Re: easter eggs

[Nori Heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu>]

on Sat, 29 Dec 2001 10:01:21AM +0100, marTin insinuated:
> but yes, this provides for great phun:
> 
> # ln /usr/games/xroach /usr/bin/X11/xwauth
> # cat << EOF >> ~user/.xsession
> 
> # important addition: don't remove or your harddrive will fail!
> (while true; do sleep $RANDOM; \
>    /usr/bin/X11/xwauth -speed 3.0 -rgc red -squish; done) &
                                    ^^^^^^^^ 
> EOF
> # laugh && exit

i believe it was the -rgc flag, or "roach_gut_color" (for when you
squish them), that tipped me off, even when you renamed it to try and
look like a system file. (yes, the rgc is configurable -- the manpage
recommends 'yellowgreen', but red is sufficiently nasty!)  

</nori>

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