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#1 2009-03-30 00:50:36
- Koonboi
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[Solved] Need help getting 'fortune | cowsay' in my .xinitrc
Sorry, this was solved at another site, it all works.
I wasn't sure where to put this, but...
I have been trying for a while to get it to where when I startx, a terminal window opens and displays this commands outputfortune | cowsay -f rmsBut I can never get it to work. either it doesn't show the output or it disappears as soon as it shows the output. I would give you what I already had, but it is shabby, and I am open to anything. If you really need it, I can post it.
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#2 2009-03-30 01:54:58
- my0pic
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Re: [Solved] Need help getting 'fortune | cowsay' in my .xinitrc
You can use xcowfortune which is in the xcowsay package in aur http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=17170 and then you could do something like
xterm -e xcowfortune.
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#3 2009-03-30 01:58:17
- Koonboi
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Re: [Solved] Need help getting 'fortune | cowsay' in my .xinitrc
You can use xcowfortune which is in the xcowsay package in aur http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=17170 and then you could do something like
xterm -e xcowfortune.
I was more looking for something that doesn't need any installs, just scripts. And it is still buggy for some reason...
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#4 2009-03-30 02:08:53
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Re: [Solved] Need help getting 'fortune | cowsay' in my .xinitrc
fortune | cowsay -f rms && sleep 10that will get it to display but don't know how to keep the terminal window from closing.
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