Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3254 mails)

[zentara <zentara@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 19:25:50 +0100
Dylan <dylan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When using console 2 to 6, the screen clears when I log out and the login 
> prompt appears at the top. On console 1, however, the screen contents from 
> the session remains (surely this could be a security issue?)
> 
> So, what setting / config file do I need to attack to get the clear-screan 
> function on console 1?

I havn't  seen that problem, except for the boot messages.
 
> Also, what command would clear the screen from the command line during a 
> session?

try 1 of these:
clear
reset
print "\033[2J";
tput sgr0

P.S.
If you want to log out of all your logons quickly, try:
kill  -1  -1


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