Source: mingetty Maintainer: Paul Martin Standards-Version: 3.9.3 Section: admin Build-Depends: debhelper (>=9) Priority: optional Package: mingetty Architecture: any Priority: optional Section: admin Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},${misc:Depends} Description: Console-only getty Mingetty is a small, efficient, console-only getty for Linux. . "getty opens a tty port, prompts for a login name and invokes the /bin/login command. It is normally invoked by init(8)." . mingetty is a minimal getty for use on virtual consoles. Unlike the getty in the util-linux or mgetty packages, mingetty is not suitable for serial lines, which is why it's smaller.