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<sect1 id="ch-scripts-console">
<?dbhtml filename="console.html"?>
<title>Configuring the Linux Console</title>
<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-console">
<primary sortas="d-console">console</primary>
<secondary>configuring</secondary>
</indexterm>
<para>This section discusses how to configure the
<command>systemd-vconsole-setup</command> system service, which configures
the virtual console font and console keymap.</para>
<para>The <command>systemd-vconsole-setup</command> service reads the
<filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename> file for configuration
information. Decide which keymap and screen font will be used. Various
language-specific HOWTOs can also help with this, see <ulink
url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/other-lang.html"/>.
Examine <command>localectl list-keymaps</command> output for a list of
valid console keymaps. Look in
<filename class="directory">/usr/share/consolefonts</filename>
directory for valid screen fonts.</para>
<para>The <filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename> file should contain lines
of the form: VARIABLE="value". The following variables are recognized:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>KEYMAP</term>
<listitem>
<para>This variable specifies the key mapping table for the keyboard. If
unset, it defaults to <literal>us</literal>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>KEYMAP_TOGGLE</term>
<listitem>
<para>This variable can be used to configure a second toggle keymap and
is unset by default.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>FONT</term>
<listitem>
<para>This variable specifies the font used by the virtual
console.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>FONT_MAP</term>
<listitem>
<para>This variable specifies the console map to be used.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>FONT_UNIMAP</term>
<listitem>
<para>This variable specifies the Unicode font map.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>An example for a German keyboard and console is given below:</para>
<screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat > /etc/vconsole.conf << "EOF"
<literal>KEYMAP=de-latin1
FONT=Lat2-Terminus16</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>
<para>You can change KEYMAP value at runtime by using the
<command>localectl</command> utility:</para>
<screen role="nodump"><userinput>localectl set-keymap MAP</userinput></screen>
<note><para>Please note that <command>localectl</command> command can
be used only on a system booted with systemd.</para></note>
<para>You can also use <command>localectl</command> utility with the
corresponding parameters to change X11 keyboard layout, model, variant
and options:</para>
<screen role="nodump"><userinput>localectl set-x11-keymap LAYOUT [MODEL] [VARIANT] [OPTIONS]</userinput></screen>
<para>To list possible values for <command>localectl set-x11-keymap</command>
parameters, run <command>localectl</command> with parameters listed below:
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>list-x11-keymap-models</term>
<listitem>
<para>Show known X11 keyboard mapping models.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>list-x11-keymap-layouts</term>
<listitem>
<para>Show known X11 keyboard mapping layouts.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>list-x11-keymap-variants</term>
<listitem>
<para>Show known X11 keyboard mapping variants.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>list-x11-keymap-options</term>
<listitem>
<para>Show known X11 keyboard mapping options.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<note><para>Using any of the parameters listed above requires
XKeyboard Config package from BLFS.</para></note>
</sect1>
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