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<secondary>configuring</secondary>
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</indexterm>
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- <indexterm zone="ch-scripts-console">
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- <primary sortas="d-consolelog">consolelog</primary>
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- <secondary>configuring</secondary>
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- </indexterm>
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-
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<para>This section discusses how to configure the <command>console</command>
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- and <command>consolelog</command> bootscripts that set up the keyboard map,
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- console font and console kernel log level. If non-ASCII characters (e.g.,
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- the copyright sign, the British pound sign and Euro symbol) will not be used
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- and the keyboard is a U.S. one, much of this section can be skipped. Without
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- the configuration file, the <command>console</command> bootscript will do
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- nothing.</para>
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-
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- <para>The <command>console</command> and <command>consolelog</command>
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- scripts read the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/console</filename> file for
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- configuration information.
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- Decide which keymap and screen font will be used. Various language-specific
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- HOWTOs can also help with this, see <ulink
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+ bootscript that sets up the keyboard map, console font and console kernel log
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+ level. If non-ASCII characters (e.g., the copyright sign, the British pound
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+ sign and Euro symbol) will not be used and the keyboard is a U.S. one, much
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+ of this section can be skipped. Without the configuration file, (or
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+ equivalent settings in <filename>rc.site</filename>), the
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+ <command>console</command> bootscript will do nothing.</para>
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+
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+ <para>The <command>console</command> script reads the
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+ <filename>/etc/sysconfig/console</filename> file for configuration
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+ information. Decide which keymap and screen font will be used. Various
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+ language-specific HOWTOs can also help with this, see <ulink
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url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/other-lang.html"/>. If still in
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- doubt, look in the <filename class="directory">/lib/kbd</filename>
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- directory for valid keymaps and screen fonts. Read
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- <filename>loadkeys(1)</filename> and <filename>setfont(8)</filename> manual
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- pages to determine the correct arguments for these programs.</para>
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+ doubt, look in the <filename class="directory">/lib/kbd</filename> directory
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+ for valid keymaps and screen fonts. Read <filename>loadkeys(1)</filename> and
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+ <filename>setfont(8)</filename> manual pages to determine the correct
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+ arguments for these programs.</para>
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<para>The <filename>/etc/sysconfig/console</filename> file should contain lines
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of the form: VARIABLE="value". The following variables are recognized:</para>
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