Works wonderfully. Thank you.
-Ryan


--- Geoff Wing <sparkles@pobox.com> wrote:
> Ryan Low <uberfrogus@yahoo.com> typed:
> :Hi all. How would I set the system to clear the
> screen
> :before login runs (ie after boot and after users
> log
> :out)? It's not so pretty to see the tail end of the
> :boot message or the last user's session remaining
> on
> :the screen directly above the login prompt. Thanks
> for
> :the help!
> 
> This isn't i386 specific.  Look in /etc/ttys for the
> appropriate
> lines (e.g. ttyE0 in i386) and where it says, e.g.:
>   ttyE0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   on
> secure
>                               ^^
> Then look in /etc/gettytab for the "Pc" entry.  If
> it doesn't have
> an "im" capability you can add one there or edit the
> "default"
> entry.  The first characters of the "im" entry
> should then be:
>    \ec
> which is "RESET TO INITIAL STATE".
> e.g.
> 
> default:\
> 	:ce:ck:np:im=\ec%s/%m (%h) (%t)\r\n\r\n:sp#9600:
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Geoff Wing : <gcw@pobox.com>
> Rxvt Stuff : <gcw@rxvt.org>
> Zsh Stuff  : <gcw@zsh.org>


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