systemd-vconsole-setup.service, systemd-vconsole-setup — Configure the virtual consoles
systemd-vconsole-setup.service
/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup [TTY]
systemd-vconsole-setup sets up and configures either all virtual consoles, or
— if the optional TTY parameter is provided — a specific one. When the system
is booting up, systemd-vconsole-setup.service is called by
systemd-udevd(8) during
VT console subsystem initialization. Also,
systemd-localed.service(8)
invokes it as needed when language or console changes are made.
Internally, this program calls
loadkeys(1)
and
setfont(8).
Execute systemctl restart systemd-vconsole-setup.service in order to apply any manual
changes made to /etc/vconsole.conf.
See vconsole.conf(5) for information about the configuration files and kernel command line options understood by this program.
systemd-vconsole-setup supports the service credentials logic as implemented by
ImportCredential=LoadCredential=/SetCredential=
(see systemd.exec(1) for
details). The following credentials are used when passed in:
vconsole.keymap, vconsole.keymap_toggle¶The keymap (and toggle keymap) to apply. The matching options in
vconsole.conf and on the kernel command line take precedence over these
credentials.
Note the relationship to the firstboot.keymap credential understood by
systemd-firstboot.service(8):
both ultimately affect the same setting, but firstboot.keymap is written into
/etc/vconsole.conf on first boot (if not already configured), and then read from
there by systemd-vconsole-setup, while vconsole.keymap is read
on every boot, and is not persisted to disk (but any configuration in
vconsole.conf will take precedence if present).
vconsole.font, vconsole.font_map, vconsole.font_unimap¶The console font settings to apply. The matching options in
vconsole.conf and on the kernel command line take precedence over these
credentials.