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| 5 | <!-- | |
| 6 | This file is part of systemd. | |
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| 8 | Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering | |
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| 10 | systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it | |
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| 12 | the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or | |
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| 18 | Lesser General Public License for more details. | |
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| 23 | ||
| 24 | <refentry id="kernel-command-line"> | |
| 25 | ||
| 26 | <refentryinfo> | |
| 27 | <title>kernel-command-line</title> | |
| 28 | <productname>systemd</productname> | |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | <authorgroup> | |
| 31 | <author> | |
| 32 | <contrib>Developer</contrib> | |
| 33 | <firstname>Lennart</firstname> | |
| 34 | <surname>Poettering</surname> | |
| 35 | <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> | |
| 36 | </author> | |
| 37 | </authorgroup> | |
| 38 | </refentryinfo> | |
| 39 | ||
| 40 | <refmeta> | |
| 41 | <refentrytitle>kernel-command-line</refentrytitle> | |
| 42 | <manvolnum>7</manvolnum> | |
| 43 | </refmeta> | |
| 44 | ||
| 45 | <refnamediv> | |
| 46 | <refname>kernel-command-line</refname> | |
| 47 | <refpurpose>Kernel command line parameters</refpurpose> | |
| 48 | </refnamediv> | |
| 49 | ||
| 50 | <refsynopsisdiv> | |
| 51 | <para><filename>/proc/cmdline</filename></para> | |
| 52 | </refsynopsisdiv> | |
| 53 | ||
| 54 | <refsect1> | |
| 55 | <title>Description</title> | |
| 56 | ||
| 57 | <para>The kernel, the initial RAM disk (initrd) and | |
| 58 | basic userspace functionality may be configured at boot via | |
| 59 | kernel command line arguments.</para> | |
| 60 | ||
| 61 | <para>For command line parameters understood by the | |
| 14228c0d | 62 | kernel, please see <ulink |
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63 | url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt"><filename>kernel-parameters.txt</filename></ulink> |
| 64 | and | |
| 5eef597e | 65 | <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>bootparam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> |
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66 | |
| 67 | <para>For command line parameters understood by the | |
| 68 | initial RAM disk, please see | |
| 5eef597e | 69 | <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>dracut.cmdline</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
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70 | or the documentation of the specific initrd |
| 71 | implementation of your installation.</para> | |
| 72 | </refsect1> | |
| 73 | ||
| 74 | <refsect1> | |
| 75 | <title>Core OS Command Line Arguments</title> | |
| 76 | ||
| 77 | <variablelist class='kernel-commandline-options'> | |
| 78 | <varlistentry> | |
| 79 | <term><varname>systemd.unit=</varname></term> | |
| 80 | <term><varname>rd.systemd.unit=</varname></term> | |
| 81 | <term><varname>systemd.dump_core=</varname></term> | |
| 82 | <term><varname>systemd.crash_shell=</varname></term> | |
| 83 | <term><varname>systemd.crash_chvt=</varname></term> | |
| 84 | <term><varname>systemd.confirm_spawn=</varname></term> | |
| 85 | <term><varname>systemd.show_status=</varname></term> | |
| 86 | <term><varname>systemd.log_target=</varname></term> | |
| 87 | <term><varname>systemd.log_level=</varname></term> | |
| 88 | <term><varname>systemd.log_color=</varname></term> | |
| 89 | <term><varname>systemd.log_location=</varname></term> | |
| 90 | <term><varname>systemd.default_standard_output=</varname></term> | |
| 91 | <term><varname>systemd.default_standard_error=</varname></term> | |
| 92 | <term><varname>systemd.setenv=</varname></term> | |
| 93 | <listitem> | |
| 94 | <para>Parameters understood by | |
| 95 | the system and service manager | |
| 14228c0d | 96 | to control system behavior. For details, see |
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97 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> |
| 98 | </listitem> | |
| 99 | </varlistentry> | |
| 100 | ||
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101 | <varlistentry> |
| 102 | <term><varname>systemd.mask=</varname></term> | |
| 103 | <term><varname>systemd.wants=</varname></term> | |
| 104 | <term><varname>systemd.debug-shell</varname></term> | |
| 105 | <listitem> | |
| 106 | <para>Additional parameters | |
| 107 | understood by | |
| 108 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-debug-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
| 109 | to mask or start specific | |
| 110 | units at boot, or invoke a | |
| 111 | debug shell on tty9.</para> | |
| 112 | </listitem> | |
