi
Quick question.
Does Redhat have a version of the fortune command (prints quotes)? If so,
what package can it be found in? I know slackware does, but i'm running
Redhat 6.2 right now.
Also, while i'm on the subject, is there a list anywhere of all the
packages, and what is in ea
all this , i did however
> find/install all the neat fortune-mod-blabla files. IMHO i think they
> can be fun. can anyone fill me in to as what the line in a .xscreensaver
> should look like?
Looks about right. Here's a snippet of my .xscreensaver (why didn't I send
this before
umm Nevermind. i read the other emails better this time , ran the
xscreensaver-demo --prefs took out all but the phosphor one , everything
works great now.
thank you
eric
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text for a .xscreensaver.
hurmm , should it be .xscreensaverrc? i got that above line of text from
a file in ~/.gnome named Screensaver. i dont think i have the line of
text right as it does not work. throughout all this , i did however
find/install all the neat fortune-mod-blabla files. IMHO i think t
On 05-Jun-2000 eric clover opined:
> ditto.
> and for some reason , noseguy just prints out the text "sh
> /usr/emacs/bla/bla"
> and that is all. I Would however like the get the phosphor running with
> xscreensaver also.
> eric
Make sure you have fortune installed.
On 05-Jun-2000 jack wallen jr opined:
> i've tried to get phosphor to run as my screen saver for a while now but
> now luck. the only time i can get is if i run xscreensaver-demo but then
> you can't really 'choose' which saver you want. anyone know how to 'add'
> a screensaver to, say, the gno
:
> :On 05-Jun-2000 Eric Clover opined:
> :> for some strange reason, when i have xscreensaver on random
screensaver
> :> fortune will come up as a screensaver from time to time. But,
when i try
> :> to set fortune as the default one, it is nowhere to be fo
nter's screensaver config tool?
see what you said.
:
:On 05-Jun-2000 Eric Clover opined:
:> for some strange reason, when i have xscreensaver on random screensaver
:> fortune will come up as a screensaver from time to time. But, when i try
:> to set for
On 05-Jun-2000 Eric Clover opined:
> for some strange reason, when i have xscreensaver on random screensaver
> fortune will come up as a screensaver from time to time. But, when i try
> to set fortune as the default one, it is nowhere to be found to set it
> as the default one. h
for some strange reason, when i have xscreensaver on random screensaver
fortune will come up as a screensaver from time to time. But, when i try
to set fortune as the default one, it is nowhere to be found to set it
as the default one. how can i set xscreensaver to use fortune and have
it type
On Tue, 5 May 1998, Ruud de Bruin wrote:
> I would like to use a "fortune cookie" whever a user logs in
> (/usr/games/fortune). What is the best place to put in this line?
>
/etc/profile, Assuming you use bash.
..Tom "Do not meddle in the af
At 06:42 PM 5/5/98 +0200, Ruud de Bruin wrote:
>I would like to use a "fortune cookie" whever a user logs in
>(/usr/games/fortune). What is the best place to put in this line?
>
>Regards, Ruud.
>
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I would like to use a "fortune cookie" whever a user logs in
(/usr/games/fortune). What is the best place to put in this line?
Regards, Ruud.
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