<term><varname>PRETTY_HOSTNAME=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>A pretty
- human-readable UTF8 machine identifier
+ human-readable UTF-8 machine identifier
string. This should contain a name
like <literal>Lennart's
Laptop</literal> which is useful to
present to the user and does not
suffer by the syntax limitations of
- internet domain names. If possible the
- internet host name as configured in
+ internet domain names. If possible, the
+ internet hostname as configured in
<filename>/etc/hostname</filename>
should be kept similar to this
one. Example: if this value is
<literal>Lennart's Computer</literal>
- an Internet host name of
+ an Internet hostname of
<literal>lennarts-computer</literal>
might be a good choice. If this
- parameter is not set an application
+ parameter is not set, an application
should fall back to the Internet host
name for presentation
purposes.</para></listitem>
this machine according to the <ulink
url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html">XDG
Icon Naming Specification</ulink>. If
- this parameter is not set an
+ this parameter is not set, an
application should fall back to
<literal>computer</literal> or a
similar icon name.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>CHASSIS=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The chassis
+ type. Currently, the following chassis
+ types are defined:
+ <literal>desktop</literal>,
+ <literal>laptop</literal>,
+ <literal>server</literal>,
+ <literal>tablet</literal>,
+ <literal>handset</literal>, as well as
+ the special chassis types
+ <literal>vm</literal> and
+ <literal>container</literal> for
+ virtualized systems that lack an
+ immediate physical chassis. Note that
+ many systems allow detection of the
+ chassis type automatically (based on
+ firmware information or
+ suchlike). This setting (if set) shall
+ take precedence over automatically
+ detected information and is useful to
+ override misdetected configuration or
+ to manually configure the chassis type
+ where automatic detection is not
+ available.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Example</title>
- <programlisting>PRETTY_HOSTNAME="Lennart's Computer"
-ICON_NAME=computer-laptop</programlisting>
+ <programlisting>PRETTY_HOSTNAME="Lennart's Tablet"
+ICON_NAME=computer-tablet
+CHASSIS=tablet</programlisting>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>