[Gllug] Resetting VT after logout in Debian

[Mike Brodbelt]

On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 12:15, Tom Gilbert wrote:
> * 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.


That was exactly what I ended up doing :-).

Mike.


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