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.\"fbgetty man page
.\"?roff source
.TH FBGETTY 8 "28 April 1999" Linux "Linux Administrator Manual"
.SH NAME
fbgetty \- Frame Buffer GETTY
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B fbgetty
[options] [variables] [tty device] [framebuffer device]
.PP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B fbgetty 
is a getty for use on virtual consoles with framebuffer support
like 
.BR mingetty (8),
.B fbgetty
is not suitable for serial lines.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-t, \-\-tty
set tty device
.TP
.B \-f, \-\-fb \-\-framebuffer
set framebuffer device
.TP
.B \-i, \-\-issue
set issue file
.TP
.B \-l, \-\-login\-program     
set login program
.TP
.B \-p \-\-login\-prompt      
set login prompt
.TP
.B \-o, \-\-login\-timeout     
set login timeout
.TP
.B \-\-version
show version
.TP
.B \-\-help
show help
.PP
.SH "ISSUE ESCAPES"
.B fbgetty 
recognizes the following escape sequences which might be embedded in the 
.I /etc/issue
file:
.IP \fB@system\fP
display OS name (will certainly be Linux)
.IP \fB@version\fP
display OS version
.IP \fB@release\fP
display OS release
.IP \fB@architecture\fP
.IP \fB@arch\fP
display host architecture
.IP \fB@tty\fP
.IP \fB@line\fP
.IP \fB@vt\fP
display tty where fbgetty run
.IP \fB@hostname\fP
display hostname
.IP \fB@domain\fP
display domain
.IP \fB@FQDN\fP
display Full Qualified Domain Name (e.g. hostname + domainname)
.IP \fB@user\fP
display number of users connected
.IP \fB@users\fP
display number of users with format  %d user(s)
.IP \fB@loadavg\fP
display load average
.IP \fB@date\fP
display date
.IP \fB@time\fP
display time (24H)
.IP \fB@uptime\fP
display uptime
.IP \fB@include\fP
include some other issue file
.IP \fB@image\fP
display an image
.IP \fB@distname\fP
Show distribution name (Redhat Debian Suse ...)
.IP \fB@distver\fP
Display distribution version
.IP \fB$...\fP
display shell variable
.IP \fB\ea\fP
echo alert (bell)
.IP \fB\eb\fP
echo backspace
.IP \fB\ee\fP
.IP \fB\eE\fP
echo escape char
.IP \fB\ef\fP
echo formfeed
.IP \fB\en\fP
echo new line
.IP \fB\er\fP
echo carriage return
.IP \fB\et\fP
echo horizontal tab
.IP \fB\ev\fP
echo vertical tab
.IP \fB\eooo\fP
echo character with octal code ooo
.IP \fB\exhh\fP
echo character with hexadecimal code hh
.IP \fB%d\fP
insert current day (localtime),
.IP \fB%l\fP
insert line on which 
.B fbgetty 
is running,
.IP \fB%m\fP
inserts machine architecture (uname -m),
.IP \fB%n\fP
inserts machine's network node hostname (uname -n),
.IP \fB%o\fP
inserts domain name,
.IP \fB%r\fP
inserts operating system release (uname -r),
.IP \fB%t\fP
insert current time (localtime),
.IP \fB%s\fP
inserts operating system name,
.IP \fB%u\fP
insert the number of users currently logged in,
.IP \fB%U\fP
insert "\fIn\fP user" or "\fIn\fP users" according to the value of \fIn\fP, 
where \fIn\fP
is the number of user currently logged in,
.IP \fB%v\fP
inserts operating system version (uname -v).
.PP
.SH FILES
.IR /etc/issue ,
.IR /var/run/utmp ,
.IR /sbin/fbgetty ,
.IR /etc/fbgetty.d/global ,
.IR /etc/fbgetty.d/tty[1-63] .
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR mingetty (8),
.BR mgetty (8),
.BR agetty (8),
.BR getty (8),
fbgetty.info
.PP
.SH AUTHOR
Copyright \(co 1999,2000,2001 Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@meuh.eu.org>.