man/systemd-vconsole-setup.service.xml

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  22 <refentry id="systemd-vconsole-setup.service">
  23
  24         <refentryinfo>
  25                 <title>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</title>
  26                 <productname>systemd</productname>
  27
  28                 <authorgroup>
  29                         <author>
  30                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  31                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  32                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
  33                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  34                         </author>
  35                 </authorgroup>
  36         </refentryinfo>
  37
  38         <refmeta>
  39                 <refentrytitle>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refentrytitle>
  40                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  41         </refmeta>
  42
  43         <refnamediv>
  44                 <refname>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refname>
  45                 <refname>systemd-vconsole-setup</refname>
  46                 <refpurpose>Configure the virtual console at boot</refpurpose>
  47         </refnamediv>
  48
  49         <refsynopsisdiv>
  50                 <para><filename>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</filename></para>
  51                 <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup</filename></para>
  52         </refsynopsisdiv>
  53
  54         <refsect1>
  55                 <title>Description</title>
  56
  57                 <para><filename>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</filename>
  58                 is an early-boot service that configures the virtual
  59                 console font and console keymap. Internally it calls
  60                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  61                 and
  62                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setfont</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
  63
  64                 <para>See
  65                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  66                 for information about the configuration files understood by this
  67                 service.</para>
  68
  69
  70         </refsect1>
  71
  72         <refsect1>
  73                 <title>Kernel Command Line</title>
  74
  75                 <para>A few configuration parameters from
  76                 <filename>vconsole.conf</filename> may be overridden on
  77                 the kernel command line:</para>
  78
  79                 <variablelist class='kernel-commandline-options'>
  80                         <varlistentry>
  81                                 <term><varname>vconsole.keymap=</varname></term>
  82                                 <term><varname>vconsole.keymap.toggle=</varname></term>
  83
  84                                 <listitem><para>Overrides the key
  85                                 mapping table for the keyboard and the
  86                                 second toggle keymap.</para></listitem>
  87                         </varlistentry>
  88                         <varlistentry>
  89
  90                                 <term><varname>vconsole.font=</varname></term>
  91                                 <term><varname>vconsole.font.map=</varname></term>
  92                                 <term><varname>vconsole.font.unimap=</varname></term>
  93
  94                                 <listitem><para>Configures the console
  95                                 font, the console map, and the unicode
  96                                 font map.</para></listitem>
  97
  98
  99                         </varlistentry>
 100                 </variablelist>
 101
 102                 <para>See
 103                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 104                 for information about these settings.</para>
 105         </refsect1>
 106
 107         <refsect1>
 108                 <title>See Also</title>
 109                 <para>
 110                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 111                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 112                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 113                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setfont</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 114                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 115                 </para>
 116         </refsect1>
 117
 118 </refentry>