Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
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-<refentry id="hostname">
+<refentry id="vconsole.conf" conditional='ENABLE_VCONSOLE'>
<refentryinfo>
<title>vconsole.conf</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<refnamediv>
<refname>vconsole.conf</refname>
- <refpurpose>configuration file for the virtual console</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Configuration file for the virtual console</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para>The <filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename> file
configures the virtual console, i.e. keyboard mapping
- and console font.</para>
+ 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 set 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
- containing a shell compatible execution engine.</para>
+ <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> can be used
+ <varname>vconsole.font.unimap=</varname> may be used
to override the console settings at boot.</para>
<para>Depending on the operating system other
<term><varname>KEYMAP_TOGGLE=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Configures the key
- mapping table of for they
+ 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 configured a second toggle
+ be used to configure a second toggle
keymap and is by default
unset.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<listitem><para>Configures the console
font, the console map and the unicode
- font map. <varname>FONT=</varname>
- defaults to
- <literal>latarcyrheb-sun16</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ 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>locale.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>