Hi Jesse,

Jesse Gibbons <jgibbons2357@gmail.com> writes:

> The --no-clear option is hard-coded for mingetty, with no documentation 
> about why. The mingetty page says,
>         --noclear
>                Do not clear the screen before prompting for the login 
> name (the
>                screen is normally cleared).
>
> I do not think I am alone in preferring the screen cleared after logout. 

You're not alone.  I'd also prefer that the screen be cleared.  At
least, it should be configurable.

Here's an *untested* patch to make it configurable, and to change the
default behavior to clear.  I'm rebuilding my system now, but I have a
lot of compiling ahead of me (I don't use substitutes), so it will be a
while.  I'll report back after I've tested it.

In the meantime, does anyone object to changing the default behavior to
clear-on-logout, which is the upstream default?

     Regards,
       Mark