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arew264

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From: Friendswood, Texas, US

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Re: I want to know why display core dump when arch starts!

/usr/bin/release:

#!/bin/bash
IFS=`echo -en "\n\b"`
items=( `cat /usr/share/releases` )
echo ${items[$RANDOM % ${#items[*]}]}

(I guess you could say that's four lines, but whatever)

/usr/share/releases:

Homer
Vega
Firefly
Dragon
Nova
Widget
Wombat
Noodle
Gimmick
Voodoo
Duke
Don't Panic
Overlord

Start of  /etc/rc.sysinit:

#!/bin/bash
#
# /etc/rc.sysinit
#

. /etc/rc.conf
. /etc/rc.d/functions

source_functions

echo " "
printhl "Arch Linux $C_OTHER(${C_H2}`/usr/bin/release`$C_OTHER)\n"  <-- this is the line you have to change
printhl "${C_H2}http://www.archlinux.org"
printhl "Copyright 2002-2007 Judd Vinet"
printhl "Copyright 2007-2008 Aaron Griffin"
printhl "Distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL)"
printsep

EDIT: Yes, I am quite familiar with the Arch rolling release system, but I couldn't think of better filenames, so I left it as release(s).

Last edited by arew264 (2008-07-19 16:28:38)

andre.ramaciotti

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2007-04-06

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Re: I want to know why display core dump when arch starts!

Thanks!

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Barrucadu

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Re: I want to know why display core dump when arch starts!

arew264, you gave me an idea. I used your little modification, but came up with parody names for all the releases:

Marge
Lyra
Waterslug
Pidgeon
Star
Button
Sloth
Spaghetti
Device
Black Magic
Peasent
Scream
Segmentation Fault
Hack the Phrak

Last edited by Barrucadu (2008-07-19 17:20:10)

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arew264

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From: Friendswood, Texas, US

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Re: I want to know why display core dump when arch starts!

I like "Hack the Phrak."
That could be a new ISO, PhrakHack!

Flying Saxman

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From: Northern Hesse

Registered: 2007-02-26

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Re: I want to know why display core dump when arch starts!

but "hacked phrak" just sounds like a *buntu-release!

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Barrucadu

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Re: I want to know why display core dump when arch starts!

but "hacked phrak" just sounds like a *buntu-release!

No, it doesn't alliterate

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Misfit138

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Registered: 2006-11-27

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Re: I want to know why display core dump when arch starts!

but "hacked phrak" just sounds like a *buntu-release!

No, it doesn't alliterate

Excellent point. Nor does it include a bird or an adjective, btw.

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Flying Saxman

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Re: I want to know why display core dump when arch starts!

dammit, never recongized that!

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arew264

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From: Friendswood, Texas, US

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Re: I want to know why display core dump when arch starts!

Wait, you mean these aren't the Ubuntu linux forums?

INCSlayer

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Re: I want to know why display core dump when arch starts!

Wait, you mean these aren't the Ubuntu linux forums?

no this is the open suse forums

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