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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>