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authorAndy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com>2015-08-23 11:17:14 +0200
committerAndy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com>2015-08-23 11:17:14 +0200
commit16e56d9f1ae28f17cf360a6daaab668b6cd66e61 (patch)
tree7aa08ddb30fcf6ff31ddc2bdb8a5bf612a76fbca /man
parentb1d35da9e405abaab2ff540baf2e54087f92e881 (diff)
Remove support for auto-spawning VTs
Auto-spawning VTs requires systemd in practice. If you're using systemd you can just use its logind :)
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-rw-r--r--man/logind.conf.xml42
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 42 deletions
diff --git a/man/logind.conf.xml b/man/logind.conf.xml
index 6d3b355e8..9332e8075 100644
--- a/man/logind.conf.xml
+++ b/man/logind.conf.xml
@@ -74,48 +74,6 @@
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>NAutoVTs=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Takes a positive integer. Configures how many
- virtual terminals (VTs) to allocate by default that, when
- switched to and are previously unused,
- <literal>autovt</literal> services are automatically spawned
- on. These services are instantiated from the template unit
- <filename>autovt@.service</filename> for the respective VT TTY
- name, for example, <filename>autovt@tty4.service</filename>.
- By default, <filename>autovt@.service</filename> is linked to
- <filename>getty@.service</filename>. In other words, login
- prompts are started dynamically as the user switches to unused
- virtual terminals. Hence, this parameter controls how many
- login <literal>gettys</literal> are available on the VTs. If a
- VT is already used by some other subsystem (for example, a
- graphical login), this kind of activation will not be
- attempted. Note that the VT configured in
- <varname>ReserveVT=</varname> is always subject to this kind
- of activation, even if it is not one of the VTs configured
- with the <varname>NAutoVTs=</varname> directive. Defaults to
- 6. When set to 0, automatic spawning of
- <literal>autovt</literal> services is
- disabled.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>ReserveVT=</varname></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Takes a positive integer. Identifies one
- virtual terminal that shall unconditionally be reserved for
- <filename>autovt@.service</filename> activation (see above).
- The VT selected with this option will be marked busy
- unconditionally, so that no other subsystem will allocate it.
- This functionality is useful to ensure that, regardless of how
- many VTs are allocated by other subsystems, one login
- <literal>getty</literal> is always available. Defaults to 6
- (in other words, there will always be a
- <literal>getty</literal> available on Alt-F6.). When set to 0,
- VT reservation is disabled.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
<term><varname>KillUserProcesses=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Configures whether