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[Headhunter123]

Hi !

How can you use a screensaver in the console ? I have always tried to use cmatrix, but I don't know how to start a program after a certain time of inactivity.
And to aalib :
Try compiling your mplayer with aalib, and choose it as videooutput (-vo). Pretty weird, but nevertheless cool

[DrkPlague]

i am all about aalib. there are some great programs out there for it. and for a screensaver, I have "setterm -blank 0" run at startup to disable console blanking, then run aalib on an empty console when i am done for a while. i am still trying to find a way to make it an actual screensaver like in freeBSD.

[epretorious]

Hello, All:

I'm stumped: If your login screen doesn't need to change, why not just edit the /etc/issue file using vi? i.e., Why create a script that removes a file just to create the same file again?

[usingloser]

so the stats contained in the welcome message can be updated, like uptime, usage, etc..

[epretorious]

I'll repeat the question for clarity:

If your login screen doesn't need to change, why not just edit the /etc/issue file using vi?

I haven't seen a single solution here that uses a static /etc/issue but have seen many login screens that don't produce dynamic information. (The reason that I ask is this: I would like to know how to create a static login screen that contains the ANSI color escape codes without having to create /etc/init.d/issue. Every other solution on the 'Net also uses the `echo -e "\033[#;#m...` approach...

[Gandalf_Grey_]

I made a custom startup screen that other Canadians might be interested in, here is a screenshot



and the source is

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#!/bin/sh

AUTHOR="Ryan Vilim"
Red="\033[1;6m\033[0;31m" # Red
White="\033[1;6m\033[1;37m" # White
Green="\033[1;6m\033[0;32m" # Green
COLOUR_RESET="\033[0m"

#rm -f /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"|i|i|i|i|i|i|"$White"qmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmz"$Red"|i|i|i|i|i|i">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"i||||||||||||"$White"mQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQe"$Red"||||||||||||">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"|||||i||i||||"$White"mWQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQe"$Red"|||||i||i||i">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"||i||||||||i|"$White"mQQQQQQQQQQQQCWQQQQQQQQQQQQe"$Red"|||i||||||||">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"i|||i||i||i||"$White"mWQQQQQQQQQQ@"$Red"|"$White"]QQQQQQQQQQQQe"$Red"||||||i||i|i">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"|||i|||||||||"$White"mWQQQQQQQWTW"$Red"(||"$White"Q@YQQQQQQQQQe"$Red"|||||i||||||">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"i|||||i||i|||"$White"mWQQQQQQQW"$Red"||i||||j"$White"QQQQQQQQQe"$Red"||||i||||i|i">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"||i||i|||||||"$White"mQQQQQQQQQc"$Red"||||i|"$White"jQQQQQQQQQc"$Red"||||||||i|||">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"i||||||||i|i|"$White"mWQQQQQQQQz"$Red"||||||"$White"mQWQQQQQQQC"$Red"|||i|||i|||i">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"|||i||i||||||"$White"mWQQRWQk?Qk"$Red"|||i|i"$White"Q@(WQRQQQQe"$Red"||||||i|||||">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"i|||||||i||||"$White"mQQQc"$Red"|"$White"*"$Red"||"$White"?h"$Red"|||||"$White"xD"$Red"||"$White"}|+dQQQc"$Red"|||i||||||i|">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"||i||i|||||i|"$White"mWQQz"$Red"|||||"$White"I"$Red"|||||"$White"I"$Red"||||||"$White"QQQQe"$Red"||||||i|||||">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"i||||||i||i||"$White"mWQQk"$Red"|||||||||i||i||i|"$White"{QQQQe"$Red"|||i|||||i|i">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"|||i||i||||||"$White"mWQW1"$Red"|||||||i||||||||||"$White"4QQQc"$Red"|||||i||i|||">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"i|||||||||i||"$White"mWQQc"$Red"|||i|i|||||i||i||"$White"imQQQC"$Red"||i||||||||i">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"||i||i||i||||"$White"mQQQQp+i"$Red"||||||i|||i||"$White"xQQQQQe"$Red"|||||i||i|||">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"i||||||||||||"$White"mWQQQWp>"$Red"|||i|i|||i||"$White"uQQQQQQe"$Red"||||i|||||i|">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"|||i||i||i|||"$White"mQQQQQQm>"$Red"|||||||i||"$White"wQQQQQQQe"$Red"|||||||i||||">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"i|||||||i||||"$White"mWQQQQQWE"$Red"|||||||||"$White"{QQQQQQQQc"$Red"|||i||||||i|">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"||i||i|||||i|"$White"mQQQQQQQCiaww"$Red"z"$White"wwa%xQQQQQQQQe"$Red"|||||i|i||||">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"i||||||i|||||"$White"mWQQQQQQQQQWQ"$Red"k"$White"QWQQWQQQQQQQQc"$Red"|i||i|||||i|">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"|||i||i|||i||"$White"mWQQQQQQQQQQQ"$Red"k"$White"WWQQQQQQQQQQQe"$Red"|||||||||i||">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"i||||||||||||"$White"mQQQQQQQQQQQQ"$Red"k"$White"WWQQQQQQQQQQQc"$Red"|i||i||i||||">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"||i||i||i||i|"$White"mWQQQQQQQQQQW"$Red"k"$White"BQQQQQQWQQQWQe"$Red"|||||||||||i">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"i||||||||||||"$White"mWQQQQQQQWQQQ"$Red"m"$White"QQQQWQQQQQQQQe"$Red"|||i||i||i||">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"|||||i|||i|||"$White"mWQQQQQQQQQQQQQWQQQQQQQQQQQc"$Red"||i||||||||i">> /etc/issue
echo -e $Red"iiiiii|iii|ii"$White"3"$Green" A Proud Canadian Penguin "$White"1"$Red"ii|iiiiiiii|" >> /etc/issue
echo >>/etc/issue
cp -f /etc/issue /etc/issue.net

