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Diffstat (limited to 'term-utils/agetty.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | term-utils/agetty.8 | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/term-utils/agetty.8 b/term-utils/agetty.8 index d77955573..ad0bfa02b 100644 --- a/term-utils/agetty.8 +++ b/term-utils/agetty.8 @@ -144,14 +144,14 @@ Control the CLOCAL line flag. The optional \fImode\fP argument is 'auto', 'alwa If the \fImode\fP argument is omitted, then the default is 'always'. If the \-\-local\-line option is not given at all, then the default is 'auto'. -The \fImode\fP 'always' forces the line to be a local line with no need for carrier detect. This can -be useful when you have a locally attached terminal where the serial line +The \fImode\fP 'always' forces the line to be a local line with no need for carrier detect. +This can be useful when you have a locally attached terminal where the serial line does not set the carrier-detect signal. -The \fImode\fP 'never' explicitly clears CLOCAL flags from line setting and +The \fImode\fP 'never' explicitly clears the CLOCAL flag from the line setting and the carrier-detect signal is expected on the line. -The \fImode\fP 'auto' (agetty default) does not modify CLOCAL setting +The \fImode\fP 'auto' (agetty default) does not modify the CLOCAL setting and follows the setting enabled by the kernel. .TP \-m, \-\-extract\-baud |