Re: clearing the screen -> framebuffer insanity

2002-12-10 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 00:47, Pigeon wrote: > On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 06:19:21PM -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > > Just wondering, what is a framebuffer console? > > And how would I know whether I was using one? > > It means that your text mode screens, instead of being a real text > mode, are actually gr

Re: clearing the screen -> framebuffer insanity

2002-12-10 Thread Pigeon
On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 06:19:21PM -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > Just wondering, what is a framebuffer console? > And how would I know whether I was using one? It means that your text mode screens, instead of being a real text mode, are actually graphics mode, with characters being displayed by writing

Re: clearing the screen -> framebuffer insanity

2002-12-09 Thread Joe Riel
Just wondering, what is a framebuffer console? And how would I know whether I was using one? Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: clearing the screen

2002-12-09 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Dominic, Am 15:40 2002-12-05 -0800 hat Dominic Iadicicco geschrieben: > >How do I set it up in bash, so that when I logout it >will clear the screen first? You can setup your '~/.bash_logout' (for the bash) or '~/.logout' (for tcsh) file. But with 'clear' yo clear only the current screen,

Re: clearing the screen -> framebuffer insanity

2002-12-08 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:54:52AM -0500, Jason Wojciechowski wrote: > Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Note that some people (like Linus) say that anyone who runs a > > framebuffer console is insane. > > Why? Because it's slow and hacky and if you have hardware VGA you're much b

Re: clearing the screen -> framebuffer insanity

2002-12-07 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Sat, 2002-12-07 at 07:51, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > On Fri, 06 Dec 2002 the mental interface of > Mark L. Kahnt told: > > > On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 20:31, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:54:52AM -0500, Jason Wojciechowski wrote: > > > > Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: clearing the screen -> framebuffer insanity

2002-12-07 Thread Pigeon
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:38:09PM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 20:31, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:54:52AM -0500, Jason Wojciechowski wrote: > > > Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > > > Note that some people (like Linus) say that a

Re: clearing the screen -> framebuffer insanity

2002-12-07 Thread Jason Wojciechowski
Elimar Riesebieter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, 06 Dec 2002 the mental interface of > Mark L. Kahnt told: > > > On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 20:31, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:54:52AM -0500, Jason Wojciechowski wrote: > > > > Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:

Re: clearing the screen -> framebuffer insanity

2002-12-07 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Fri, 06 Dec 2002 the mental interface of Mark L. Kahnt told: > On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 20:31, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:54:52AM -0500, Jason Wojciechowski wrote: > > > Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > > > Note that some people (like Linus) say tha

Re: clearing the screen -> framebuffer insanity

2002-12-06 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 20:31, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:54:52AM -0500, Jason Wojciechowski wrote: > > Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > Note that some people (like Linus) say that anyone who runs a > > > framebuffer console is insane. > > > > Why? > >

Re: clearing the screen -> framebuffer insanity

2002-12-06 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:54:52AM -0500, Jason Wojciechowski wrote: > Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Note that some people (like Linus) say that anyone who runs a > > framebuffer console is insane. > > Why? Beats me ... STFW for the answer. I run a framebuffer; Sparc sucks wi

Re: clearing the screen

2002-12-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Ben Hartshorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.06.0057 +0100]: > .zsh_logout <-- zsh .zlogout ... at least `man zshall` does not contain zsh_logout... -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you

Re: clearing the screen -> framebuffer insanity

2002-12-06 Thread Jason Wojciechowski
Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Note that some people (like Linus) say that anyone who runs a > framebuffer console is insane. Why? -- Jason Wojciechowski http://wonka.hampshire.edu/~jason msg17452/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: clearing the screen

2002-12-05 Thread Oliver Fuchs
On Thu, 05 Dec 2002, Dominic Iadicicco wrote: > How do I set it up in bash, so that when I logout it > will clear the screen first? > Hi, I did this in my ~/.bash_profile: alias exit="clear;exit" Oliver -- ... don't touch the bang bang fruit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: clearing the screen

2002-12-05 Thread Gleef
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 03:40:19PM -0800, Dominic Iadicicco wrote: > How do I set it up in bash, so that when I logout it > will clear the screen first? In your home directory, have a shell script named ".bash_logout" with the "clear" command in it. Best of Luck, -Gleef -- -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: clearing the screen

2002-12-05 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 05:49:47PM -0600, Justin Ryan wrote: > On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 17:43, Simon Law wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 03:40:19PM -0800, Dominic Iadicicco wrote: > > > How do I set it up in bash, so that when I logout it > > > will clear the screen first? > > > > Use the .bas

Re: clearing the screen

2002-12-05 Thread Simon Law
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 05:49:47PM -0600, Justin Ryan wrote: > On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 17:43, Simon Law wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 03:40:19PM -0800, Dominic Iadicicco wrote: > > > How do I set it up in bash, so that when I logout it > > > will clear the screen first? > > > > Use the .bas

Re: clearing the screen

2002-12-05 Thread Ben Hartshorne
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 06:43:46PM -0500, Simon Law wrote: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 03:40:19PM -0800, Dominic Iadicicco wrote: > > How do I set it up in bash, so that when I logout it > > will clear the screen first? > > Use the .bash_logout file to declare what you want to do when > loggin

Re: clearing the screen

2002-12-05 Thread Justin Ryan
On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 17:43, Simon Law wrote: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 03:40:19PM -0800, Dominic Iadicicco wrote: > > How do I set it up in bash, so that when I logout it > > will clear the screen first? > > Use the .bash_logout file to declare what you want to do when > logging out. Unles

Re: clearing the screen

2002-12-05 Thread Simon Law
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 03:40:19PM -0800, Dominic Iadicicco wrote: > How do I set it up in bash, so that when I logout it > will clear the screen first? Use the .bash_logout file to declare what you want to do when logging out. Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

clearing the screen

2002-12-05 Thread Dominic Iadicicco
How do I set it up in bash, so that when I logout it will clear the screen first? __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u