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| author | Michal Soltys <soltys@ziu.info> | 2016-10-27 01:21:02 +0200 |
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| committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2016-10-26 19:21:02 -0400 |
| commit | 808b95ef82a0715af7bde08a0050e2477bfc6f0f (patch) | |
| tree | 36f61aa6a1e8d60b149f783b072c74a2922d2ec1 /man | |
| parent | d4a48671bc453ead3cff911a0dfcc16ce5538072 (diff) | |
vconsole: manual update (#4021)
To more correctly reflect current behaviour as well as to provide
a few more details.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd-vconsole-setup.service.xml | 28 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd-vconsole-setup.service.xml b/man/systemd-vconsole-setup.service.xml index e048258621..f2da2a7b77 100644 --- a/man/systemd-vconsole-setup.service.xml +++ b/man/systemd-vconsole-setup.service.xml @@ -43,23 +43,35 @@ <refnamediv> <refname>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refname> <refname>systemd-vconsole-setup</refname> - <refpurpose>Configure the virtual console at boot</refpurpose> + <refpurpose>Configure the virtual consoles</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <para><filename>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</filename></para> - <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup</filename></para> + <cmdsynopsis> + <command>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup</command> + <arg choice="opt">TTY</arg> + </cmdsynopsis> </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 project='mankier'><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> - and - <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>setfont</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> + <para><filename>systemd-vconsole-setup</filename> is a helper used to prepare either all virtual consoles, or — if + the optional <replaceable>TTY</replaceable> parameter is provided — a specific one. When the system is booting up + it's called by <citerefentry><command>udev</command></citerefentry> during vtconsole subsystem initialization. + <productname>Systemd</productname> also calls it internally as needed via + <filename>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</filename>. The helper calls + <citerefentry project='mankier'><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> and + <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>setfont</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> + internally. + </para> + + <para> + You may want to use this helper whenever you change <filename>vconsole.conf</filename> to + refresh the settings on your consoles — either through the <command>systemctl restart</command> / + <command>systemctl start</command> command or directly through the executable. + </para> <para>See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> |