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Re: Bug#125904: ITP: fungetty, a fun new getty for Linux framebuffers



Ben Armstrong <synrg@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca> writes:

> On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 02:36:52AM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> > If so, then maybe you should have a look at fungetty, a
> > replacement for the standard Linux getty that can display
> > full-color graphics above the login prompt.  I hacked this up
> > over the last week or so, and it seems to work pretty well.  It
> > can display many kinds of PNG files above the login prompt.
> > There are some bugs and limitations, but nothing unreasonable.
> 
> How does this differ from fbgetty?

fbgetty doesn't actually implement its `image' command for the
issue file.  At least, AFAICT.  
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