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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2014-07-01 10:32:58 +0300
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2014-07-03 13:57:11 +0100
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ref-manual: Added USE_VT variable description.
(From yocto-docs rev: c56cea783f87932de7ba6c02a1256f1303298f48) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -9487,6 +9487,28 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
+ <glossentry id='var-USE_VT'><glossterm>USE_VT</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ When using
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#new-recipe-enabling-system-services'>SysVinit</ulink>,
+ determines whether or not to run a
+ <ulink url='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getty_%28Unix%29'>getty</ulink>
+ on any virtual terminals in order to enable logging in
+ through those terminals.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The default value used for <filename>USE_VT</filename>
+ is "1" when no default value is specifically set.
+ Typically, you would set <filename>USE_VT</filename>
+ to "0" in the machine configuration file for machines
+ that do not have a graphical display attached and
+ therefore do not need virtual terminal functionality.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
<glossentry id='var-USER_CLASSES'><glossterm>USER_CLASSES</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
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