For those who don't know and want such a feature today: add a .bash_logout file to your login directory (execute privileges) and add en echo command that writes an ASCII escape sequence to clear the screen...
- when adding a .bash_logout with clear command, you'll still be able to scroll up via shift-pgup and see some lines. - this 'noclear' behaviour only affects console 1 (tty1) - to switch it off, I'd recommend removing the '--noclear' in /etc/inittab - the reason why this option is currently set, is quite easy: we wanna see the complete bootup. without the noclear, we'll loose some -maybe important- lines of the bootup process
- when adding a .bash_logout with clear command, you'll still be able to scroll up via shift-pgup and see some lines. - this 'noclear' behaviour only affects console 1 (tty1) - to switch it off, I'd recommend removing the '--noclear' in /etc/inittab - the reason why this option is currently set, is quite easy: we wanna see the complete bootup. without the noclear, we'll loose some -maybe important- lines of the bootup process