source: BOOK/final-system/common/kbd.xml@ 384c06d

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<sect1 id="ch-system-kbd" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="kbd.html"?>

  <title>Kbd-&kbd-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd">
    <primary sortas="a-Kbd">Kbd</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The Kbd package contains key-table files and keyboard
    utilities.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Kbd</title>

    <para os="s1">While installing Kbd the Makefile will attempt to execute
    install with the strip option on all of the installed files. This will
    create errors when installing shell scripts. Prevent the strip argument
    from being passed to install with the following command:</para>

<screen os="s2"><userinput>sed -i "/install -s/s/ -s//" src/Makefile.in</userinput></screen>

    <para os="aa">The Kbd tarball does not include a pre-generated configure
    script. Generate it with the following command:</para>

<screen os="ab"><userinput>autoconf</userinput></screen>

    <para os="a">Prepare Kbd for compilation:</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --datadir=/lib/kbd</userinput></screen>

    <variablelist os="c">
      <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--datadir</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This option places the Kbd data and keymap files into /lib/kbd,
          as they are used by some of the scripts in the CLFS-Bootscripts
          package and must be on the root partition.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>

<screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para os="f">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para os="g">Install the package:</para>

<screen os="h"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

    <para os="i">Some of the programs from Kbd are used by scripts
    in the CLFS-Bootscripts package. As <filename
    class="directory">/usr</filename> may not be available during the early
    stages of booting, those binaries need to be on the root partition:</para>

<screen os="j"><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/{kbd_mode,openvt,setfont} /bin</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-kbd" role="content">
    <title>Contents of Kbd</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>chvt, deallocvt, dumpkeys, fgconsole, getkeycodes, kbd_mode,
        kbdrate, loadkeys, loadunimap, mapscrn, openvt, psfaddtable
        (link to psfxtable), psfgettable (link to psfxtable), psfstriptable
        (link to psfxtable), psfxtable, resizecons, setfont, setkeycodes,
        setleds, setmetamode, showconsolefont, showkey, unicode_start, and
        unicode_stop</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="chvt">
        <term><command>chvt</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Changes the foreground virtual terminal</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd chvt">
            <primary sortas="b-chvt">chvt</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="deallocvt">
        <term><command>deallocvt</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Deallocates unused virtual terminals</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd deallocvt">
            <primary sortas="b-deallocvt">deallocvt</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="dumpkeys">
        <term><command>dumpkeys</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Dumps the keyboard translation tables</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd dumpkeys">
            <primary sortas="b-dumpkeys">dumpkeys</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="fgconsole">
        <term><command>fgconsole</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Prints the number of the active virtual terminal</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd fgconsole">
            <primary sortas="b-fgconsole">fgconsole</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="getkeycodes">
        <term><command>getkeycodes</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd getkeycodes">
            <primary sortas="b-getkeycodes">getkeycodes</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="kbd_mode">
        <term><command>kbd_mode</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Reports or sets the keyboard mode</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbd_mode">
            <primary sortas="b-kbd_mode">kbd_mode</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="kbdrate">
        <term><command>kbdrate</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbdrate">
            <primary sortas="b-kbdrate">kbdrate</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="loadkeys">
        <term><command>loadkeys</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Loads the keyboard translation tables</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadkeys">
            <primary sortas="b-loadkeys">loadkeys</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="loadunimap">
        <term><command>loadunimap</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadunimap">
            <primary sortas="b-loadunimap">loadunimap</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="mapscrn">
        <term><command>mapscrn</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>An obsolete program that used to load a user-defined output
          character mapping table into the console driver; this is now done
          by <command>setfont</command></para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd mapscrn">
            <primary sortas="b-mapscrn">mapscrn</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="openvt">
        <term><command>openvt</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT)</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd openvt">
            <primary sortas="b-openvt">openvt</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="psfaddtable">
        <term><command>psfaddtable</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>A link to <command>psfxtable</command></para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfaddtable">
            <primary sortas="b-psfaddtable">psfaddtable</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="psfgettable">
        <term><command>psfgettable</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>A link to <command>psfxtable</command></para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfgettable">
            <primary sortas="b-psfgettable">psfgettable</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="psfstriptable">
        <term><command>psfstriptable</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>A link to <command>psfxtable</command></para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfstriptable">
            <primary sortas="b-psfstriptable">psfstriptable</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="psfxtable">
        <term><command>psfxtable</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Handle Unicode character tables for console fonts</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfxtable">
            <primary sortas="b-psfxtable">psfxtable</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="resizecons">
        <term><command>resizecons</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Changes the kernel idea of the console size</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd resizecons">
            <primary sortas="b-resizecons">resizecons</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="setfont">
        <term><command>setfont</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Changes the Enhanced Graphic Adapter (EGA) and Video Graphics
          Array (VGA) fonts on the console</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setfont">
            <primary sortas="b-setfont">setfont</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="setkeycodes">
        <term><command>setkeycodes</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries; this is
          useful if there are unusual keys on the keyboard</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setkeycodes">
            <primary sortas="b-setkeycodes">setkeycodes</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="setleds">
        <term><command>setleds</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Sets the keyboard flags and Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setleds">
            <primary sortas="b-setleds">setleds</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="setmetamode">
        <term><command>setmetamode</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Defines the keyboard meta-key handling</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setmetamode">
            <primary sortas="b-setmetamode">setmetamode</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="showconsolefont">
        <term><command>showconsolefont</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Shows the current EGA/VGA console screen font</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showconsolefont">
            <primary sortas="b-showconsolefont">showconsolefont</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="showkey">
        <term><command>showkey</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Reports the scancodes, keycodes, and ASCII codes of the keys
          pressed on the keyboard</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showkey">
            <primary sortas="b-showkey">showkey</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="unicode_start">
        <term><command>unicode_start</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Puts the keyboard and console in UNICODE mode. Never use it on
          CLFS, because applications are not configured to support UNICODE.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_start">
            <primary sortas="b-unicode_start">unicode_start</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="unicode_stop">
        <term><command>unicode_stop</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Reverts keyboard and console from UNICODE mode</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_stop">
            <primary sortas="b-unicode_stop">unicode_stop</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>