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This file is part of systemd.
Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering
<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refname>
<refname>systemd-vconsole-setup</refname>
- <refpurpose>Configure the virtual console at boot</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Configure the virtual consoles</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para><filename>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</filename></para>
- <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup</filename></para>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup</command>
+ <arg choice="opt">TTY</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
</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 project='mankier'><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- and
- <citerefentry project='die-net'><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>
-
+ <para><filename>systemd-vconsole-setup</filename> sets up and configures either all virtual consoles, or — if the
+ optional <replaceable>TTY</replaceable> parameter is provided — a specific one. When the system is booting up it's
+ called by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-udevd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> during
+ VT console subsystem initialization. Also,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> invokes
+ it as needed when language or console changes are made. Internally, this program calls <citerefentry
+ project='mankier'><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> and <citerefentry
+ project='die-net'><refentrytitle>setfont</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ </para>
- </refsect1>
+ <para>Execute <command>systemctl restart systemd-vconsole-setup.service</command> in order to apply any manual
+ changes made to <filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename>.</para>
- <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>
+ <para>See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ information about the configuration files and kernel command line options understood by this program.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>