David Rysdam wrote: > 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.
Perhaps throw in a boot-time script that does a screen clear as the very last script to get run? I've heard about the boot time logo (framebuffer?) but having never implemented it here I don't know if anything different must be done. Does the command 'clear' do the job for you, what with the logo and all? Perhaps something like (this is untested): ----- begin /etc/init.d/screen_clear ----- #!/bin/sh clear ----- end /etc/init.d/screen_clear ----- then do: update-rc.d screen_clear start 98 2 3 4 5 . If the clear command doesn't work due to that logo thingy, then perhaps replacing clear with reset would work? > > > 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. Really? Odd. It gives me a release name here. I'm running woody here. Perhaps you are running some other release and things have changed between releases regarding that file? > Do I have to just know what name that maps to? Ah. Slight misunderstanding on my part. Once you have the name / number of the release, you should be able to map it over to a version number / name at: http://www.debian.org/releases/ -- Mike Werner KA8YSD | He that is slow to believe anything and | everything is of great understanding, '91 GS500E | for belief in one false principle is the Morgantown WV | beginning of all unwisdom.
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