Re: OpenBSD 4.4 Console Will Not Clear
Greets Denny Thanks for pointing out I had not CC'ed the misc list. So here is the full reply with the solution I found for 7.3 - How do I clear the console each time a user logs out? problem. See the second to last post for my solution. The FAQ just needs to be updated. Bret Denny White wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Denny White wrote: On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 03:56:21PM -0700, Bret spoke thusly: Greetings I have been running OpenBSD as a firewall/router since 2.5 and have never had any problem with Clearing the console each time a user logs out. I have just installed 4.4 on a system that was running 4.0. I did a complete install from the install CD off the ftp site(s). I then edited /etc/gettytab the same way I have done many times before, following the FAQ instructions. The console will not clear after logging out. I have even rebooted and the same results. I thought I might have screwed the file up editing it so I even did another clean install and ONLY installed pico to edit /etc/gettytab just in case I somehow messed it up using vi... still no go. Looked out on the net and found no reference to this. Any Ideas? Bret I'm assuming you're referring to http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq7.html#ConsoleClear i.e., To do this you must add a line in /etc/gettytab(5). Change the current section: P|Pc|Pc console:\ :np:sp#9600: adding the line :cl=\E[H\E[2J: at the end, so that it ends up looking like this: P|Pc|Pc console:\ :np:sp#9600:\ :cl=\E[H\E[2J: Now try changing default:\ :np:im=\r\n%s/%m (%h) (%t)\r\n\r\n:sp#1200: to default:\ :np:im=\r\n%s/%m (%h) (%t)\r\n\r\n:sp#1200:cl=\E[H\E[2J: Denny White On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 09:20:24PM -0700, Bret spoke thusly: Greets I found that the ttys file now has: ttyC0 /usr/libexec/getty std,9600 where it used to be: ttyC0 /usr/libexec/getty Pc so I changed the the following in /etc/gettytab: 2|std.9600|9600-baud:\ :sp#9600: To: 2|std.9600|9600-baud:\ :sp#9600:\ :cl=\E[H\E[2J: and the console now clears every time. Bret You're absolutely right. Never noticed that. I ran into the same problem as you when upgrading to 4.4 used the way I sent you. Nice to know another way another way to look at it. Thanks. You really ought to post that to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I noticed you didn't cc the list. Be nice to have it in the archives for others. Thanks again, Bret. Denny White - -- /\ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ /Respect for low technology. X Keep e-mail messages readable by any computer system. / \Keep it ASCII. === GnuPG key : 0x1644E79A | http://wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net Fingerprint: D0A9 AD44 1F10 E09E 0E67 EC25 CB44 F2E5 1644 E79A === -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (OpenBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkk+DIIACgkQy0Ty5RZE55q+3wCfVQ9ZCY/72ZMnvtrguyF9DiRm 2f8AoMf8rPSz5nzGRDWoSxDPbcLyNeaV =xf5j -END PGP SIGNATURE-
OpenBSD 4.4 Console Will Not Clear
Greetings I have been running OpenBSD as a firewall/router since 2.5 and have never had any problem with Clearing the console each time a user logs out. I have just installed 4.4 on a system that was running 4.0. I did a complete install from the install CD off the ftp site(s). I then edited /etc/gettytab the same way I have done many times before, following the FAQ instructions. The console will not clear after logging out. I have even rebooted and the same results. I thought I might have screwed the file up editing it so I even did another clean install and ONLY installed pico to edit /etc/gettytab just in case I somehow messed it up using vi... still no go. Looked out on the net and found no reference to this. Any Ideas? Bret
Re: OpenBSD 4.4 Console Will Not Clear
On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 03:56:21PM -0700, Bret spoke thusly: Greetings I have been running OpenBSD as a firewall/router since 2.5 and have never had any problem with Clearing the console each time a user logs out. I have just installed 4.4 on a system that was running 4.0. I did a complete install from the install CD off the ftp site(s). I then edited /etc/gettytab the same way I have done many times before, following the FAQ instructions. The console will not clear after logging out. I have even rebooted and the same results. I thought I might have screwed the file up editing it so I even did another clean install and ONLY installed pico to edit /etc/gettytab just in case I somehow messed it up using vi... still no go. Looked out on the net and found no reference to this. Any Ideas? Bret I'm assuming you're referring to http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq7.html#ConsoleClear i.e., To do this you must add a line in /etc/gettytab(5). Change the current section: P|Pc|Pc console:\ :np:sp#9600: adding the line :cl=\E[H\E[2J: at the end, so that it ends up looking like this: P|Pc|Pc console:\ :np:sp#9600:\ :cl=\E[H\E[2J: Now try changing default:\ :np:im=\r\n%s/%m (%h) (%t)\r\n\r\n:sp#1200: to default:\ :np:im=\r\n%s/%m (%h) (%t)\r\n\r\n:sp#1200:cl=\E[H\E[2J: Denny White -- /\ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ /Respect for low technology. X Keep e-mail messages readable by any computer system. / \Keep it ASCII. === GnuPG key : 0x1644E79A | http://wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net Fingerprint: D0A9 AD44 1F10 E09E 0E67 EC25 CB44 F2E5 1644 E79A ===
Re: OpenBSD 4.4 Console Will Not Clear
Greets: I have found where the FAQ was needed to be updated ;D I looked in ttys and found that it was using the getty std,9600 instead of the getty Pc. Sorry for the trouble, Bret Bret wrote: Greetings I have been running OpenBSD as a firewall/router since 2.5 and have never had any problem with Clearing the console each time a user logs out. I have just installed 4.4 on a system that was running 4.0. I did a complete install from the install CD off the ftp site(s). I then edited /etc/gettytab the same way I have done many times before, following the FAQ instructions. The console will not clear after logging out. I have even rebooted and the same results. I thought I might have screwed the file up editing it so I even did another clean install and ONLY installed pico to edit /etc/gettytab just in case I somehow messed it up using vi... still no go. Looked out on the net and found no reference to this. Any Ideas? Bret
