fbgetty(8)
NAME
fbgetty - Frame Buffer GETTY
SYNOPSIS
fbgetty [options] [variables] [tty device] [framebuffer device]
DESCRIPTION
- fbgetty is a getty for use on virtual consoles with frame
- buffer support like mingetty(8), fbgetty is not suitable for se
- rial 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 ...)
- b@distver
e Display distribution version
c
h$... display shell variable
o - ab echo alert (bell)
- a
c
k - es
- p
- Ea echo escape char
- c
f echo formfeed - n echo new line
- r echo carriage return
- t echo horizontal tab
echo vertical tab- ooo echo character with octal code ooo
- hh 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
- <ydroneaud@meuh.eu.org>.
- Linux 28 April 1999