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WSCONS.CONF(5)                File Formats Manual               WSCONS.CONF(5)

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.

     This configuration file is used by the /etc/rc.d/wscons script which
     parses /etc/wscons.conf and runs wsconscfg(8), wsconsctl(8), and/or
     wsfontload(8) as configured.  See rc.conf(5) for details on enabling the
     rc.d script.

     The following keywords and arguments are recognized:

     font 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), wsconsctl(8), wsfontload(8)

NetBSD 10.99                   November 22, 2008                  NetBSD 10.99