Subj : Randon displays question
To   : Digital Man
From : Rick V
Date : Mon May 19 2025 18:00:36

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!

Rick V

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