## Name

systemd-vconsole-setup.service, systemd-vconsole-setup — Configure the virtual console at boot

## Synopsis

`systemd-vconsole-setup.service`

`/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup`

## Description

`systemd-vconsole-setup.service` is an early-boot service that configures the virtual console font and console keymap. Internally it calls loadkeys(1) and setfont(8).

See vconsole.conf(5) for information about the configuration files understood by this service.

## Kernel Command Line

A few configuration parameters from `vconsole.conf` may be overriden on the kernel command line:

`vconsole.keymap=`, `vconsole.keymap.toggle=`

  Overrides the key mapping table for the keyboard and the second toggle keymap.

`vconsole.font=`, `vconsole.font.map=`, `vconsole.font.unimap=`

  Configures the console font, the console map, and the unicode font map.

See vconsole.conf(5) for information about these settings.

## See Also

systemd(1), vconsole.conf(5), loadkeys(1), setfont(8), systemd-localed.service(8)