man/systemd-vconsole-setup.service.xml

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<refentry id="systemd-vconsole-setup.service" conditional='ENABLE_VCONSOLE'>

        <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 overridden on
                the kernel command line:</para>

                <variablelist class='kernel-commandline-options'>
                        <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>