Console display

[Judy Halter]

I have a problem with the console display on my two HP-UX servers running 11.0. I have put off trying to resolve this issue and could not really tell you when it started. (I know how to spell HP but am still learning how to spell UNIX!)

When I log in at the console, the login is successful, then then the screen fills with what appears to be previously run commands. TERM is set to vt220 and DISPLAY is not set. Is there a 'clear' command I can use or is there some other way I can set a variable differently to resolve this problem?

Your assistance is requested - thanks in advance.

Judy Halter

[Alex Lavrov.]

export TERM=hp
clear


This should clear the screen.

Alex.

[melvyn burnard · Accepted solution]

yes, there is a comand named clear
man clear

It appears your profile may be set incorrectly, or something has been setup to sho wthese commands.

One way to manually do this is issue the folowing (if you know your terminal type)

export TERM=vt100 (replace vt100 with your terminalt type)
tset
clear


Or I usually use:
eval `ttytype -s`
tset
clear

Note the single BACK quotes in the eval command

[Alex Lavrov.]

Sorry, its:

export TERM=hpterm
clear


(zero to previous reply plz)


Alex.

[Torsten.]

Hi Judy,

the terminal capabilities have to match the terminal settings, e.g. if you are using a vt100 terminal emulation, the TERM have to set to vt100. Example:

server/ (rem) #ttytype
vt100
server/ (rem) #export TERM=vt100
server/ (rem) #

The "clear" command is named "clear" ;-))

Regards
Torsten

[Blofeld]

Judy
log in and
export TERM=hpterm
then execute
clear

[DCE]

Judy,

When you log into the console, you are logging into an ASCII device. It will only display characters. The DISPLAY variable is for use with a graphics disply, and not necessary with the console. The most common type of console is hpterm. I would suggest setting your TERM variable to that, and see if it displays properly.

As other have mentioned clear will clear the screen

Dave

[Judy Halter]

Thanks to everyone for their replies. I modified the /.profile to set TERM = hpterm, export TERM, then put the clear command at the bottom. Works great!