X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fmachine-info.xml;h=ddf8f8b3d029a6cfa73b5b5bdc0637565c1ebe47;hp=e27b600211eb2c1a77457b06f60c333e89463ed6;hb=06d9d3efa554ffc63b5977f1d86e393edeef8ad1;hpb=5430f7f2bc7330f3088b894166bf3524a067e3d8 diff --git a/man/machine-info.xml b/man/machine-info.xml index e27b60021..ddf8f8b3d 100644 --- a/man/machine-info.xml +++ b/man/machine-info.xml @@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ Depending on the operating system other configuration files might be checked for machine information as well, however only as fallback. + + You may use + hostnamectl1 + to change the settings of this file from the command + line. @@ -89,22 +94,22 @@ PRETTY_HOSTNAME= A pretty - human-readable UTF8 machine identifier + human-readable UTF-8 machine identifier string. This should contain a name like Lennart's Laptop 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 /etc/hostname should be kept similar to this one. Example: if this value is Lennart's Computer - an Internet host name of + an Internet hostname of lennarts-computer 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. @@ -117,12 +122,40 @@ this machine according to the XDG Icon Naming Specification. If - this parameter is not set an + this parameter is not set, an application should fall back to computer or a similar icon name. + + CHASSIS= + + The chassis + type. Currently, the following chassis + types are defined: + desktop, + laptop, + server, + tablet, + handset, as well as + the special chassis types + vm and + container 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. + + @@ -130,8 +163,9 @@ Example - PRETTY_HOSTNAME="Lennart's Computer" -ICON_NAME=computer-laptop + PRETTY_HOSTNAME="Lennart's Tablet" +ICON_NAME=computer-tablet +CHASSIS=tablet @@ -140,7 +174,9 @@ ICON_NAME=computer-laptop systemd1, os-release5, hostname5, - machine-id5 + machine-id5, + hostnamectl1, + systemd-hostnamed.service8