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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Linux help on X and motd Post 20631 by PxT on Tuesday 30th of April 2002 03:45:54 PM
Old 04-30-2002
Keywords were "at the console". The MOTD will not be displayed when you login to X. It will usually be displayed when you open an xterm. If you want a message to display when you login to X, you will need to put something in the .xinitrc to pop-up a message.
 

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