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"VGA" has a traditional appearance and has medium coverage of international scripts. "Fixed" has a simplistic appearance and has better coverage of international scripts. "Terminus" may help to reduce eye fatigue, though some symbols have a similar aspect which may be a problem for programmers.

If you prefer a bold version of the Terminus font, choose either TerminusBold (if you use a framebuffer) or TerminusBoldVGA (otherwise).

Please select the size of the font for the Linux console. For reference, the font used when the computer boots has size 16.

Please select the size of the font for the Linux console. Simple integers corresponding to fonts can be used with all console drivers. The number then represents the font height (number of scan lines). Alternatively, the font may be represented as HEIGHTxWIDTH; however, such font specifications require the kbd console package (not console-tools) plus framebuffer (and the RadeonFB kernel driver for framebuffer does not support them either).

Font heights can be useful for figuring out the real size of the symbols on the console. For reference, the font used when the computer boots has size 16.

Encoding to use on the console:

Configure the keyboard

Keyboard model:

Keyboard layout:

Please choose whether you want to keep it. If you choose this option, no questions about the keyboard layout will be asked and the current configuration will be preserved.

Please choose whether you want to keep it. If you choose this option, no questions about the keyboard layout will be asked.

Caps Lock

Right Control

Right Shift

Right Logo key

Menu key

Alt+Shift

Control+Shift

Control+Alt

Alt+Caps Lock

Left Control+Left Shift

Left Alt

Left Shift

Left Logo key

Scroll Lock key

No toggling

Method for toggling between national and Latin mode:

You will need a way to toggle the keyboard between the national layout and the standard Latin layout.

Right Alt or Caps Lock keys are often chosen for ergonomic reasons (in the latter case, use the combination Shift+Caps Lock for normal Caps toggle). Alt+Shift is also a popular combination; it will however lose its usual behavior in Emacs and other programs that use it for specific needs.

Not all listed keys are present on all keyboards.

No temporary switch

Both Logo keys

Method for temporarily toggling between national and Latin input:

When the keyboard is in national mode and one wants to type only a few Latin letters, it might be more appropriate to switch temporarily to Latin mode. The keyboard remains in that mode as long as the chosen key is kept pressed. That key may also be used to input national letters when the keyboard is in Latin mode.

You can disable this feature by choosing "No temporary switch".

No AltGr key

Keypad Enter key

Both Alt keys

With some keyboard layouts, AltGr is a modifier key used to input some characters, primarily ones that are unusual for the language of the keyboard layout, such as foreign currency symbols and accented letters. These are often printed as an extra symbol on keys.

No compose key

Compose key:

The Compose key (known also as Multi_key) causes the computer to interpret the next few keystrokes as a combination in order to produce a character not found on the keyboard.

On the text console the Compose key does not work in Unicode mode. If not in Unicode mode, regardless of what you choose here, you can always also use the Control+period combination as a Compose key.

Detect keyboard layout?

You can try to have your keyboard layout detected by pressing a series of keys. If you do not want to do this, you will be able to select your keyboard layout from a list.

Detecting your keyboard layout

Keyboard layout detection complete

Based on the keys you pressed, your keyboard layout appears to be "${LAYOUT}". If this is not correct, you can go back and select your layout from the full list instead.

Load CD-ROM drivers from removable media?

You may need to load additional CD-ROM drivers from removable media, such as a driver floppy. If you have such media available now, insert it, and continue. Otherwise, you will be given the option to manually select CD-ROM modules.