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On 2005-04-22 16:47, Dean Strik <dean@stack.nl> wrote:
>Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>> Putting "deliberate paranoia" aside for a while, you can always _force_
>> the syscons buffer to be cleared by toggling between a couple of
>> different video modes:
>>
>> 	# vidcontrol 80x30 ; vidcontrol 80x25 ; clear ; logout
>
> vidcontrol -C is simpler and actually works :-)
> Changing the videomodes doesn't generally clear the buffer.

True.  I should have checked more carefully before posting.  Sorry :/