Instead of all this futzing around, why not use a getty designed for what you are doing?? I use mingetty. Not only is it smaller than agetty, and a hair faster -- it also clears term. I have it display linux_logo above my login prompt. When I log out Linux_logo reappears and all is fresh again.
-- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null