NAME
wscons.conf
- workstation console config file
SYNOPSIS
wscons.conf
DESCRIPTION
The
wscons.conf
file defines parameters regarding to the workstation console (wscons).
The file consists of lines starting with a keyword, and one or more arguments.
Empty lines and lines starting with a hash
(``#'')
are ignored.
The following keywords and arguments are recognized:
- font Xo
-
name width height
enc file
Used to load a font via
wsfontload(8).
name
gives a font name that can be used later,
width
can be used to specify the width of a font character in pixel,
height
is the same, just for the font characters' height.
enc
is used to declare the font's encoding, see the description on
wsfontload(8)'s
-e
option for more detail.
file
gives the absolute path to the font file.
See
wsfontload(8)
for more information.
- screen idx scr emul
-
Add and configure virtual console number
idx
using a screen type of
scr
(e.g. 80x25) and a
emul
terminal emulation (e.g. vt100). See
wsconscfg(8)
for further parameter description.
- keyboard kbd
-
Attach and configure keyboard
kbd
using
``
wsconscfg -k
''.
If
kbd
is
`
-
'
or
`
auto
',
the first free keyboard will be used.
See
wsconscfg(8)
for more information.
- encoding enc
-
Set the keyboard map to the given language code
enc,
using
``
wsconsctl -w encoding=enc
''.
The map must be supported by the keyboard driver in use and must be
compiled into the kernel.
See the keyboard driver's manpage (e.g.,
pckbd(4),
ukbd(4))
for details.
- mapfile file
-
Parses the contents of
file,
which contains a keyboard map per line, and calls
``
wsconsctl -w map+=
''
for each line.
See
wsconsctl(8)
for details.
- mux idx
-
Used to attach and configure keyboard/mouse multiplexors, using
``
wsconscfg -m idx
''.
See
wsconscfg(8)
for more information.
- setvar dev var val
-
Set arbitrary wscons variable
var
to value
val
for specified control device
dev.
Can be used for direct modification of
wscons(4)
variables, when no other keywords are suitable.
See
wsconsctl(8)
for more information.
Command arguments can be specified as
``-''
which makes default values come into effect as described in the
documentation of the utilities.
FILES
/etc/wscons.conf
-
SEE ALSO
wscons(4),
wsconscfg(8),
wsfontload(8)