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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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]>
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<sect1 id="ch-scripts-console">
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<?dbhtml filename="console.html"?>
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<title>Configuring the Linux Console</title>
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<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-console">
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<primary sortas="d-console">console</primary>
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<secondary>configuring</secondary>
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</indexterm>
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<para>This section discusses how to configure the
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<command>systemd-vconsole-setup</command> system service, which configures
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the virtual console font and console keymap.</para>
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<para>The <command>systemd-vconsole-setup</command> service reads the
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<filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename> file for configuration
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information. Decide which keymap and screen font will be used. Various
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language-specific HOWTOs can also help with this, see <ulink
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url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/other-lang.html"/>. If still in
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doubt, look in the <filename class="directory">/lib/kbd</filename> directory
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for valid keymaps and screen fonts. Read <filename>loadkeys(1)</filename> and
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<filename>setfont(8)</filename> manual pages to determine the correct
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arguments for these programs.</para>
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<para>The <filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename> file should contain lines
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of the form: VARIABLE="value". The following variables are recognized:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>KEYMAP</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This variable specifies the key mapping table for the keyboard. If
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unset, it defaults to <literal>us</literal>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>KEYMAP_TOGGLE</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This variable can be used to configure a second toggle keymap and
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is unset by default.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>FONT</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This variable specifies the font used by the virtual
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console.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>FONT_MAP</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This variable specifies the console map to be used.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>FONT_UNIMAP</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This variable specifies the unicode font map.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>An example for a German keyboard and console is given below:</para>
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<screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat > /etc/vconsole.conf << "EOF"
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<literal>KEYMAP=de-latin1
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FONT=latarcyrheb-sun16</literal>
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EOF</userinput></screen>
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<!-- Added because folks keep posting their console file with X questions
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to blfs-support list -->
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<note>
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<para>The <filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename> file only controls
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localization of the Linux text console. It has nothing to do with setting
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the proper keyboard layout and terminal fonts in the X Window System, with
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ssh sessions, or with a serial console.</para>
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</note>
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</sect1>
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