NAME
fbgetty - Frame Buffer GETTY
SYNOPSIS
fbgetty [options] [variables] [tty device] [framebuffer device]
DESCRIPTION
fbgetty is a getty for use on virtual consoles with framebuffer support like mingetty(8), fbgetty is not suitable for serial lines.
OPTIONS
- -t, --tty
-
set tty device
- -f, --fb --framebuffer
-
set framebuffer device
- -i, --issue
-
set issue file
- -l, --login-program
-
set login program
- -p --login-prompt
-
set login prompt
- -o, --login-timeout
-
set login timeout
- --version
-
show version
- --help
-
show help
ISSUE ESCAPES
fbgetty recognizes the following escape sequences which might be embedded in the /etc/issue file:
- @system
-
display OS name (will certainly be Linux)
- @version
-
display OS version
- @release
-
display OS release
- @architecture
- @arch
-
display host architecture
- @tty
- @line
- @vt
-
display tty where fbgetty run
- @hostname
-
display hostname
- @domain
-
display domain
- @FQDN
-
display Full Qualified Domain Name (e.g. hostname + domainname)
- @user
-
display number of users connected
- @users
-
display number of users with format %d user(s)
- @loadavg
-
display load average
- @date
-
display date
- @time
-
display time (24H)
- @uptime
-
display uptime
- @include
-
include some other issue file
- @image
-
display an image
- @distname
-
Show distribution name (Redhat Debian Suse ...)
- @distver
-
Display distribution version
- $...
-
display shell variable
- \a
-
echo alert (bell)
- \b
-
echo backspace
- \e
- \E
-
echo escape char
- \f
-
echo formfeed
- \n
-
echo new line
- \r
-
echo carriage return
- \t
-
echo horizontal tab
- \v
-
echo vertical tab
- \ooo
-
echo character with octal code ooo
- \xhh
-
echo character with hexadecimal code hh
- %d
-
insert current day (localtime),
- %l
-
insert line on which fbgetty is running,
- %m
-
inserts machine architecture (uname -m),
- %n
-
inserts machine's network node hostname (uname -n),
- %o
-
inserts domain name,
- %r
-
inserts operating system release (uname -r),
- %t
-
insert current time (localtime),
- %s
-
inserts operating system name,
- %u
-
insert the number of users currently logged in,
- %U
-
insert "n user" or "n users" according to the value of n, where n is the number of user currently logged in,
- %v
-
inserts operating system version (uname -v).
FILES
/etc/issue, /var/run/utmp, /etc/fbgetty, /etc/fbgetty.d/global, /etc/fbgetty.d/tty[1-63].
SEE ALSO
mingetty(8), mgetty(8), agetty(8), getty(8), fbgetty.info
AUTHOR
Copyright © 1999,2000,2001 Yann Droneaud <[email protected]>.