I got a picture of the canadian flag, used gimp and aalib to export it to a text file, then did the colouring myself

[jaska]

Maybe I am dyslexic, but how do you make the cowsay appear when i open up aterm? I saw a screenshot with something like that happening, but it could have been only an ssh loging?

[jaska]

Nevermind, I think its fixed now.

[dhurt]

Thanks for this great thread. I have really enjoyed setting this up on my computer. I have a question though. The script that I have cobbled together from posts in this thread updates correctly /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net and it works correctly as far as I can tell. But I keep getting errors from the cron daemon.

The errors are as follows:

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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:45:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cron Daemon <root@mcising.net>
To: root@mcising.net
Subject: Cron <root@shadow>  /etc/init.d/issue
                                                                                
TERM environment variable not set.

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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:45:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cron Daemon <root@mcising.net>
To: root@mcising.net
Subject: Cron <root@shadow> root /etc/init.d/issue
                                                                                
/bin/sh: line 1: root: command not found

I get this error everytime the cron job runs and it is just annoying to have it fill up my mail box. The bash script that I run every ten minutes via cron is the following:

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#!/bin/bash
                                                                                                                                                  
if [ -f /etc/gentoo-release ]; then
                                                                                                                                                  
R=$(cat /etc/gentoo-release | awk '{ print $5,$6 }')
C=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name' | awk '{ print $4,$5,$6 }')
CS=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'cpu MHz' | awk '{ print $4 }')
CB=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'bogomips' | awk '{ print $3 }')
K=$(uname -r)
H=$(/bin/hostname -f)
M=$(( `dmesg | grep "Dentry" | awk '{print $9}'` / 1024 ))
KS=`dmesg | grep "Swap" | awk '{print $3}'`
S=$(( ${KS%k} / 1024 ))
U=$(uptime)
F=$(fortune 40% calvin 30% hitchhiker 10% chalkboard 10% starwars 10% bofh-excuses)
                                                                                                                                                  
DARK="\033[1;30m" # dark grey
GREY="\033[0m" # default grey / white
WHITE="\033[1;37m" # bright / bold white
PURPLE="\033[0;35m" # purple
BR_GREEN="\033[1;32m" # bright green
BR_BLUE="\033[1;34m" # bright blue
BLACK="\033[0;30m" # black
RED="\033[0;31m" # Red
LT_RED="\033[1;31m" # Light Red
YELLOW="\033[1;33m" # Light Red
                                                                                                                                                  
/usr/bin/clear >> /etc/issue
echo -e " " >> /etc/issue
echo -e "$BR_GREEN Gentoo$BR_BLUE Linux$RED Release $R" >> /etc/issue
echo -e " " >> /etc/issue
echo -e "$GREY Hostname: $WHITE $H" >> /etc/issue
echo -e " " >> /etc/issue
echo -e "$GREY Kernel:   $WHITE $K" >> /etc/issue
echo -e "$GREY Processor:$WHITE $C ( $CS MHz => $CB bogomips)" >> /etc/issue
echo -e "$GREY Memory:   $WHITE $M Mb    $GREY Swap:  $WHITE $S Mb" >> /etc/issue
echo -e "$GREY Uptime:  $WHITE $U" >> /etc/issue
echo -e " " >> /etc/issue
echo -e "$YELLOW$F$WHITE" >> /etc/issue
echo -e " " >> /etc/issue
cp /etc/issue /etc/issue.net
cp /etc/issue /etc/motd
chmod 644 /etc/motd
fi

The crontab entry looks like this:

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*/10 * * * *     root    /etc/init.d/issue

Any suggestions would be most appriciated. Thanks in advance.

