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VCONSOLE.CONF(5)		 vconsole.conf		      VCONSOLE.CONF(5)

NAME
       vconsole.conf - configuration file for the virtual console

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/vconsole.conf

DESCRIPTION
       The /etc/vconsole.conf file configures the virtual console, i.e.
       keyboard mapping and console font.

       The basic file format of the vconsole.conf is a newline-separated list
       environment-like shell-compatible variable assignments. 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.

       Note that the kernel command line options vconsole.keymap=,
       vconsole.keymap.toggle=, vconsole.font=, vconsole.font.map=,
       vconsole.font.unimap= may be used to override the console settings at
       boot.

       Depending on the operating system other configuration files might be
       checked for configuration of the virtual console as well, however only
       as fallback.

OPTIONS
       The following options are understood:

       KEYMAP=, KEYMAP_TOGGLE=
	   Configures the key mapping table of for they keyboard.  KEYMAP=
	   defaults to us if not set. The KEYMAP_TOGGLE= can be used to
	   configured a second toggle keymap and is by default unset.

       FONT=, FONT_MAP=, FONT_UNIMAP=
	   Configures the console font, the console map and the unicode font
	   map.	 FONT= defaults to latarcyrheb-sun16.

EXAMPLE
       Example 1. German keyboard and console

       /etc/vconsole.conf:

	   KEYMAP=de-latin1
	   FONT=latarcyrheb-sun16

SEE ALSO
       systemd(1), loadkeys(1), setfont(8), locale.conf(5)

AUTHOR
       Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
	   Developer

systemd				  03/16/2012		      VCONSOLE.CONF(5)

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