---
name: "wsconsctl.conf"
section: "5"
platform: "openbsd"
package: "man"
version: "8.0-current-20261101"
release: "OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01)"
platforms: ["openbsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wsconsctl.conf"
---

# wsconsctl.conf(5)

wsconsctl variables to set at system startup

## NAME

**wsconsctl.conf** – wsconsctl variables to set at system startup

## DESCRIPTION

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

The file is made up of [wsconsctl(8)](/wsconsctl/8.md) 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)](/rc/8.md), [wsconsctl(8)](/wsconsctl/8.md)

## HISTORY

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