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| author | Mattias Andrée <m@maandree.se> | 2026-02-22 13:22:10 +0100 |
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| committer | Mattias Andrée <m@maandree.se> | 2026-02-22 13:22:10 +0100 |
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ NAME - sleeping-getty - Do not start a fullblown getty before it is necessary + sleeping-getty - Do not start a full-blown getty before it is necessary SYNOPSIS sleeping-getty vtno getty-command [arguments] ... @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DESCRIPTION arguments. Note that sleeping-getty works on VT:s, not TTY:s. It cannot wait for a - serial console to become, active, only virtual terminals. + serial console to become active, only virtual terminals. EXAMPLE /sbin/sleeping-getty 15 /sbin/got tty15 TERM=linux @@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ NOTES of CPU cycles. This means, if naïvely used, that if you start your computer, log in on tty1, and start X, and have startx configured to start X on the next available VT. X will start - on VT 2. This is probably not want you want. Instead you + on VT 2. This is probably not what you want. Instead you should edit startx to ensure that a VT lower than a preferred number (customarily 7) will not be used. RATIONALE It is nice to have a score or two of TTY:s available. However, starting them, can require some unnecessary CPU time and will - was memory until they are actually used. This becomes extra - important on resource contained machines. + waste memory until they are actually used. This becomes extra + important on resource-constrained machines. SEE ALSO getty(8), mingetty(8), agetty(8), got(8), vtchs(1), inittab(5) |