[SOLVED] Dsk crisis, please clean up

EldonCool · 03-31-2011, 06:36 AM

At the logon prompt, after logging on, Slackware always gives me
some sort of little humorous saying, of no particular consequence,
and is of no value except some entertainment. Today, upon logging
on I got this message upon logging on:

Quote:

Dsk crisis, please clean up

Could someone tell me the significance of this? If a fun thing,
then explain the joke, or if a real system type of message, what
is it talking about?

I presume if it is a real system type message, and I do nothing,
then I will get it the next time I log on also, but you never
know. I am inclined to think it is just a joke I don't
understand.

Ramurd · 03-31-2011, 06:44 AM

When you log on, by default on Slackware you get those lines from an application named "fortune". It's harmless and this one is one of them... You just didn't get the joke.

brianL · 03-31-2011, 06:48 AM

Don't worry about it.

You're not the first to be caught out by that.
It's this: fortune.

michaelk · 03-31-2011, 06:53 AM

The program is called fortune and is executed when logged in but you can run it anytime. I did find a reference to that quote in a fortune database from the link below.
http://fortunes.cat-v.org/

It is not a real system message.

brianL · 03-31-2011, 06:58 AM

This is to blame for all the panic attacks: /etc/profile.d/bsd-games-login-fortune.sh

EldonCool · 03-31-2011, 07:08 AM

I tried running the program "fortune" and sure enough it
gave me one of those little sayings, a fun thing when
in need of some entertainment.

Thanks for the replies.

bgeddy · 03-31-2011, 07:17 AM

Yes, you have to watch out for those humorous fortune writers. I remember a few years ago having this one pop up. Brings a smile to my face now but it was annoying at the time! I very rarely reboot, (apart from running VM's), so I haven't seen that many of the MOTD's.

brianL · 03-31-2011, 07:18 AM

Code:

bash-4.1$ fortune -o                                                                    
Well, there was this tiger, who woke up one morning, and just felt                      
great (yes, just like Tony the Tiger: GREAAAAAAT).  Anyway, he just                     
felt so good, he went out and cornered a small monkey and roared at                     
him: "WHO IS THE MIGHTIEST OF ALL THE JUNGLE ANIMALS?"  And this poor                   
quaking little monkey replied: "You are of course, no one is mightier                   
than you."  A little while later this tiger confronts a deer, and just                  
bellows out: "WHO IS THE GREATEST AND STRONGEST OF ALL THE JUNGLE                       
ANIMALS?"  The deer is shaking so hard it can barely speak, but manages                 
to stammer: "Oh great tiger, you are by far the mightiest animal in the                 
jungle."  The tiger, being on a roll, swaggered, up to an elephant that                 
was quietly munching on some weeds, and roared at the top of his voice:                 
"WHO IS THE MIGHTIEST OF ALL THE ANIMALS IN THE JUNGLE?"  Well, this                    
elephant grabs the tiger with his trunk, picks him up, slams him down;                  
picks him up again, and shakes him until the tiger is just a blur of                    
orange and black; and finally throws him violently into a nearby tree.                  
The tiger staggers to his feet and looks at the elephant and says:                      
"Man, just because you don't know the answer, you don't have to get so                  
pissed."

wildwizard · 03-31-2011, 07:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brianL

bash-4.1$ fortune -o

Well that is one of the tamer ones.

FYI -o gives the ruder ones out and some are quite rude (the man page has a disclaimer for it too)

brianL · 03-31-2011, 07:49 AM

Yeah, I skipped posting some of the less tame ones. Didn't want to offend any "sensitive" members or Mods, with stuff like this or worse:

Code:

bash-4.1$ fortune -o
A worried young man from Stamboul
Founds lots of red spots on his tool.
        Said the doctor, a cynic,
        "Get out of my clinic;
Just wipe off the lipstick, you fool!"