Edit /etc/issue to change login style

MGu3l · 2015-04-15 08:18:00

Several years ago, I used to login to my user by console, and it looked something like this by editing /etc/issue:

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/4893/issue.png

Since a lot of things have changed with the inclusion of systemd, I want to know if it's still possible to do it, and which files should edit?

PS: also if someone has the code to make it look like it would be great, if not I guess i will have to look for it 'cause I lost it.

-- mod edit: read the Forum Etiquette and only post thumbnails http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/For … s_and_Code [jwr] --

pezz · 2015-04-15 08:22:45

Wow, that's neat.

Gonna try and find that for sure.

pezz · 2015-04-15 08:28:55

Doesn't look exactly like yours, but still looks pretty sweet:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=50845

MGu3l · 2015-04-15 09:00:23

I was looking into that topic and on page four I found this

[H[2J
        [1;36m,[1;36m                       _     _ _                      [1;30m| [36m\s \r
       [1;36m/#\\[1;36m        __ _ _ __ ___| |__ | (_)_ __  _   ___  __    [30m|
      [1;36m/###\\[1;36m      / _` | '__/ __| '_ \\| | | '_ \\| | | \\ \\/ /    [30m| [36m\t
     [1;36m/#####\\[1;36m    | (_| | | | (__| | | | | | | | | |_| |>  <     [30m| [36m\d
    [1;36m/##[0;36m,-,##\\[1;36m    \\__,_|_|  \\___|_| |_|_|_|_| |_|\\__,_/_/\\_\\    [1;30m|
   [0;36m/##(   )##\\                                                 [1;30m| [36m\U
  [0;36m/#.--   --.#\\[1;37m   A simple, elegant gnu/linux distribution.    [1;30m|
 [0;36m/`           `\\[0m                                               [1;30m| [36m\l [36mon [1;36m\n [0m

I think that's the one I used to have before. Thanks for finding this topic!!

PS: you think is safe to do it? I haven't used Arch in five years and know with all the changes made to the core I'm afraid of breaking something.

pezz · 2015-04-15 09:15:59

Pretty safe. If you're not sure, do what I did and spin up a VM and muck around!

This is what the post I linked to looks like, not bad at all:

https://i.imgur.com/OZKPhp7.png

Last edited by pezz (2015-04-15 09:16:42)

bleach · 2015-04-15 09:32:20

its in the wiki too that also points to that discusion

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ole_colors

pezz · 2015-04-15 09:43:10

Nice!

Thanks bleach.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-04-15 12:50:15

Here's mine:

                  ^[[0;34m/\\
                 /^[[0;36m##^[[0;34m\\
                /^[[0;36m####^[[0;34m\\
               /^[[0;36m######^[[0;34m\\
              /^[[0;36m########^[[0;34m\\
             /^[[0;36m##########^[[0;34m\\
            /^[[0;36m############^[[0;34m\\
           /^[[0;36m##############^[[0;34m\\
          /^[[0;36m################^[[0;34m\\
         /^[[0;36m#######    #######^[[0;34m\\
        /^[[0;36m######        ######^[[0;34m\\
       /^[[0;36m######          ######^[[0;34m\\
      /^[[0;36m#######          #######^[[0;34m\\
     /^[[0;36m#########        #########^[[0;34m\\
    /^[[0;36m######                ######^[[0;34m\\
   /^[[0;36m####                      ####^[[0;34m\\
  /^[[0;36m##                            ##^[[0;34m\\
 /^[[0;36m#                                #^[[0;34m\\
 '                                  '^[[0m

\r (\l)

MGu3l · 2015-04-15 19:57:57

pezz wrote:

Pretty safe. If you're not sure, do what I did and spin up a VM and muck around!
This is what the post I linked to looks like, not bad at all:
https://i.imgur.com/OZKPhp7.png

Did you do anything else? mine is showing the code as it is, no colors

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-04-15 20:10:54

MGu3l wrote:

mine is showing the code as it is, no colors

You can use `echo -e` as long as you escape the colour codes first; for example:

# echo -e '\e[1;31mhello mum!\e[0m' > /etc/isssue

Or you can use a proper text editor (ie, vim) and press <Ctrl>+v then <Esc> then add the colour code; it should look like this in vim:

^[[1;31mhello mum!^[[0m

MGu3l · 2015-04-15 21:07:08

It's almost working!!

as you can see now the template is working and all the colors looks as they should!! there are only 3 things i want to solve:

1. In the lower right corner the Arch login is located next to 'tt1 on Arch', how can I move the Arch login one or two lines down?

2. This is an aesthetical problem, I get some advises about 'brcmsmac...', I'm in the process of investigate what are those, but in the meanwhile I would want the login screen appears after all this advises have appeared.

3. I don't want to write down 'startxfce4' each time I login, is there a file I can edit so Arch will load XFCE after I login?

Trilby · 2015-04-15 21:20:16

1. Add a newline
2. Fix the underlying problem, or set the getty service type to idle rather than simple
3. bashrc/bash_profile - see the wiki.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-04-15 21:23:52

1. Use the Return key.

2. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Silent_boot

3. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Start_X_at_login

MGu3l · 2015-04-15 22:07:16

1. Solved
3. Solved [XFCE is taking some seconds to start, but I guess I'll have to take a look about that].
2. I will leave it as a reminder of the problem I need to solve.

Thanks!!

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