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From: chawley@sundiver.esd.sgi.com (Christopher J. Hawley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Opening console automatically?
Keywords: /consoleStartsIconic, startup.ps, wsh, -Z7
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Date: 7 Sep 90 18:13:23 GMT
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    In article <5570@minyos.xx.rmit.oz>, rxcob@minyos.xx.rmit.oz
(Owen Baker) writes:

|> Does anyone know if it is possible to open the console window
|> automatically when a user first logs in? Our users keep 
|> forgetting and hence dont see any error messages.

    The default behaviour for Personal Iris consoles is to start iconified;
this is controlled by the following line in  /usr/NeWS/lib/startup.ps :

		/consoleStartsIconic /true def

(This variable determines whether the option flag  -Z7  is appended to the
argument list for  wsh  when starting the console window.)
So, if you want the console window open on login, change the above line to

		/consoleStartsIconic /false def

    Users who have their own customized of  startup.ps  will need to change
their files as well if they want the same effects.

|> Any help appreciated, thanks.

    You're welcome!
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