On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 00:33, Jorge Almeida <jjalmeida@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > There has been some recent change somewhere in the startup process > that makes startup messages disappear once the process is completed > and the login prompt appears. I had (and have) in /etc/initttab: > > c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -i -8 38400 tty1 linux > > I added the "-i" to prevent clearing the terminal, and it worked. Not > any more. Not even with Shift+PageUp. Anyone knows what changed? > > TIA > > Jorge Almeida There's a special character at the beginning of /etc/issue that clears the screen. Try removing that. ~Celti
