Subj : Randon displays question
To : Digital Man
From : Rick V
Date : Mon May 19 2025 06:00 pm
Hello Digital.
30 Sep 70 01:10, you wrote to me:
DM> Re: Randon displays question
DM> By: Rick V to Digital Man on Mon May 19 2025 03:02 pm
>> Hello Digital.
>>
>> 29 Sep 70 20:46, you wrote to me:
>>
>> DM> Re: Randon displays question
>> DM> By: Rick V to All on Mon May 19 2025 12:24 pm
>>
>> >> I use the stock "random" displays when ever someone logs in.
>> But
>> >> when they do, 2 of the displays run, one after the other. Is
>> there
>> >> a setting to have just one display at the time of a login?
>>
>> DM> There's no "setting" - when a display file includes a wildcard
>> ('*' or
>> DM> '?') one file matching that pattern is picked at random.
>> That's it.
>> DM> Double check what files you have and what pattern you're
>> using.
>> I have the stock 8 Random*.msg display files in my text/menu
>> directory. Everytime a login happens 2 are always displayed.
DM> That's not normal. Maybe you *also* have text/menu/logon.* files?
DM> There's a debug-level message logged by the terminal server whenever a
DM> display file is sent to the remote client, i.e. "Printing file: x" -
DM> that can be helpful in determining file is being sent when.
DM> --
DM> digital man (rob)
Found a stray Logon.asc in the menu directory. Also turned on Debug and also saw it there. Removed that file and it is fine now.. Thanks for the help!
