On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Alex V. Toropov wrote:
Is there any way to clear console window (text mode) before login promt ?
clear /tmp/clear.txt
cat /tmp/clear.txt /etc/issue /etc/issue
HTH,
Pete.
PS. clear is in ncurses-bin
On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 12:20:12PM +1000, Peter Ross wrote:
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Alex V. Toropov wrote:
Is there any way to clear console window (text mode) before login promt ?
clear /tmp/clear.txt
cat /tmp/clear.txt /etc/issue /etc/issue
If memory serves, the redirection gets
Alex,
You may also take a look at the linuxlogo package. You can add a neat
Debian logo to your console login screen with the linuxlogoconfig script
that comes with it. Fun stuff...
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Alex V. Toropov wrote:
Is ther any way to clear console window (text mode) before login
Is ther any way to clear console window (text mode) before login promt ?
After comp. starts I see (at tty1) login promt at screen bottom and last
output
of system initialization above it. I'd like to see login prompt at top of
clear screen.
TIA, Alex
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On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Alex V. Toropov wrote:
Is ther any way to clear console window (text mode) before login promt ?
After comp. starts I see (at tty1) login promt at screen bottom and last
output
of system initialization above it. I'd like to see login
Alex, the traditional answer is to use an alias along the lines of:
clear;logout
I would imagine you could also piece /etc/inittab(/etc/initab? I forget..)
to make the line for tty1 to look like the lines for tty2, tty3, etc.. but,
no linux system online right now to check that one. :(
On Fri,
Brad said:
This was posted a while back on the list. i forget who or when though...
# mv /etc/issue /etc/issue.old
# clear /etc/issue
# cat /etc/issue.old /etc/issue
Assuming you're using bash as your shell, a much simpler option is to just
create a file in your home directory named
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Brad wrote:
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