systemd-vconsole-setup.service

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## Name

systemd-vconsole-setup.service, systemd-vconsole-setup — Configure the virtual consoles

## Synopsis

`systemd-vconsole-setup.service`

`/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup` [TTY]

## Description

`systemd-vconsole-setup` is a helper used to prepare either all virtual consoles, or — if the optional `TTY` parameter is provided — a specific one. When the system is booting up it's called by systemd-udevd(8) during vtconsole subsystem initialization. Systemd™ also calls it internally as needed via `systemd-vconsole-setup.service`. The helper calls loadkeys(1) and setfont(8) internally.

You may want to use this helper whenever you change `vconsole.conf` to refresh the settings on your consoles — either through the systemctl restart / systemctl start command or directly through the executable.

See vconsole.conf(5) for information about the configuration files and kernel command line options understood by this program.

## See Also

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