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+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later -->
+
+<refentry id="vconsole.conf" conditional='ENABLE_VCONSOLE'>
+  <refentryinfo>
+    <title>vconsole.conf</title>
+    <productname>systemd</productname>
+  </refentryinfo>
+
+  <refmeta>
+    <refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle>
+    <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv>
+    <refname>vconsole.conf</refname>
+    <refpurpose>Configuration file for the virtual console</refpurpose>
+  </refnamediv>
+
+  <refsynopsisdiv>
+    <para><filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename></para>
+  </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+
+    <para>The <filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename> file configures
+    the virtual console, i.e. keyboard mapping and console font. It is
+    applied at boot by udev using <filename>90-vconsole.rules</filename> file.
+    You can safely mask this file if you want to avoid this kind of initialization.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>The format of <filename>vconsole.conf</filename> is a newline-separated list of environment-like
+    shell-compatible variable assignments, ignoring comments and empty lines. It is possible to source the
+    configuration from shell scripts, however, beyond mere variable assignments no shell features are
+    supported, allowing applications to read the file without implementing a shell compatible execution
+    engine. See
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>os-release</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for a
+    detailed description of the format.</para>
+
+    <para>Note that the kernel command line options
+    <varname>vconsole.keymap=</varname>,
+    <varname>vconsole.keymap_toggle=</varname>,
+    <varname>vconsole.font=</varname>,
+    <varname>vconsole.font_map=</varname>,
+    <varname>vconsole.font_unimap=</varname> may be used
+    to override the console settings at boot.</para>
+
+    <para>Depending on the operating system other configuration files
+    might be checked for configuration of the virtual console as well,
+    however only as fallback.</para>
+
+    <para><filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename> is usually created and updated
+    using
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+    may be used to instruct <command>systemd-localed.service</command> to
+    query or update configuration.</para>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Options</title>
+
+    <para>The following options are understood:</para>
+
+    <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><varname>KEYMAP=</varname></term>
+        <term><varname>KEYMAP_TOGGLE=</varname></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Configures the key mapping table for the keyboard.
+        <varname>KEYMAP=</varname> defaults to <literal>us</literal> if not set. The
+        <varname>KEYMAP_TOGGLE=</varname> can be used to configure a second toggle keymap and is by
+        default unset.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><varname>FONT=</varname></term>
+        <term><varname>FONT_MAP=</varname></term>
+        <term><varname>FONT_UNIMAP=</varname></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Configures the console font, the console map
+        and the unicode font map.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+    </variablelist>
+  </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 <varname>KEYMAP=</varname> and <varname>KEYMAP_TOGGLE=</varname>.
+        </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>Overrides <varname>FONT=</varname>, <varname>FONT_MAP=</varname>, and
+        <varname>FONT_UNIMAP=</varname>.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Example</title>
+
+    <example>
+      <title>German keyboard and console</title>
+
+      <para><filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename>:</para>
+
+      <programlisting>KEYMAP=de-latin1
+FONT=eurlatgr</programlisting>
+    </example>
+
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+      <title>See Also</title>
+      <para>
+        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+        <citerefentry project='mankier'><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+        <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>setfont</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+        <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>locale.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+      </para>
+  </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>