fbgetty.8 manpage

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
     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

     @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   the current number of users which are currently  logged
          in.   \U  inserts  "n  users", where as \u only inserts
          "n".

     %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      (C)      1999,2000,2001     Yann     Droneaud
     <yann.droneaud@iupmime.univ-lemans.fr>.