man/systemd-vconsole-setup.service.xml

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  25 <refentry id="systemd-vconsole-setup.service" conditional='ENABLE_VCONSOLE'>
  26
  27   <refentryinfo>
  28     <title>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</title>
  29     <productname>systemd</productname>
  30
  31     <authorgroup>
  32       <author>
  33         <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  34         <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  35         <surname>Poettering</surname>
  36         <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  37       </author>
  38     </authorgroup>
  39   </refentryinfo>
  40
  41   <refmeta>
  42     <refentrytitle>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refentrytitle>
  43     <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  44   </refmeta>
  45
  46   <refnamediv>
  47     <refname>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refname>
  48     <refname>systemd-vconsole-setup</refname>
  49     <refpurpose>Configure the virtual console at boot</refpurpose>
  50   </refnamediv>
  51
  52   <refsynopsisdiv>
  53     <para><filename>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</filename></para>
  54     <para><filename>&rootlibexecdir;/systemd-vconsole-setup</filename></para>
  55   </refsynopsisdiv>
  56
  57   <refsect1>
  58     <title>Description</title>
  59
  60     <para><filename>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</filename> is an
  61     early-boot service that configures the virtual console font and
  62     console keymap. Internally it calls
  63     <citerefentry project='mankier'><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  64     and
  65     <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>setfont</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
  66
  67     <para>See
  68     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  69     for information about the configuration files understood by this
  70     service.</para>
  71
  72
  73   </refsect1>
  74
  75   <refsect1>
  76     <title>Kernel Command Line</title>
  77
  78     <para>A few configuration parameters from
  79     <filename>vconsole.conf</filename> may be overridden on the kernel
  80     command line:</para>
  81
  82     <variablelist class='kernel-commandline-options'>
  83       <varlistentry>
  84         <term><varname>vconsole.keymap=</varname></term>
  85         <term><varname>vconsole.keymap.toggle=</varname></term>
  86
  87         <listitem><para>Overrides the key mapping table for the
  88         keyboard and the second toggle keymap.</para></listitem>
  89       </varlistentry>
  90       <varlistentry>
  91
  92         <term><varname>vconsole.font=</varname></term>
  93         <term><varname>vconsole.font.map=</varname></term>
  94         <term><varname>vconsole.font.unimap=</varname></term>
  95
  96         <listitem><para>Configures the console font, the console map,
  97         and the unicode font map.</para></listitem>
  98       </varlistentry>
  99     </variablelist>
 100
 101     <para>See
 102     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 103     for information about these settings.</para>
 104   </refsect1>
 105
 106   <refsect1>
 107     <title>See Also</title>
 108     <para>
 109       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 110       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 111       <citerefentry project='mankier'><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 112       <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>setfont</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 113       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 114     </para>
 115   </refsect1>
 116
 117 </refentry>