From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 16 04:47:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA12821 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 04:47:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from argus.flash.net (root@[206.149.24.19]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA12815 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 04:47:47 -0800 (PST) Received: (from lists@localhost) by argus.flash.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id GAA00350; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 06:46:22 -0600 From: mailing list account Message-Id: <199601161246.GAA00350@argus.flash.net> Subject: Re: Screen clearing in FreeBSD To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 06:46:22 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Doug White" at Jan 15, 96 11:41:26 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > On Mon, 15 Jan 1996, Timothy Brown wrote: > > > This is driving me buggy. I can't seem to get getty to clear the screen > > after I log out from a virtual terminal; has anybody gotten this to > > work? I tried inserting :cl:'s in the gettytab... > > You can do that? > > All the virtual terminals I've seen don't clear the screen after logoff, > and this is on four separate FreeBSD machines. > > If you're really sticky about it try modifying the banner file (I don't > remember the name, sorry, check login(1)) and put a bunch of carrige > returns in the top. I use tcsh, and it sources ~/.logout upon logging out, I usually put in a line with the clear command. Jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" jbryant@argus.flash.net - FlashNet Communications - Ft. Worth, Texas