On Thu 31 Jan 2019 at 15:01:49 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > mine runs clear && reset rather than clear_console. > > > Does that make any difference? > > > > Thank you for looking at this. I tried 'clear && reset' on unstable and > > have no complaints. Back to tty2 on after logging in and out and mouse > > and keyboard normal operation on X in tty1. > > > > So - is bash the culprit, or are the interactions between it and other > > system components more complex than this indicates? > > The man page for clear_console(1) is a little unclear to me, and a little > bit disturbing. I cannot figure out what "changes the foreground virtual > terminal to another terminal" is supposed to mean, but between that and > the reference to chvt(1) under SEE ALSO, it seems like someone might want > to investigate that more closely.
Oops, I think we're celebrating Groundhog Day a day early. https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/10/msg00603.html Cheers, David.