[dhurt]

In case anyone else is having the same error. The solution is to change these lines:

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/usr/bin/clear >> /etc/issue
echo -e " " >> /etc/issue

To This

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TERM=linux /usr/bin/clear > /etc/issue
printf "\e[2J\e[H" >> /etc/issue

That fixes the first error of the environment variable not being set. The next error of root not being a command, is because I am noob and added in the job to the cron daemon wrong. I looked at /etc/crontab for how to format the entry and it has root in as the sixth entry, but when you do a crontab -e, the sixth item should be the job and the user should not be listed. So the crontab entry should look like this:

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*/10 * * * *     /etc/init.d/issue 

[radr]

it is possible
<after a few hrs of hairpulling>

add these lines to /etc/profile

#linux_logo
echo
linux_logo -L 3
echo


now even my remote users can see the goodness =)
ps. i followed all previous posts to get the linux_logo workin

[IvoryTiger]

Fine, made it as Sedated suggested, there is just one anoying problem:

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fuero@bmfh fuero $ sudo /etc/init.d/issue start
 * Could not get dependency info for "issue"!
 * Could not get dependency info for "issue"!
 * Building Linux Welcome Message
 *      Creating /etc/issue...                     [ ok ]
 *      Creating /etc/issue.net...                 [ ok ]
fuero@bmfh fuero $

/sbin/depscan.sh will fix the dependancy errors.

I added the start/stop to my script and then ran /sbin/depscan.sh and those errors are now gone.

[quark]

Hi all...

I started to make my own /etc/init.d/issue after reading this thread a while
This is what I ended up with:

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    .vir.       Gentoo Gnu/Linux        
 .d$$$$$$b.                                     
 $$$$( )$$$b    Hostname: lappy.potro.net
 Q$$$$$$$$$$B   Kernel:   2.6.0-test8-mm1
   "$$$$$$$P    Uptime:   3:02
  d$$$$$$P"                                     
 $$$$$$$P       ALL UNAUTHORIZED USERS WILL BE CONDEMNED TO DIE!
 `Q$$P"                                          

Wed Oct 22 01:02:19 EEST 2003

The g is taken from the linux-logo -ebuild's gentoo logo and the rest is mostly inspired by this thread I used a simple awk line to take just the uptime and nothing but the uptime from the output of "uptime". It's not as easy as you might think

Here is the code (if someone is interested):

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#!/bin/sh

LGRAY="\033[1;6m\033[1;37m"
YELLOW="\033[1;6m\033[1;33m"
PURPLE="\033[1;6m\033[1;35m"
WHITE="\033[1;6m\033[1;37m"
COLOR_RESET="\033[0m"

# Let's simplify this a bit :)
UPTIME=`uptime | awk '{for ( i = 3; i <= NF-7; i++ ) if ( i != NF-7 ) \
        print $i; else print substr($i,1,length($i)-1);}'`  

rm -f /etc/issue
echo -e $PURPLE'                                                ' >> /etc/issue
echo -e $PURPLE'    .vir.       Gentoo '$WHITE'Gnu/Linux        ' >> /etc/issue
echo -e $PURPLE' .d$$$$$$b.                                     ' >> /etc/issue
echo -e $PURPLE' $$$$( )$$$b    '$LGRAY'Hostname: '$(hostname -a) >> /etc/issue
echo -e $PURPLE' Q$$$$$$$$$$B   '$LGRAY'Kernel:   '$(uname -r)    >> /etc/issue
echo -e $PURPLE'   "$$$$$$$P    '$LGRAY'Uptime:   '$UPTIME        >> /etc/issue
echo -e $PURPLE'  d$$$$$$P"                                     ' >> /etc/issue
echo -e $PURPLE' $$$$$$$P       '$YELLOW'ALL UNAUTHORIZED USERS WILL BE'\
                                'CONDEMNED TO DIE!' >> /etc/issue
echo -e $PURPLE' `Q$$P"                                          '>> /etc/issue

echo -e $LGRAY"\n$(date)" >> /etc/issue
echo -e $COLOR_RESET >> /etc/issue
cp -f /etc/issue /etc/issue.net

