From c9b2863e7e7331f381a587756a403cbb6b19e115 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mattias Andrée Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 15:34:50 +0100 Subject: doc: does not acquire the tty MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée --- README | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 57fd0c6..b80b92d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ EXAMPLE /sbin/sleeping-getty 20 /sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty20 linux +NOTES + 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 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 + 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 -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2