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Name: Junior Bisono Date: October 9, 2001 at 12:24:53 Pacific
Comment:
Hi Everyone,..
Does anyone know how to setup a blinking MOTD or Login Mess. in pure console with out the Gui,..
Name: Bertil Date: November 7, 2001 at 13:49:12 Pacific
Reply:
First login to normal text mode and check what terminal you are emulating with: 'echo $TERM' then find out the eacape codes to turn on and off blink then add those codes in your /etc/motd file with emacs, if you press Ctrl-Q followed by for example ESC you can insert contol codes in the file.
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