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NAME

6       vconsole.conf - Configuration file for the virtual console
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SYNOPSIS

9       /etc/vconsole.conf
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DESCRIPTION

12       The /etc/vconsole.conf file configures the virtual console, i.e.
13       keyboard mapping and console font. It is applied at boot by udev using
14       90-vconsole.rules file. You can safely mask this file if you want to
15       avoid this kind of initialization.
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17       The basic file format of the vconsole.conf is a newline-separated list
18       of environment-like shell-compatible variable assignments. It is
19       possible to source the configuration from shell scripts, however,
20       beyond mere variable assignments no shell features are supported,
21       allowing applications to read the file without implementing a shell
22       compatible execution engine.
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24       Note that the kernel command line options vconsole.keymap=,
25       vconsole.keymap_toggle=, vconsole.font=, vconsole.font_map=,
26       vconsole.font_unimap= may be used to override the console settings at
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29       Depending on the operating system other configuration files might be
30       checked for configuration of the virtual console as well, however only
31       as fallback.
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33       /etc/vconsole.conf is usually created and updated using systemd-
34       localed.service(8).  localectl(1) may be used to instruct
35       systemd-localed.service to query or update configuration.
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OPTIONS

38       The following options are understood:
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40       KEYMAP=, KEYMAP_TOGGLE=
41           Configures the key mapping table for the keyboard.  KEYMAP=
42           defaults to "us" if not set. The KEYMAP_TOGGLE= can be used to
43           configure a second toggle keymap and is by default unset.
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45       FONT=, FONT_MAP=, FONT_UNIMAP=
46           Configures the console font, the console map and the unicode font
47           map.
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KERNEL COMMAND LINE

50       A few configuration parameters from vconsole.conf may be overridden on
51       the kernel command line:
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53       vconsole.keymap=, vconsole.keymap_toggle=
54           Overrides KEYMAP= and KEYMAP_TOGGLE=.
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56       vconsole.font=, vconsole.font_map=, vconsole.font_unimap=
57           Overrides FONT=, FONT_MAP=, and FONT_UNIMAP=.
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EXAMPLE

60       Example 1. German keyboard and console
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62       /etc/vconsole.conf:
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64           KEYMAP=de-latin1
65           FONT=eurlatgr
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SEE ALSO

68       systemd(1), systemd-vconsole-setup.service(8), loadkeys(1), setfont(8),
69       locale.conf(5), systemd-localed.service(8)
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