[systemd-devel] Unicode support in console after boot

[Michal Sekletar]

On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 09:36:16AM +0200, Jan Synacek wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> currently, unicode characters are not correctly displayed in the
> console. After login, when I run /usr/bin/unicode_start, unicode works
> fine. I tried to create a service file that runs this script, linking
> tty to stdout and stderr, but that didn't work. Is there a way how to
> turn on unicode support in console after boot using a service file? Or
> any other type of unit? Or is this something that has to be patched in
> the source (logind perhaps?)?

Please try editing /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-vconsole-setup.service and
remove RemainAfterExit=yes, then regenerate your initramfs image by running
dracut command. Add back RemainAfterExit=yes to service file. Reboot.

Michal

> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
> Jan Synacek
> Software Engineer, Red Hat
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