Talk:Clear screen on logout
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well, if you do clear on logout some of the last lines still will be available "SHIFT+PageUP" I use
| File: /etc/inittab |
... # getty-programs for the normal runlevels # <id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process> # The "id" field MUST be the same as the last # characters of the device (after "tty"). #1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --noclear tty1 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1 2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2 3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3 4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4 5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5 6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6 ... |
PS: you may add it in to the article
- note: that i use mingetty
- note: "SHIFT+PageUP" will not work if you changed console to another one and then back to original one, i.e. you are at "Alt+F1" then "Alt+F2" and back to "Alt+F1".
JPH: What you can do aswell, is simply add some (I used 256) empty lines at the top of the /etc/issues file. The screen is then flushed with empty lines. Remember to check whether or not you used enough lines to flush the buffer.
If you throw in an extra ^O (\017) any hieroglyphic output is reset (which sometimes happens when you cat a binary file, or /dev/urandom) If you're unsure what I mean by this, type on a virtual console te following command: echo -e \016 # hieroglyph writing enabled ;) Notice the prompt renders unreadable aswell as any other output echo -e \017 # unset hieroglyph writing