| 113 | </varlistentry> | |
| 114 | ||
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115 | <varlistentry> |
| 116 | <term><varname>systemd.restore_state=</varname></term> | |
| 117 | <listitem> | |
| 118 | <para>This parameter is understood by | |
| 119 | several system tools to control | |
| 120 | whether or not they should restore | |
| 121 | system state from the previous boot. | |
| 122 | For details, see | |
| 123 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-backlight@.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
| 124 | and | |
| 125 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-rfkill@.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. | |
| 126 | </para> | |
| 127 | </listitem> | |
| 128 | </varlistentry> | |
| 129 | ||
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130 | <varlistentry> |
| 131 | <term><varname>quiet</varname></term> | |
| 132 | <listitem> | |
| 133 | <para>Parameter understood by | |
| 134 | both the kernel and the system | |
| 135 | and service manager to control | |
| 136 | console log verbosity. For | |
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137 | details, see |
| 138 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> | |
| 139 | </listitem> | |
| 140 | </varlistentry> | |
| 141 | ||
| 142 | <varlistentry> | |
| 143 | <term><varname>debug</varname></term> | |
| 144 | <listitem> | |
| 145 | <para>Parameter understood by | |
| 146 | both the kernel and the system | |
| 147 | and service manager to control | |
| 148 | console log verbosity. For | |
| 149 | details, see | |
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150 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> |
| 151 | </listitem> | |
| 152 | </varlistentry> | |
| 153 | ||
| 154 | <varlistentry> | |
| 60f067b4 | 155 | <term><varname>-b</varname></term> |
| 663996b3 | 156 | <term><varname>emergency</varname></term> |
| 5eef597e | 157 | <term><varname>rescue</varname></term> |
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158 | <term><varname>single</varname></term> |
| 159 | <term><varname>s</varname></term> | |
| 160 | <term><varname>S</varname></term> | |
| 161 | <term><varname>1</varname></term> | |
| 162 | <term><varname>2</varname></term> | |
| 163 | <term><varname>3</varname></term> | |
| 164 | <term><varname>4</varname></term> | |
| 165 | <term><varname>5</varname></term> | |
| 166 | <listitem> | |
| 167 | <para>Parameters understood by | |
| 168 | the system and service | |
| 169 | manager, as compatibility | |
| 14228c0d | 170 | options. For details, see |
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171 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> |
| 172 | </listitem> | |
| 173 | </varlistentry> | |
| 174 | ||
| 175 | <varlistentry> | |
| 176 | <term><varname>locale.LANG=</varname></term> | |
| 177 | <term><varname>locale.LANGUAGE=</varname></term> | |
| 178 | <term><varname>locale.LC_CTYPE=</varname></term> | |
| 179 | <term><varname>locale.LC_NUMERIC=</varname></term> | |
| 180 | <term><varname>locale.LC_TIME=</varname></term> | |
| 181 | <term><varname>locale.LC_COLLATE=</varname></term> | |
| 182 | <term><varname>locale.LC_MONETARY=</varname></term> | |
| 183 | <term><varname>locale.LC_MESSAGES=</varname></term> | |
| 184 | <term><varname>locale.LC_PAPER=</varname></term> | |
| 185 | <term><varname>locale.LC_NAME=</varname></term> | |
| 186 | <term><varname>locale.LC_ADDRESS=</varname></term> | |
| 187 | <term><varname>locale.LC_TELEPHONE=</varname></term> | |
| 188 | <term><varname>locale.LC_MEASUREMENT=</varname></term> | |
| 189 | <term><varname>locale.LC_IDENTIFICATION=</varname></term> | |
| 190 | <listitem> | |
| 191 | <para>Parameters understood by | |
| 192 | the system and service manager | |
| 193 | to control locale and language | |
| 14228c0d | 194 | settings. For details, see |
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195 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> |
| 196 | </listitem> | |
| 197 | </varlistentry> | |
| 198 | ||
| 199 | <varlistentry> | |
| 200 | <term><varname>fsck.mode=</varname></term> | |
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201 | <term><varname>fsck.repair=</varname></term> |
| 202 | ||
| 203 | <listitem> | |
| e842803a | 204 | <para>Parameters understood by |
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205 | the file system checker |
| 206 | services. For details, see | |
| 207 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fsck@.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> | |
| 208 | </listitem> | |
| 209 | </varlistentry> | |
| 210 | ||
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211 | <varlistentry> |
| 212 | <term><varname>quotacheck.mode=</varname></term> | |
| 213 | ||
| 214 | <listitem> | |
| 215 | <para>Parameter understood by | |
| 216 | the file quota checker | |
