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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
- Subject: Greeting Window (update)
- Message-ID: <16897796F.CCDH001@UTXVM.CC.UTEXAS.EDU>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 14:38:07 GMT
- Sender: news@ut-emx.uucp
- Organization: The University of Texas at Austin
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- Thanks to all the people who have made suggestions on how to get rid of that
- annoying Greeting window at the xinit start. But, no cigars! We still can't
- get rid of the window.
-
- Almost everyone has suggested editing out the responsible code in .xinitrc
- but the best that does is prevent the Greeting window AND the Desktop from
- coming up. We don't want to get rid of the Desktop just the Greeting window.
-
- Someone suggested making changes to the xinit file by copiing the system
- version and putting it in my log-in directory. They even sent a copy of
- their's which didn't help. It was virtually identical to the system version.
-
- Someone suggested RTFM, either electronically or traditionally. Well even
- before that suggestion I found that InfoExplorer only mentions the
- xdt3*message.greeting variable which specifies the greeting displayed.
- And neither InfoExplorer nor the hardbound documentation contains any
- reference to other relevant flags other than xdt3.message.timeout: which
- we had already set to 1.
-
- I'm not criticizing I'm just reporting the facts. So the contest is
- still open. A co-worker suggested everyone ante up a buck every day
- and the person finding the solution gets the pot. So far no one has been
- willing to put money on it. But after all this work and frustration some
- prize out to be awarded.
-
- Interestingly enough I have heard nothing from any of the folks at IBM.
- I guess I should just call them. They're only 20 blocks away.
-
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