[Thulle]

echo -e $COLOR3"Welcome to the Wired!">>/etc/issue

<offtopic> apparently more than me who like s.e lain ^_^</offtopic>

[Antimatter]

sorry for this bumpage but i'm having some problem with this

i got the issue file to display correctly before i am able to log in but i have another problem

i created an issue.net and enabled banner /etc/issue.net

then i ssh in from my windows machine though putty and i get no message, zip nada, none

so is it just something with putty or ?

thanks

UPDATE:

if i log in using ssh1 i get nothing just a login prompt then when i log in it display last time i log in.

now if i switch to ssh2 i get a log in prompt i type in the login name, then i get the message from issue.net then it presents me with the password field.

this is partway there but i want it to all display BEFORE the login thing is even printed to screen meaning it print to screen then let u to log in. and also wondering why it partly work with ssh2 but not ssh1

thanks

[jtp755]

Here are some screenshots of some simple ones i just did. Its my first attmept at this but i thought it was cool. Hope yall like them.





If you want me to send the text files let me know.

[maxulanhot]

I just put the issue to run level default,but when I reboot it say
issue dependency error?

why?

[DumbAss]

Hi, I think this is a cool topic. It is one of those things that makes your computer "special".
Maybe anyone knows a script that outputs the number of the terminal you are logged in to? I searched google and the fora but I couldn't find anything.

[OdinsDream]

I thought I'd mention that some of you guys might be interested in trying figlet, it's a great program for making banners out of ASCII "fonts"... like so:

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localhost odinsdream # echo "farscapeone" | figlet -f chunky -w 120
  ___                                                            
.'  _|.---.-.----.-----.----.---.-.-----.-----.-----.-----.-----.
|   _||  _  |   _|__ --|  __|  _  |  _  |  -__|  _  |     |  -__|
|__|  |___._|__| |_____|____|___._|   __|_____|_____|__|__|_____|
                                  |__|                           
localhost odinsdream # 

emerge figlet && showfigfonts | less

... I'm working on adding this kind of functionality to /etc/init.d/issue, so that I can get a chunky output of uname -r...

But, is the definitive answer that this isn't just a matter of dropping stuff into /etc/issue itself? Is there no way to convert that into a script? What process reads and prints the contents of /etc/issue? man issue talks about expansions of anything that getty understands, like \s. Where can I find more information about getty, what it is, and what it can expand on?

[Klainn]

For some reason I can't get my box to use either /etc/init.d/issue or /etc/issue instead of /etc/issue.logo

anyone know how I can fix that ?

[gieltje]

./greet: line 14: / 1024 : syntax error: operand expected (error token is "/ 1024 ")

That is when I get when I try to run (http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php? ... 4ba8526193)
Line 14 is;
S=$(( ${KS%k} / 1024 ))

Anyone got an idea?

Found it
KS=`dmesg | grep "Swap" | awk '{print $3}'`
should be;
KS=`dmesg | grep "swap" | awk '{print $2}'`

(watch the Swap to swap to)

[ares]

cat messaggio | cowsay -f daemon

_________________________________________
/ THIS IS A DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE \
| COMPUTER SYSTEM. THIS COMPUTER SYSTEM, |
\WHICH INCLUDES ALL RELATED EQUIPMENT, /
------------------------------------------------------------


\ , ,
\ /( )`
\ \ \___ / |
/- _ `-/ '
(/\/ \ \ /\
/ / | ` \
O O ) / |
`-^--'`< '
(_.) _ ) /
`.___/` /
`-----' /
<----. __ / __ \
<----|====O)))==) \) /====
<----' `--' `.__,' \
| |
\ /
______( (_ / \______
,' ,-----' | \
`--{__________) \/



For colors output with cowsay apply my simple patch

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--- cowsay      2004-10-17 16:19:14.905063424 +0200
+++ cowsay      2004-10-17 16:18:59.743368352 +0200
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use Text::Wrap qw(wrap fill $columns);
 use File::Basename;
 use Getopt::Std;
+use Term::ANSIColor;
 use Cwd;

 $VERSION = "3.03";
@@ -20,6 +21,15 @@
 @message = ();
 $thoughts = "";

+## Colors output
+my %colors = (
+       'yellow' => 'bold yellow',
+       'red' => 'bold red',
+       'blue' => 'bold blue',
+       'cyan' => 'bold cyan',
+       'green' => 'bold green',
+);
+
 ## Yeah, this is rude, I know.  But hopefully it gets around a nasty
 ## little version dependency.

@@ -68,8 +78,8 @@
 &construct_balloon;
 &construct_face;
 &get_cow;
-print @balloon_lines;
-print $the_cow;
+print colored("@balloon_lines",$colors{'red'});
+print colored("$the_cow",$colors{'green'});

 sub list_cowfiles {
     my $basedir;

Sorry for paste