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diff --git a/vconsole.conf.5.txt b/vconsole.conf.5.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..956ca6a --- /dev/null +++ b/vconsole.conf.5.txt @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +///// +vim:set ts=4 sw=4 syntax=asciidoc noet: +///// +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. + +In Arch /etc/rc.conf is also checked for vconsole configuration as well, however only as fallback, as described below. + +OPTIONS +------- + +The following options are understood: + +*KEYMAP=* +//, KEYMAP_TOGGLE= +//The KEYMAP_TOGGLE= can be used to configured a second toggle keymap and is by default unset. +// KEYMAP= defaults to us if not set. + + Configures the key mapping table of for they keyboard. Overriding KEYMAP from rc.conf. + +*FONT=*, *FONT_MAP=* +//, FONT_UNIMAP= +// the unicode font map +// FONT= defaults to latarcyrheb-sun16. + + Configures the console font and the console map. Overriding respectively CONSOLEFONT and CONSOLEMAP from rc.conf. + +EXAMPLE +------- +*Example 1. German keyboard and console* + +/etc/vconsole.conf: + + KEYMAP=de-latin1 + FONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 + +SEE ALSO +-------- + +systemd.vconsole.conf(5), loadkeys(1), setfont(8), rc.conf(5) + +AUTHORS +------- +Original by Lennart Poettering, adapted to Arch Linux by Tom Gundersen. |