This probably relates to the group that owns /dev/tty0 and /dev/console
- I noticed that some of the servers I administer would exhibit this
behaviour and others wouldn't. On my 9.04 desktop they're owned by root,
but on an 8.04 server they're owned by dialout, and I was a member of
the dialout group on the servers that clear_console is working on
(because I installed those servers).
What I can't work out is why there needs to be a difference between
clear ("clear the terminal screen", which always works) and
clear_console ("clear the console", which attempts to switch virtual
terminals and fails) - is there a difference on a serial console?
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clear_console should be moved to ncurses-bin
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/39068
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