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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 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>


  </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 project='mankier'><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>setfont</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
    </para>
  </refsect1>

</refentry>