From eeca220bc280ebbed98bb3fc2c8d63efeccbfca1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:12:44 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] man: document /etc/vconsole.conf --- Makefile.am | 3 +- man/hostname.xml | 2 +- man/vconsole.conf.xml | 131 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 134 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 man/vconsole.conf.xml diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index 2e6b978b38..1ed4054a59 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -506,7 +506,8 @@ MANPAGES = \ man/pam_systemd.8 \ man/systemd.conf.5 \ man/tmpfiles.d.5 \ - man/hostname.5 + man/hostname.5 \ + man/vconsole.conf.5 MANPAGES_ALIAS = \ man/reboot.8 \ diff --git a/man/hostname.xml b/man/hostname.xml index b55f8db970..f226ef05ad 100644 --- a/man/hostname.xml +++ b/man/hostname.xml @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Depending on the operating system other configuration files might be checked for configuration - of the host name, however only as fallback. + of the host name as well, however only as fallback. diff --git a/man/vconsole.conf.xml b/man/vconsole.conf.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1926f337bb --- /dev/null +++ b/man/vconsole.conf.xml @@ -0,0 +1,131 @@ + + + + + + + + + vconsole.conf + systemd + + + + Developer + Lennart + Poettering + lennart@poettering.net + + + + + + vconsole.conf + 5 + + + + vconsole.conf + configuration file for the virtual console + + + + /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 set 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 + containing 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= can 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 of for they + keyboard. KEYMAP= + defaults to us if + not set. The + KEYMAP_TOGGLE= can + be used to configured 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. FONT= + defaults to + latarcyrheb-sun16. + + + + + + + See Also + + systemd1, + loadkeys1, + setfont8, + locale.conf5 + + + +