EMPTTY(1) emptty EMPTTY(1) (NAME) emptty - TTY (SYNOPSIS) emptty [-v] [--version] [-d] [--daemon] [-c PATH] [--config PATH] [-i] [--ignore-config] [-t TTY] [--tty TTY] [-u defaultUser] [--default-user defaultUser] [-a [session]] [--autologin [session]] (DESCRIPTION) emptty (Display Manager) (CLI) (DE) (WM) nopasswdlogin (autologin) . (OPTIONS) -v, --version . -d, --daemon emptty agetty . -c, --config PATH . -C, --print-config . -i, --ignore-config . -t, --tty TTY TTY . ( "7") TTY ( "tty7") . -u, --default-user defaultUser defaultUser . -a, --autologin [session] . (session) . (CONFIG) /etc/emptty/conf TTY_NUMBER TTY emptty . SWITCH_TTY TTY . true . PRINT_ISSUE /etc/issue . PRINT_MOTD motd motd motd . DEFAULT_ENV ( `emptty`) . "xorg" "wayland" . xorg . DEFAULT_USER AUTOLOGIN . DEFAULT_SESSION `emptty` . AUTOLOGIN_SESSION . DEFAULT_SESSION_ENV `emptty` . "xorg" "wayland" . AUTOLOGIN DEFAULT_USER . "true" "false" . false . : DEFAULT_USER nopasswdlogin . AUTOLOGIN_SESSION . . AUTOLOGIN_SESSION_ENV . "xorg" "wayland" . AUTOLOGIN_MAX_RETRY . -1 0 . 2 . AUTOLOGIN_RETRY_PERIOD . 2 . LANG . "en_US.UTF-8" . DBUS_LAUNCH "dbus-launch" . "dbus-daemon" . true . ( Exec ) false . ALWAYS_DBUS_LAUNCH "dbus-launch" DBUS_LAUNCH . XINITRC_LAUNCH `true` . "dbus-daemon" . false . XINITRC_LAUNCH Xorg ~/.xinitrc true WM/DE Xorg DBUS_LAUNCH . ( Exec ) false . VERTICAL_SELECTION WM/DE . INDENT_SELECTION () . LOGGING . "rotate" "appending" "disabled" . "rotate" . LOGGING_FILE . /var/log/emptty/[TTY_NUMBER].log : . XORG_ARGS Xorg. DYNAMIC_MOTD motd . "true" "false" . false . : motd ( 744) root . DYNAMIC_MOTD_PATH motd . "/etc/emptty/motd-gen.sh" . MOTD_PATH motd . "/etc/emptty/motd" . FG_COLOR () . . BG_COLOR . . DISPLAY_START_SCRIPT (Xorg/Wayland) . : root . DISPLAY_STOP_SCRIPT (Xorg/Wayland) . : root . ENABLE_NUMLOCK numlock . "true" "false" . false . SESSION_ERROR_LOGGING . "rotate" "appending" "disabled" . "disabled" . SESSION_ERROR_LOGGING_FILE . /var/log/emptty/session-errors.[TTY_NUMBER].log : . NO_XDG_FALLBACK (fallback) XDG . "true" "false" . false . : "true" . DEFAULT_XAUTHORITY true .emptty-xauth ~/.Xauthority . xauth . "true" "false" . false . ROOTLESS_XORG true emptty Xorg (rootless) . "true" "false" . false . IDENTIFY_ENVS true Xorg/Wayland/Custom/UserCustom . "true" "false" . false . HIDE_ENTER_LOGIN true "hostname login:" . "true" "false" . false . HIDE_ENTER_PASSWORD true "Password:" . "true" "false" . false . XORG_SESSIONS_PATH Xorg. "/usr/share/xsessions/" . WAYLAND_SESSIONS_PATH Wayland. "/usr/share/wayland- sessions/" . SELECT_LAST_USER . "false" "per-tty" "global". false . AUTO_SELECTION "true" . "true" "false" . false . ALLOW_COMMANDS "true" . "true" "false" . true . CMD_POWEROFF . "poweroff" . CMD_REBOOT . "reboot" . CMD_SUSPEND . "systemctl suspend" "loginctl suspend" "zzz" . WAIT_EXIT_TIMEOUT emptty. 0 . -1 . (COMMANDS) . ":" . (Escape) VI . - :help, :? - - :poweroff, :shutdown - - :reboot - - :suspend, :zzz - (DYNAMIC MOTD) /etc/emptty/motd-gen.sh . DYNAMIC_MOTD true . ! (CUSTOM MOTD) /etc/emptty/motd . . ( \x1b[31m \033[32m ). (USER CONFIG) ${HOME}/.config/emptty ${HOME}/.emptty. ${HOME}/.config/emptty . Name . Exec . ( shebang ) . Environment . "xorg" "wayland" "xorg" . Lang LANG . Selection emptty .xinitrc Xorg Wayland . Exec . "false" "true" "auto" . false . LoginShell . "/bin/bash --login" . DesktopNames XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP . (USER EXIT SCRIPT) ${HOME}/.config/emptty-exit . emptty . . Timeout . . (CUSTOM SESSIONS) ( /etc/emptty/custom-sessions/) ( ${HOME}/.config/emptty-custom- sessions/) .desktop Xorg Wayland . ".desktop" . Name . Exec . *.desktop . Environment . "xorg" "wayland" "xorg" . DesktopNames XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP . NoDisplay/Hidden . (LAST SESSION) ~/.cache/emptty/last-session . (LOGGING) emptty . emptty Xorg WM/DE . LOGGING_FILE /etc/emptty/conf . default emptty /var/log/emptty/[TTY_NUMBER].log /var/log/emptty/[TTY_NUMBER].log.old . : old emptty /var/log/emptty/[TTY_NUMBER].log.old . appending /var/log/emptty/[TTY_NUMBER].log (log rotation) ( logrotate). : . disabled /dev/null . : . (COLORS) LIGHT_ . BLACK, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, PURPLE, CYAN, WHITE LIGHT_BLACK, LIGHT_RED, LIGHT_GREEN, LIGHT_YELLOW, LIGHT_BLUE, LIGHT_PURPLE, LIGHT_CYAN, LIGHT_WHITE emptty 0.16.1 March 2026 EMPTTY(1)