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?

Rick V
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Hello Digital.

29 Sep 70 20:46, you wrote to me:

Re: Randon displays question
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?

There's no "setting" - when a display file includes a wildcard ('*' or '?') one file matching that pattern is picked at random. That's it.
Double check what files you have and what pattern you're using.
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digital man (rob)

I have the stock 8 Random*.msg display files in my text/menu directory. Everytime a login happens 2 are always displayed.

Rick V

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Hello Digital.

30 Sep 70 01:10, you wrote to me:

Re: Randon displays question
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:

Re: Randon displays question
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?

There's no "setting" - when a display file includes a wildcard

('*' or

'?') one file matching that pattern is picked at random.

That's it.

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.

That's not normal. Maybe you *also* have text/menu/logon.* files?

There's a debug-level message logged by the terminal server whenever a display file is sent to the remote client, i.e. "Printing file: x" -
that can be helpful in determining file is being sent when.
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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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Re: Randon displays question
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:

Re: Randon displays question
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?

There's no "setting" - when a display file includes a wildcard ('*' or '?') one file matching that pattern is picked at random. That's it. 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.

That's not normal. Maybe you *also* have text/menu/logon.* files?

There's a debug-level message logged by the terminal server whenever a display file is sent to the remote client, i.e. "Printing file: x" - that can be helpful in determining file is being sent when.
--
digital man (rob)

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