\_ My screen doesn't clear after logging out on a virtual terminal. \_ Instead of clearing and then printing the login, it prints the login \_ immediately, leaving portions of my session on-screen. \_ \_ This wasn't happening until I put the following line in my \_ .bash_profile: \_ \_ "exec ssh-agent bash" So, if you log into multiple virtual terms, you've going to have multiple ssh-agents running? That may be what you intend, but me, one would be enough. :-) I've almost hard baked the logic that attaches to a running ssh-agent on login, or fires it automatically if it's not around. \_ (without the quotes). I did this so that I could use ssh-agent \_ without having to start it each time. \_ \_ How do I fix it so that the screen clears after logout? In csh and derivatives, it has support for a .logout that will do amusing things. There is likely a central file under /etc/ someplace that controls that. In bash, ..., dunno. I don't use bash because I got tcsh'd at an impressionable age. I really need to switch to bash and debian, but, I'll be weak for a bit more. :-) My favorite system wide .logout functionality was wriiten by a guy from ASU (Hi, Alex, if you're still in the valley) wherein finer ascii art would render a Klingon cruiser decloaking, firing, blamo! Login: It took me several probes on the p90 system of the time to actually see more than a flash of the warbird and the boom. Ascii art just isn't the same at high speeds. *sigh* David off to look for elder Twilight Zone ascii animation....