Re: Debian logo et al.
At 06:10 PM 2/13/00 -0500, t.bedlam wrote: Slink's default behavior leaves all the text from the previous user's session on the screen, and writes /etc/issue to the screen at the bottom, with all this old session text above it. Red Hat prints /etc/issue (I assume that's the file) on a blank screen at the screen's top. How? Put /bin/clear (or whatever the path) in your .bash_logout file. I have an alias in my .bash_profile... alias logout='clear ; logout' that does about the same thing. Jeremy Jeremy Gaddis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian logo et al.
On Sun, 13 Feb, 2000 à 10:13:23PM +0100, Martin Bialasinski wrote: Speaking of logons, what control character may I write in the /etc/issue file so the screen is cleared and text writing begins in the upper left of the vc screen? I tried Ctl-L but it didn't work; I looked in the archives, no good, man pages getty and issue also ng. clear file An other way is to use mingetty instead of getty. -- ( - Laurent PICOULEAU - ) /~\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /~\ | \)Linux : mettez un pingouin dans votre ordinateur !(/ | \_|_Seuls ceux qui ne l'utilisent pas en disent du mal. _|_/
Re: Debian logo et al.
On Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 08:46:00AM -0800, Pann McCuaig was only escaped alone to tell thee: ftp.ourmanpann.com/pub/pann/linuxlogo_3.0-3_i386.deb Just a reminder (no, there's nothing funny about this package). You should think twice about installing packages that you don't get from an official source. Speaking of logons, what control character may I write in the /etc/issue file so the screen is cleared and text writing begins in the upper left of the vc screen? I tried Ctl-L but it didn't work; I looked in the archives, no good, man pages getty and issue also ng. I find that I really prefer being able to tell at a glance that I am logged off a virtual console. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.concentric.net/~bedlam Though nothing is wasted, everything is spent. -- Annie Dillard But to live outside the law you must be honest -- Bob Dylan
Re: Debian logo et al.
Speaking of logons, what control character may I write in the /etc/issue file so the screen is cleared and text writing begins in the upper left of the vc screen? I tried Ctl-L but it didn't work; I looked in the archives, no good, man pages getty and issue also ng. clear file Ciao, Martin
Re: Debian logo et al.
On Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 10:13:23PM +0100, Martin Bialasinski was only escaped alone to tell thee: Speaking of logons, what control character may I write in the /etc/issue file so the screen is cleared and text writing begins in the upper left of the vc screen? I tried Ctl-L but it didn't work; I looked in the archives, no good, man pages getty and issue also ng. clear file Ciao, Martin Um, no. I know how to create empty files. :) Slink's default behavior leaves all the text from the previous user's session on the screen, and writes /etc/issue to the screen at the bottom, with all this old session text above it. Red Hat prints /etc/issue (I assume that's the file) on a blank screen at the screen's top. How? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.concentric.net/~bedlam Though nothing is wasted, everything is spent. -- Annie Dillard But to live outside the law you must be honest -- Bob Dylan
Re: Debian logo et al.
clear file Um, no. I know how to create empty files. :) the above command doesn't create an empty file, it creates a file which contains the control codes which clear the screen. eg. heyzeus(larry)$ clear /tmp/blah heyzeus(larry)$ od -tc /tmp/blah 000 033 [ H 033 [ 2 J 007 or if you still don't believe me try using vi to edit the created file, or simply cat it and you'll notice that it clears the screen. Slink's default behavior leaves all the text from the previous user's session on the screen, and writes /etc/issue to the screen at the bottom, with all this old session text above it. Red Hat prints /etc/issue (I assume that's the file) on a blank screen at the screen's top. How? open up /etc/issue and then import (to the top of the file) the control codes from /tmp/blah. every time the /etc/issue file is viewed the screen will be cleared. adam.
Re: Debian logo et al.
On Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 06:10:26PM -0500, t.bedlam wrote: : On Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 10:13:23PM +0100, Martin Bialasinski was only :escaped alone to tell thee: : : Speaking of logons, what control character may I write in the : /etc/issue file so the screen is cleared and text writing begins in : the upper left of the vc screen? I tried Ctl-L but it didn't work; : I looked in the archives, no good, man pages getty and issue also : ng. : : clear file : : Ciao, : Martin : : Um, no. I know how to create empty files. :) : : Slink's default behavior leaves all the text from the previous user's : session on the screen, and writes /etc/issue to the screen at the : bottom, with all this old session text above it. Red Hat prints /etc/issue : (I assume that's the file) on a blank screen at the screen's top. How? He just told you. The above command doesn't create an empty file, it creates a file with the terminal clear sequence in it. You then prepend the contents of that file to /etc/issue. An easier way: edit /etc/issue with vi, shift-o to open a line at the top of the file, esc, !!clear will insert the clear sequence. A better way: Install package mingetty and edit every getty line in /etc/inittab like this: 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1 to 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1 Voila; blank screens after logouts and memory savings to boot :) -- Nathan NormanNetwork Magician, Eclectic Engineer GPG Key ID 1024D/51F98BB7 Eschew Obfuscation Key fingerprint = C5F4 A147 416C E0BF AB73 8BEF F0C8 255C 51F9 8BB7 pgptCoYfKrr3d.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Debian logo et al.
On Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 02:17:43PM -0900, Adam Shand was only escaped alone to tell thee: the above command doesn't create an empty file, it creates a file which contains the control codes which clear the screen. eg. smack! Duh! I'm so happy I can't blush over the net. :) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.concentric.net/~bedlam Though nothing is wasted, everything is spent. -- Annie Dillard But to live outside the law you must be honest -- Bob Dylan
