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<refentry id="systemd-vconsole-setup.service">
<refentryinfo>
<title>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
<firstname>Lennart</firstname>
<surname>Poettering</surname>
<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refname>
<refname>systemd-vconsole-setup</refname>
<refpurpose>Configure the virtual console at boot</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para><filename>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</filename></para>
<para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><filename>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</filename>
is an early-boot service that configures the virtual
console font and console keymap. Internally it calls
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
and
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>setfont</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
<para>See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for information about the configuration files understood by this
service.</para>
</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>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>vconsole.keymap=</varname></term>
<term><varname>vconsole.keymap.toggle=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Overrides the key
mapping table for the keyboard and the
second toggle keymap.</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>Configures the console
font, the console map, and the unicode
font map.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for information about these settings.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>setfont</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>