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diff --git a/man/vconsole.conf.xml b/man/vconsole.conf.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..45156b7447 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/vconsole.conf.xml @@ -0,0 +1,147 @@ +<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> +<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/xhtml/docbook.xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> + +<!-- + This file is part of systemd. + + Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering + + systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it + under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or + (at your option) any later version. + + systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but + WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU + Lesser General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License + along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. +--> + +<refentry id="vconsole.conf"> + <refentryinfo> + <title>vconsole.conf</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>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>vconsole.conf</refname> + <refpurpose>Configuration file for the virtual console</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <para><filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename></para> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + + <para>The <filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename> file + configures the virtual console, i.e. keyboard mapping + and console font. It is applied at boot by + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> + + <para>The basic file format of the + <filename>vconsole.conf</filename> is a + newline-separated list of environment-like + shell-compatible variable assignments. It is possible + to source the configuration from shell scripts, + however, beyond mere variable assignments no shell + features are supported, allowing applications to read + the file without implementing a shell compatible + execution engine.</para> + + <para>Note that the kernel command line options + <varname>vconsole.keymap=</varname>, + <varname>vconsole.keymap.toggle=</varname>, + <varname>vconsole.font=</varname>, + <varname>vconsole.font.map=</varname>, + <varname>vconsole.font.unimap=</varname> may be used + to override the console settings at boot.</para> + + <para>Depending on the operating system other + configuration files might be checked for configuration + of the virtual console as well, however only as + fallback.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Options</title> + + <para>The following options are understood:</para> + + <variablelist> + + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>KEYMAP=</varname></term> + <term><varname>KEYMAP_TOGGLE=</varname></term> + + <listitem><para>Configures the key + mapping table for the + keyboard. <varname>KEYMAP=</varname> + defaults to <literal>us</literal> if + not set. The + <varname>KEYMAP_TOGGLE=</varname> can + be used to configure a second toggle + keymap and is by default + unset.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>FONT=</varname></term> + <term><varname>FONT_MAP=</varname></term> + <term><varname>FONT_UNIMAP=</varname></term> + + <listitem><para>Configures the console + font, the console map and the unicode + font map.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Example</title> + + <example> + <title>German keyboard and console</title> + + <para><filename>/etc/vconsole.conf:</filename></para> + + <programlisting>KEYMAP=de-latin1 +FONT=latarcyrheb-sun16</programlisting> + </example> + + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>See Also</title> + <para> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setfont</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> + </para> + </refsect1> + +</refentry> |