On Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 07:52:08PM -0700,
sinck@ugive.com wrote:
>
> \_ 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.
>
I should do something like that, but I'm too damn lazy.
> \_ (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 have my .bash_logout file set up, but it still doesn't work.
>
> 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....
>
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