On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 10:34:24AM -0700, D. Adam Karim wrote:
> By chance did you read this:
> 
> http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade43.html#etcUpgrade
> 
Of course.

> If you just blindly did a `tar xzf -C / etc43.tgz` without following
> instructions, then it surely would have overwritten what you had added
> to the file.
> 
I did not do that. If I wanted to do that, I would have done an
install, not an upgrade. I did not replace my /etc/gettytab.

> Also note, /etc/gettytab is the file which handles this. Here is the
> relavent section:
> 
> default:\
>       :np:im=\r\n%s/%m (%h) (%t)\r\n\r\n:sp#1200:cl=\E[H\E[2J:
> 
But the FAQ says to put the "cl=\E[H\E[2J" in the "P|Pc|Pc" entry.
Does this really belong in default?

I did try your suggestion, though, and it works. If it really belongs
in default then the FAQ needs a correction.

-- Mark

> D. Adam Karim
> 
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 08:50:35AM -0600, Mark Zimmerman wrote:
> > Greetings:
> > 
> > Following the procedure in FAQ 7.3. I had set up /etc/gettytab to
> > clear the screen after logoff. After upgrading to 4.3, this no longer
> > works. The Upgrade Guide mentions that /etc/ttys has changed; could
> > this have had an impact on this? I would like to get this working
> > again, so advice is welcome.
> > 
> > -- Mark

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