File /etc/sysconfig/console

Change a console font:

CONSOLEFONT=lat2u-16

You can choose one font from /usr/share/consolefonts.

Change console font charset:

CONSOLEMAP=8859-2

Change keyboard mapping:

KEYTABLE=pl2

FOREGROUND_COLOUR=red
BACKGROUND_COLOUR=green 

Available colours: black|red|green|yellow|blue|magenta|cyan|white|default.

POWER_SAVE=on
BLANK_TIME=10
POWERDOWN_TIME=60

BLANK_TIME - time in minutes to blank a screen POWERDOWN_TIME - time in minutes to power down a monitor

Default Numlock mode (on/off):

NUM_LOCK=on

Changes will be made on following terminals:

SET_FONT_TERMINALS="1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8"

Restart (../Starting-stopping_particular_subsystems) console service to apply changes:

# service console restart

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