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#1 2009-08-12 13:23:31
- darkglow
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[Solved] Disable screen clearing at the end of boot process?
During the boot process Arch shows some messages on the computer screen while the system services are started. Then it clears the screen just before showing the login prompt, which means that you have to be a really quick reader to be able to catch the final boot messages before they disappear.
I'd prefer that Arch wouldn't clear the screen at all, so that the final boot messages would stay visible even when the login prompt appears (and I could scroll the framebuffer to see all the boot messages if I wanted to). Any idea how I could tell Arch not to clear the screen before the login prompt?
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#2 2009-08-12 13:30:51
- Melson
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Re: [Solved] Disable screen clearing at the end of boot process?
Try removing the "^[[H^[[2J" sequence from the /etc/issue file.
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#3 2009-08-12 14:42:03
- darkglow
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Re: [Solved] Disable screen clearing at the end of boot process?
Ahhh! Much better now. Thanks! 
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#4 2009-08-12 14:49:03
- jdiez
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Re: [Solved] Disable screen clearing at the end of boot process?
You can read the dmesg output once you are logged in. 
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#5 2009-08-12 16:55:50
- Melson
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Re: [Solved] Disable screen clearing at the end of boot process?
But if someone knows how to make the framebuffer scroll, I would also appreciate a hint.
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#6 2009-08-12 17:07:35
- btartsa
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Re: [Solved] Disable screen clearing at the end of boot process?
tried scroll lock?
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#7 2009-08-12 17:17:11
- darkglow
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Re: [Solved] Disable screen clearing at the end of boot process?
Pressing Shift and PageUp at the same time should scroll the framebuffer up, and Shift+PageDown scrolls it down. But if you've switched to another virtual terminal and then come back, the scrolling doesn't work any more.
I just tried scroll lock, it doesn't seem to make any difference?
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#8 2009-08-12 17:37:06
- Mr.Elendig
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Re: [Solved] Disable screen clearing at the end of boot process?
Just a small tip: The wiki(TM)
Evil #archlinux@libera.chat channel op and general support dude.
. files on github, Screenshots, Random pics and the rest
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