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Console

Console

console.colors

The 16 colors palette used by the virtual consoles. Leave empty to use the default colors. Colors must be in hexadecimal format and listed in order from color 0 to color 15.

Type: list of string matching the pattern [[:xdigit:]]{6}

Default

[ ]

Example

["002b36""dc322f""859900""b58900""268bd2""d33682""2aa198""eee8d5""002b36""cb4b16""586e75""657b83""839496""6c71c4""93a1a1""fdf6e3"]

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/config/console.nix

console.earlySetup

Enable setting virtual console options as early as possible (in initrd).

Type: boolean

Default

false

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/config/console.nix

console.enable

Whether to enable virtual console. Type: boolean

Default

true

Example

true

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/config/console.nix

console.font

The font used for the virtual consoles. Can be null, a font name, or a path to a PSF font file.

Use null to let the kernel choose a built-in font. The default is 8x16, and, as of Linux 5.3, Terminus 32 bold for display resolutions of 2560x1080 and higher. These fonts cover the IBM437 character set.

Type: null or string or path

Default

null

Example

"LatArCyrHeb-16"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/config/console.nix

console.keyMap

The keyboard mapping table for the virtual consoles.

Type: string or path

Default

"us"

Example

"fr"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/config/console.nix

console.packages

List of additional packages that provide console fonts, keymaps and other resources for virtual consoles use.

Type: list of package

Default

[ ]

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/config/console.nix

console.useXkbConfig

If set, configure the virtual console keymap from the xserver keyboard settings.

Type: boolean

Default

false

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/config/console.nix