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8 | <sect1 id="ch-scripts-console"> |
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="console.html"?> |
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10 | <title>Configuring the Linux Console</title> |
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12 | <indexterm zone="ch-scripts-console"> |
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13 | <primary sortas="d-console">console</primary> |
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14 | <secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm> |
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15 | |
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16 | <para>This section discusses how to configure the |
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17 | <filename>vconsole.conf</filename> file that sets up the keyboard map and the |
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18 | console font. If non-ASCII characters (e.g., the British pound sign and Euro |
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19 | character) will not be used and the keyboard is most likely a U.S. one. The |
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20 | defaults in the file will probably be suitable for you.</para> |
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21 | |
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22 | <para>The <filename>vconsole.conf</filename> file is read by the init system |
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23 | and applied on startup. Decide which keymap and screen font will be used. |
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24 | Various language-specific HOWTO's can also help with this (see |
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25 | <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/other-lang.html"/>. Look in |
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26 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/consolefonts</filename> for valid |
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27 | screen fonts and <filename class="directory">/usr/share/keymaps</filename> for |
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28 | valid keymaps.</para> |
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29 | |
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30 | <para>The default <filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename> is set up for a us |
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31 | keymap. You will need to edit the file to your specific needs. The |
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32 | <filename>vconsole.conf</filename> man page has some information about |
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33 | additional configuration options you may need or want.</para> |
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34 | |
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35 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/vconsole.conf << "EOF" |
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36 | # Begin /etc/vconsole.conf |
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37 | |
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38 | KEYMAP=us |
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39 | FONT=drdos8x16 |
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40 | |
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41 | # End /etc/vconsole.conf |
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42 | EOF</userinput></screen> |
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44 | </sect1> |
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