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+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
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+
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+
+<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>