From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RtOJc-0002tn-Fd for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:56:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 827DEE0776; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:56:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net (mail-1.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.69]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 627B1E0776 for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:55:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D1872EA43C for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:55:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net ([208.85.220.69]) by localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 7MzyZchc+wHj for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:55:47 -0500 (EST) Received: from ca.inter.net (unknown [216.99.63.136]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 22CFA2EA223 for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:55:46 -0500 (EST) Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:55:45 -0500 Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:55:45 -0500 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to remove the "clear screen" just before login Message-ID: <20120203185545.GC3095@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <1328260531.3092.0@numa-i> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 0bc9db3e-a120-4999-8008-8b1045068823 X-Archives-Hash: 89df8f4beadb8f8eb834052c765c0e6a 120203 Canek Pel=E1ez Vald=E9s wrote: > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 3:15 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> I'm using openrc (0.9.8.4) and I don't use any (graphical) login manag= er. >> After some upgrade of openrc -- not too long ago -- >> something clears the screen just before I'm offered to log in. >> But I'd like to see the last messages of openrc. >> What gets executed just before I can login? >> Or, where can I stop blanking the terminal just before login. > From util-linux-2.20.1-r1.ebuild: >=20 > pkg_postinst() { > elog "The agetty util now clears the terminal by default. You" > elog "might want to add --noclear to your /etc/inittab lines." > } >=20 > Maybe it's this? 120203 Dale wrote: > I like this myself but I do find myself in your situation sometimes. > Try here: /etc/bash/bash_login . Both replies are interesting, but incomplete : (1) to which line in inittab do we add '--noclear' ? (2) what do we put in bash_login ? -- 'man bash' doesn't help. I'm still using earlier versions of Openrc & Util-linux & don't want to encounter this when they hit stable. --=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D,= ,=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca