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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2012-06-25 12:00:43 +0200
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
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+<refentry id="systemd-vconsole-setup.service">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+ <surname>Poettering</surname>
+ <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-vconsole-setup</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Configure the virtual console at boot</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup</filename></para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><filename>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</filename>
+ is an early-boot service that configures the virtual
+ console font and console keymap. Internally it calls
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ and
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setfont</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+
+ <para>See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for information about the configuration files understood by this
+ service.</para>
+
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Kernel Command Line</title>
+
+ <para>A few configuration parameters from
+ <filename>vconsole.conf</filename> may be overriden on
+ the kernel command line:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>vconsole.keymap=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>vconsole.keymap.toggle=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Overrides the key
+ mapping table for the keybaord and the
+ second toggle keymap.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+
+ <term><varname>vconsole.font=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>vconsole.font.map=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>vconsole.font.unimap=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Configures the console
+ font, the console map, and the unicode
+ font map.</para></listitem>
+
+
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for information about these settings.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setfont</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>