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. It is applied at boot by systemd-vconsole-setup.service(8).
The basic file format of the vconsole.conf is a newline-separated list of 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 for the keyboard. KEYMAP= defaults to "us" if not
set. The KEYMAP_TOGGLE= can be used to configure 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.
EXAMPLE
Example 1. German keyboard and console
/etc/vconsole.conf:
KEYMAP=de-latin1
FONT=eurlatgr
SEE ALSO
systemd(1), systemd-vconsole-setup.service(8), loadkeys(1), setfont(8), locale.conf(5),
systemd-localed.service(8)
systemd 219 VCONSOLE.CONF(5)
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