<?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"> <!-- This file is part of systemd. Copyright 2012 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="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 keyboard 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>