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How do the IRIX Indigo Magic .desktops work in GVU?

April 26, 2017gvu Indigo IRIX magic

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How do the IRIX Indigo Magic .desktops work in GVU?

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Here’s how it works: The standard IRIX behavior has been modified. The standard IRIX behavior allows you to completely control individual desktops. The CoC IRIX 5.2 behavior, by default, only allows one desktop configuration and it is used for any CoC IRIX system that you login (i.e. you have the same desktop whereever you login). Only one directory (.desktop) is managed and subsequent systems that you login to are symbolically linked to this directory (e.g. .desktop-foo -> .desktop). This behavior was chosen for ease-of-use reasons. When you login to a CoC IRIX 5.2 system for the first time, a link is created for you automatically and you get your usual desktop. This behavior can be bypassed by removing the symbolic link, creating a directory for the system (.desktop-foo), and copying the files from the .desktop directory there.