Stupid question about login

Raveriux · 09-25-2013, 11:11 AM

Somehow I rememberet that a long ago I saw that after login to Slackware system there was a some random sentence of well knwn peaople written. Now I dont see this in all my mashines. Is it gone or just I misconfigured somewhere?

Nh3xus · 09-25-2013, 11:18 AM

Hi,

You are probably referring to the BSD fortunes.

Have you installed the /y/ package category ?

If not, install the bsd-games package with slackpkg.

Then make it executable so it will be displayed when you log in :

Code:

# chmod +x /etc/profile.d/bsd-games-login-fortune.*

Reboot and log back in as root.

Hope it helps.

NoStressHQ · 09-25-2013, 11:20 AM

You're talking about "fortune cookies"... The program is simply "fortune".

Try this:

Code:

 $ fortune

BTW I haven't checked but it might be called in a "bash.profile"-something on the system. If you want it back check for that.

Also there are difference between "login shell" and simple "interactive shell" in the init scripts.

Stephen Morgan · 09-25-2013, 11:22 AM

I think you mean the `fortune` programme.

I believe it still runs by default at login on Slackware, but it runs from ~/.bashrc, or from ~/.bash_profile, or from somewhere.

Looks like it's currently in /etc/profile.d/bsd-games-login-fortune.sh, and will only run on login shells from there. Do you have that file? In not you can add `fortune` to the end of your .bashrc, or .profile

Didier Spaier · 09-25-2013, 11:24 AM

It shouldn't be gone. That's the "fortune" program, that displays these so-called "quote of the day

You should see one every time you log in at runlevel 3 (in a console) or do a full login (su - [user]) in a terminal under X, but not if you just change the user (e.g. su [user]).

If you don't get it then you have probably changed some configuration file.

PS there can be silly answers, but there are no silly questions.

PPS Too late.

Raveriux · 09-25-2013, 11:26 AM

Thanks for advice, Nh3xus and others

Nice:

Quote:

Life's too short to dance with ugly women.

NoStressHQ · 09-25-2013, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Didier Spaier

[...]
PS2 [...]

Useless funny side note: Sony can be pleased with that, but it's PPS (post-post-scriptum) and not PlayStation 2

.

Cheers.

Didier Spaier · 09-25-2013, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoStressHQ

Useless funny side note: Sony can be pleased with that, but it's PPS (post-post-scriptum) and not PlayStation 2

Not useless but useful, so thanks. Fixed.