WSCONSCTL.CONF(5) | File Formats Manual | WSCONSCTL.CONF(5)

# NAME

`wsconsctl.conf` — wsconsctl variables to set at system startup

# DESCRIPTION

`wsconsctl.conf` contains a list of wsconsctl(8) variable assignments that is read at system startup by rc(8) during the boot sequence.

The file is made up of wsconsctl(8) variable assignments (variable=value) with comments designated by a hash mark (‘#’).

# FILES

/etc/wsconsctl.conf
/etc/examples/wsconsctl.conf

# EXAMPLES

To load a Russian keyboard encoding, one would use the following line:

    keyboard.encoding=ru

To set the screen burner timeout to 60 seconds, the following can be used:

    display.screen_off=60000

# SEE ALSO

rc(8), wsconsctl(8)

# HISTORY

A `wsconsctl.conf` file first appeared in OpenBSD 3.0.

February 10, 2020 | Debian