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"-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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6 <refentry id=
"systemd-vconsole-setup.service" conditional='ENABLE_VCONSOLE'
>
9 <title>systemd-vconsole-setup.service
</title>
10 <productname>systemd
</productname>
14 <refentrytitle>systemd-vconsole-setup.service
</refentrytitle>
15 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
19 <refname>systemd-vconsole-setup.service
</refname>
20 <refname>systemd-vconsole-setup
</refname>
21 <refpurpose>Configure the virtual consoles
</refpurpose>
25 <para><filename>systemd-vconsole-setup.service
</filename></para>
27 <command>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup
</command>
28 <arg choice=
"opt">TTY
</arg>
33 <title>Description
</title>
35 <para><filename>systemd-vconsole-setup
</filename> sets up and configures either all virtual consoles, or — if the
36 optional
<replaceable>TTY
</replaceable> parameter is provided — a specific one. When the system is booting up, it's
37 called by
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-udevd
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> during
38 VT console subsystem initialization. Also,
39 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> invokes
40 it as needed when language or console changes are made. Internally, this program calls
<citerefentry
41 project='mankier'
><refentrytitle>loadkeys
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> and
<citerefentry
42 project='die-net'
><refentrytitle>setfont
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
45 <para>Execute
<command>systemctl restart systemd-vconsole-setup.service
</command> in order to apply any manual
46 changes made to
<filename>/etc/vconsole.conf
</filename>.
</para>
48 <para>See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
49 information about the configuration files and kernel command line options understood by this program.
</para>
53 <title>See Also
</title>
55 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
56 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
57 <citerefentry project='mankier'
><refentrytitle>loadkeys
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
58 <citerefentry project='die-net'
><refentrytitle>setfont
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
59 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>