I've taken the time to recreate the bug as described in the test case in Karmic Koala, what will be the 9.10 release of Ubuntu, and one does still need to be root to use clear_console on a pty. Subsequently, I am changing the bug's state back to it's original one of Triaged.
Sebastian - it might be worthwhile to forward this bug report to Debian. -- clear_console should be moved to ncurses-bin https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/39068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs