Terminal Configuration Methods

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Enabling Persistent Loading of the Configuration File

By default, the terminal displays error messages and continues to boot if it cannot locate a configuration file to download. You can configure a terminal to persist in trying to load a configuration file; in that case, the terminal does not boot until it reads a file successfully. This may be useful in certain environments, including:

Situations in which it is not acceptable for a user to have a different environment from the environment specified in the configuration file.
A heavily loaded network with many terminals booting at the same time. Persistent loading ensures a file is downloaded in situations where the download request might otherwise time out.
Sites where it is necessary to allow time for the file server host to come on line.

To configure a terminal to persist in attempting to load a configuration file, set the config-persistent-loading parameter to "true" (Setup -> Change Setup Parameters -> Configuration -> Persistent Loading).

Table 6-4 config-persistent-loading Parameter

Possible Values	Result
default	false
false	The X server does not persist in trying to load a configuration file after trying all the files in the specified download sequence.
true	The X server persists in trying to load a file, cycling through the specified download sequence until a configuration file is found.

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