[Gllug] Resetting VT after logout in Debian

[Tom Gilbert]

* Bruce Richardson (itsbruce at uklinux.net) wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 12:49:36AM +0100, Mike wrote:
> > No, it really is a getty thing (in RedHat at least). From mingetty(8):-
> > 
> > 
> > OPTIONS
> >        --noclear
> >               Do  not  clear  the screen before prompting for the
> >               login name (the screen is normally cleared).
> 
> Ah well, agetty doesn't have any such option.

apt-get install mingetty

Then just change the /sbin/getty lines in /etc/inittab to /sbin/mingetty
and you'll get the desired behaviour.

Tom.
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