\E[3J console code (secure clear screen) needs to update_screen(vc) in order to write-through blanks into off-screen video memory.
This has been removed accidentally in 3.6 by: commit 81732c3b2fede049a692e58a7ceabb6d18ffb18c Author: Jean-François Moine <[email protected]> Date: Thu Sep 6 19:24:13 2012 +0200 tty vt: Fix line garbage in virtual console on command line edition Signed-off-by: Petr Písař <[email protected]> --- drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c index 61b1137..23b5d32 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c @@ -1164,6 +1164,8 @@ static void csi_J(struct vc_data *vc, int vpar) scr_memsetw(vc->vc_screenbuf, vc->vc_video_erase_char, vc->vc_screenbuf_size >> 1); set_origin(vc); + if (CON_IS_VISIBLE(vc)) + update_screen(vc); /* fall through */ case 2: /* erase whole display */ count = vc->vc_cols * vc->vc_rows; -- 1.8.5.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