| 14228c0d | 217 | service. For details, see |
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218 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-quotacheck.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> |
| 219 | </listitem> | |
| 220 | </varlistentry> | |
| 221 | ||
| 222 | <varlistentry> | |
| 223 | <term><varname>systemd.journald.forward_to_syslog=</varname></term> | |
| 224 | <term><varname>systemd.journald.forward_to_kmsg=</varname></term> | |
| 225 | <term><varname>systemd.journald.forward_to_console=</varname></term> | |
| 60f067b4 | 226 | <term><varname>systemd.journald.forward_to_wall=</varname></term> |
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227 | |
| 228 | <listitem> | |
| 229 | <para>Parameters understood by | |
| 230 | the journal service. For | |
| 14228c0d | 231 | details, see |
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232 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> |
| 233 | </listitem> | |
| 234 | </varlistentry> | |
| 235 | ||
| 236 | <varlistentry> | |
| 237 | <term><varname>vconsole.keymap=</varname></term> | |
| 238 | <term><varname>vconsole.keymap.toggle=</varname></term> | |
| 239 | <term><varname>vconsole.font=</varname></term> | |
| 240 | <term><varname>vconsole.font.map=</varname></term> | |
| 241 | <term><varname>vconsole.font.unimap=</varname></term> | |
| 242 | ||
| 243 | <listitem> | |
| 244 | <para>Parameters understood by | |
| 245 | the virtual console setup logic. For | |
| 14228c0d | 246 | details, see |
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247 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> |
| 248 | </listitem> | |
| 249 | </varlistentry> | |
| 250 | ||
| 251 | <varlistentry> | |
| 252 | <term><varname>udev.log-priority=</varname></term> | |
| 253 | <term><varname>rd.udev.log-priority=</varname></term> | |
| 254 | <term><varname>udev.children-max=</varname></term> | |
| 255 | <term><varname>rd.udev.children-max=</varname></term> | |
| 256 | <term><varname>udev.exec-delay=</varname></term> | |
| 257 | <term><varname>rd.udev.exec-delay=</varname></term> | |
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258 | <term><varname>udev.event-timeout=</varname></term> |
| 259 | <term><varname>rd.udev.event-timeout=</varname></term> | |
| 14228c0d | 260 | <term><varname>net.ifnames=</varname></term> |
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261 | |
| 262 | <listitem> | |
| 263 | <para>Parameters understood by | |
| 264 | the device event managing daemon. For | |
| 14228c0d | 265 | details, see |
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266 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-udevd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> |
| 267 | </listitem> | |
| 268 | </varlistentry> | |
| 269 | ||
| 270 | <varlistentry> | |
| 271 | <term><varname>plymouth.enable=</varname></term> | |
| 272 | ||
| 273 | <listitem> | |
| 274 | <para>May be used to disable | |
| 275 | the Plymouth boot splash. For | |
| 14228c0d | 276 | details, see |
| 5eef597e | 277 | <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>plymouth</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> |
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278 | </listitem> |
| 279 | </varlistentry> | |
| 280 | ||
| 281 | <varlistentry> | |
| 282 | <term><varname>luks=</varname></term> | |
| 283 | <term><varname>rd.luks=</varname></term> | |
| 284 | <term><varname>luks.crypttab=</varname></term> | |
| 285 | <term><varname>rd.luks.crypttab=</varname></term> | |
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286 | <term><varname>luks.name=</varname></term> |
| 287 | <term><varname>rd.luks.name=</varname></term> | |
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288 | <term><varname>luks.uuid=</varname></term> |
| 289 | <term><varname>rd.luks.uuid=</varname></term> | |
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290 | <term><varname>luks.options=</varname></term> |
| 291 | <term><varname>rd.luks.options=</varname></term> | |
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292 | <term><varname>luks.key=</varname></term> |
| 293 | <term><varname>rd.luks.key=</varname></term> | |
| 294 | ||
| 295 | <listitem> | |
| 296 | <para>Configures the LUKS | |
| 297 | full-disk encryption logic at | |
| 14228c0d | 298 | boot. For details, see |
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299 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> |
| 300 | </listitem> | |
| 301 | </varlistentry> | |
| 302 | ||
| 303 | <varlistentry> | |
| 304 | <term><varname>fstab=</varname></term> | |
| 305 | <term><varname>rd.fstab=</varname></term> | |
| 306 | ||
| 307 | <listitem> | |
| 308 | <para>Configures the | |
| 309 | <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> | |
| 14228c0d | 310 | logic at boot. For details, see |
