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| author | Mattias Andrée <maandree@member.fsf.org> | 2015-12-19 15:34:50 +0100 |
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| committer | Mattias Andrée <maandree@member.fsf.org> | 2015-12-19 15:34:50 +0100 |
| commit | c9b2863e7e7331f381a587756a403cbb6b19e115 (patch) | |
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doc: does not acquire the tty
Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@member.fsf.org>
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diff --git a/doc/man/sleeping-getty.8 b/doc/man/sleeping-getty.8 index a40772c..f20ed92 100644 --- a/doc/man/sleeping-getty.8 +++ b/doc/man/sleeping-getty.8 @@ -24,10 +24,29 @@ works on VT:s, not TTY:s. It cannot wait for a serial console to become, active, only virtual terminals. .SH EXAMPLE .nf -/sbin/\fBsleeping-getty\fP \fI15\fP /sbin/got tty\fI15\fP TERM=linux -/sbin/\fBsleeping-getty\fP \fI16\fP /sbin/got tty\fI16\fP TERM=linux -/sbin/\fBsleeping-getty\fP \fI20\fP /sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty\fI20\fP linux +/sbin/\fBsleeping\-getty\fP \fI15\fP /sbin/got tty\fI15\fP TERM=linux +/sbin/\fBsleeping\-getty\fP \fI16\fP /sbin/got tty\fI16\fP TERM=linux +/sbin/\fBsleeping\-getty\fP \fI20\fP /sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty\fI20\fP linux .fi +.SH NOTES +.B sleeping\-getty +does not acquire the TTY. That would be a waste of CPU cycles. +This means, if naïvely used, that if you start your computer, +log in on +.BR tty1 , +and start +.BR X , +and have +.B startx +configured to start +.B X +on the next available VT. +.B X +will start on VT\ 2. This is probably not want you want. +Instead you should edit +.B startx +to ensure that a VT lower than a preferred number +(customarily 7) will not be used. .SH 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 |