man/systemd-vconsole-setup.service.xml

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  22 <refentry id="systemd-vconsole-setup.service" conditional='ENABLE_VCONSOLE'>
  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> is an
  58     early-boot service that configures the virtual console font and
  59     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 the kernel
  77     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 mapping table for the
  85         keyboard and the second toggle keymap.</para></listitem>
  86       </varlistentry>
  87       <varlistentry>
  88
  89         <term><varname>vconsole.font=</varname></term>
  90         <term><varname>vconsole.font.map=</varname></term>
  91         <term><varname>vconsole.font.unimap=</varname></term>
  92
  93         <listitem><para>Configures the console font, the console map,
  94         and the unicode font map.</para></listitem>
  95       </varlistentry>
  96     </variablelist>
  97
  98     <para>See
  99     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 100     for information about these settings.</para>
 101   </refsect1>
 102
 103   <refsect1>
 104     <title>See Also</title>
 105     <para>
 106       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 107       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 108       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 109       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setfont</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 110       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 111     </para>
 112   </refsect1>
 113
 114 </refentry>