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311 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> |
| 312 | </listitem> | |
| 313 | </varlistentry> | |
| 314 | ||
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315 | <varlistentry> |
| 316 | <term><varname>root=</varname></term> | |
| 317 | <term><varname>rootfstype=</varname></term> | |
| 318 | <term><varname>rootfsflags=</varname></term> | |
| 319 | <term><varname>ro</varname></term> | |
| 320 | <term><varname>rw</varname></term> | |
| 321 | ||
| 322 | <listitem> | |
| 323 | <para>Configures the root file | |
| 324 | system and its file system | |
| 325 | type and mount options, as | |
| 326 | well as whether it shall be | |
| 327 | mounted read-only or | |
| 328 | read-writable initially. For | |
| 329 | details, see | |
| 330 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> | |
| 331 | </listitem> | |
| 332 | </varlistentry> | |
| 333 | ||
| 334 | <varlistentry> | |
| 335 | <term><varname>systemd.gpt_auto=</varname></term> | |
| 336 | <term><varname>rd.systemd.gpt_auto=</varname></term> | |
| 337 | ||
| 338 | <listitem> | |
| 339 | <para>Configures whether GPT | |
| 340 | based partition auto-discovery | |
| 341 | shall be attempted. For | |
| 342 | details, see | |
| 343 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> | |
| 344 | </listitem> | |
| 345 | </varlistentry> | |
| 346 | ||
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347 | <varlistentry> |
| 348 | <term><varname>modules-load=</varname></term> | |
| 349 | <term><varname>rd.modules-load=</varname></term> | |
| 350 | ||
| 351 | <listitem> | |
| 352 | <para>Load a specific kernel | |
| 353 | module early at boot. For | |
| 14228c0d | 354 | details, see |
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355 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-modules-load.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> |
| 356 | </listitem> | |
| 357 | </varlistentry> | |
| 358 | ||
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359 | <varlistentry> |
| 360 | <term><varname>resume=</varname></term> | |
| 361 | ||
| 362 | <listitem> | |
| 363 | <para>Enables resume from hibernation | |
| 364 | using the specified device. | |
| 365 | All <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>-like | |
| 366 | paths are supported. For details, see | |
| 367 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hibernate-resume-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> | |
| 368 | </listitem> | |
| 369 | </varlistentry> | |
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370 | </variablelist> |
| 371 | ||
| 372 | </refsect1> | |
| 373 | ||
| 374 | <refsect1> | |
| 375 | <title>See Also</title> | |
| 376 | <para> | |
| 377 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
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378 | <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>bootparam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| 379 | <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>dracut.cmdline</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
| e842803a | 380 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-debug-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
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381 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fsck@.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| 382 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-quotacheck.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
| 383 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
| 384 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
| 385 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-udevd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
| 5eef597e | 386 | <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>plymouth</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
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387 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| 388 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
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389 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| 390 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-modules-load.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
| 391 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-backlight@.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
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392 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-rfkill@.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| 393 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hibernate-resume-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
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394 | </para> |
| 395 | </refsect1> | |
| 396 | ||
| 397 | </refentry> |