console, virtual issues

tekmav · n00b Joined: 07 Mar 2004 Posts: 3

Everything seems to be up and running. I am glad to be switching back to Gentoo.

However, I am running into two problems to which I cannot figure out.

1> When I first boot, everything looks fine and dandy. However, the
first time I switch to another virtual console with the usual ctrl-alt Fx
sequence, everything gets darker. Even the original console. It
is almost as if the brightness level on my monitor jumped down to
half level.

2> I cannot remember the solution to this one, I know I have done this before. How do I set agetty to clear the screen when it is relaunched. ie logout, initial boot?

Just some specs here --

I am running 2.6.3-gentoo-rc1 from the the gentoo emerge gentoo-dev-sources.

Video card: ati rage 128, 16MB

teknomage1 · Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 6:18 am Post subject:

I've no idea about the first question, but for number 2 you could just add clear to the end of your .bash_logout and your .bash_profile scripts.

tekmav · n00b Joined: 07 Mar 2004 Posts: 3

Well....

I found the solution to the fade issue on console/virtual consoles...

Discovered it when I was recompiling the kernel for security issues and failed to re-install the modules -- I was really tired then.

It turns out that hotplug was automatically loading the framebuffer modules for my ATI Rage 128. This module was the problem.

widemos · Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 2:41 pm Post subject: Console Blanking before Login

Ok, your inittab should have lines like this:

c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -I '\033[2J\033[f' 38400 tty1 linux

and when you change it, issue this command to activate the changes:

telinit q

Bye.

aych · Guru Joined: 20 May 2004 Posts: 304

it doesn't work for me.. when it boots up then the whole thing dimms