nicer virtual console defaults

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/common/common.nix b/common/common.nix
index 51e4b28..c0bcce7 100644
--- a/common/common.nix
+++ b/common/common.nix
@@ -20,10 +20,15 @@
     wget vim htop-vim dnsutils inetutils iftop man-pages gitMinimal
   ];
 
-  # Select internationalisation properties.
   console = {
     font = "Lat2-Terminus16";
-    keyMap = "de";
+    useXkbConfig = true;
+    colors = [ "002b36" "dc322f" "859900" "b58900" "268bd2" "d33682" "2aa198" "eee8d5" "002b36" "cb4b16" "586e75" "657b83" "839496" "6c71c4" "93a1a1" "fdf6e3" ];
   };
 
+  # we don't actually use the x server, but the console / tty keyboard
+  # settings will be derived from this
+  services.xserver.layout = "de";
+  services.xserver.xkbOptions = "caps:escape";
+
 }