emptty for Debian
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The emptty package ships a template unit "emptty@.service" that can be used to
start instances of emptty on one or more virtual consoles. The instance name
identifies the virtual console to use. The emptty display manager will not be
started until a service unit is instantiated to start emptty on a virtual
console. The following command will enable and start emptty on the virtual
console tty8:

  # systemctl enable emptty@tty8.service && systemctl start emptty@tty8.service

The emptty package's service unit does not alias or conflict with
display-manager.service. This allows the emptty package to co-exist with other
display managers as long as they are configured to use separate virtual
consoles. For example, gdm3 typically uses tty1, while xdm typically uses tty7.

Emptty does not need any configuration in order to start, but additional
customization can be performed by creating a config file in the /etc/emptty
directory for the given virtual console. For example, the emptty daemon started
by the "emptty@tty8.service" instance will read its configuration from the file
/etc/emptty/conf-tty8.

See the emptty(1) manpage for a list of configuration variables that can be
set. Note that the TTY_NUMBER variable cannot be configured in the config file,
since this setting is passed on the command line. As an example, the session
error logging feature can be enabled for the "emptty@tty8.service" by creating
a file /etc/emptty/conf-tty8 with the following contents:

  SESSION_ERROR_LOGGING="rotate"

The emptty package ships with a default, Debian-themed "message of the day"
banner which is displayed on the login screen. To disable or customize this
login banner, remove the /etc/emptty/motd symlink.