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25 <refentry id="vconsole.conf" conditional='ENABLE_VCONSOLE'>
26         <refentryinfo>
27                 <title>vconsole.conf</title>
28                 <productname>systemd</productname>
29
30                 <authorgroup>
31                         <author>
32                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
33                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
34                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
35                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
36                         </author>
37                 </authorgroup>
38         </refentryinfo>
39
40         <refmeta>
41                 <refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle>
42                 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
43         </refmeta>
44
45         <refnamediv>
46                 <refname>vconsole.conf</refname>
47                 <refpurpose>Configuration file for the virtual console</refpurpose>
48         </refnamediv>
49
50         <refsynopsisdiv>
51                 <para><filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename></para>
52         </refsynopsisdiv>
53
54         <refsect1>
55                 <title>Description</title>
56
57                 <para>The <filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename> file
58                 configures the virtual console, i.e. keyboard mapping
59                 and console font. It is applied at boot by
60                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
61
62                 <para>The basic file format of the
63                 <filename>vconsole.conf</filename> is a
64                 newline-separated list of environment-like
65                 shell-compatible variable assignments. It is possible
66                 to source the configuration from shell scripts,
67                 however, beyond mere variable assignments no shell
68                 features are supported, allowing applications to read
69                 the file without implementing a shell compatible
70                 execution engine.</para>
71
72                 <para>Note that the kernel command line options
73                 <varname>vconsole.keymap=</varname>,
74                 <varname>vconsole.keymap.toggle=</varname>,
75                 <varname>vconsole.font=</varname>,
76                 <varname>vconsole.font.map=</varname>,
77                 <varname>vconsole.font.unimap=</varname> may be used
78                 to override the console settings at boot.</para>
79
80                 <para>Depending on the operating system other
81                 configuration files might be checked for configuration
82                 of the virtual console as well, however only as
83                 fallback.</para>
84         </refsect1>
85
86         <refsect1>
87                 <title>Options</title>
88
89                 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
90
91                 <variablelist>
92
93                         <varlistentry>
94                                 <term><varname>KEYMAP=</varname></term>
95                                 <term><varname>KEYMAP_TOGGLE=</varname></term>
96
97                                 <listitem><para>Configures the key
98                                 mapping table for the
99                                 keyboard. <varname>KEYMAP=</varname>
100                                 defaults to <literal>us</literal> if
101                                 not set. The
102                                 <varname>KEYMAP_TOGGLE=</varname> can
103                                 be used to configure a second toggle
104                                 keymap and is by default
105                                 unset.</para></listitem>
106                         </varlistentry>
107
108                         <varlistentry>
109                                 <term><varname>FONT=</varname></term>
110                                 <term><varname>FONT_MAP=</varname></term>
111                                 <term><varname>FONT_UNIMAP=</varname></term>
112
113                                 <listitem><para>Configures the console
114                                 font, the console map and the unicode
115                                 font map.</para></listitem>
116                         </varlistentry>
117
118                 </variablelist>
119         </refsect1>
120
121         <refsect1>
122                 <title>Example</title>
123
124                 <example>
125                         <title>German keyboard and console</title>
126
127                         <para><filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename>:</para>
128
129                         <programlisting>KEYMAP=de-latin1
130 FONT=latarcyrheb-sun16</programlisting>
131                 </example>
132
133         </refsect1>
134
135         <refsect1>
136                   <title>See Also</title>
137                   <para>
138                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
139                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
140                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
141                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setfont</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
142                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
143                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
144                   </para>
145         </refsect1>
146
147 </refentry>