On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 07:02:00PM -0500, Mike wrote: > David Rysdam wrote:
> > 1) When I boot and the login screen comes up, the screen isn't cleared > > first...in fact, when I logout the screen isn't cleared either. This > > is annoying at best and a security problem at worst (who knows what > > you might have left on the screen when you logged out). How can I > > correct this? > > To clear the screen when you logout, one way is to create the file > ~/.bash_logout and put the command 'clear' into that file. The .bash_logout > is a list of commands that get executed when you logout. This is assuming > thatyou use bash as your shell. Other shells may well have something > analogous, but I do not know. No good, it doesn't solve the main problem: how do I clear the screen on boot up as well. In particular, I have the boot logo going (and I can't possibly give up THAT important feature) so I need to do a "reset" after I login to clear the screen AND the logo. A reset takes a second or two and I'd rather not wait for it. I'm picky. > > 2) How can I figure out the "code name" for my distribution? I'm > > purposely not revealing what version number I have because I want to > > know how to *find out*--I don't want someone to just say "potato" or > > whatever. > > cat /etc/debian_version That gives me the version number but not the name. Do I have to just know what name that maps to? -- My public encryption key is available from www.keyserver.net
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