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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5  %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-kbd" role="wrap">
9  <?dbhtml filename="kbd.html"?>
10
11  <title>Kbd-&kbd-version;</title>
12
13  <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd">
14    <primary sortas="a-Kbd">Kbd</primary>
15  </indexterm>
16
17  <sect2 role="package">
18    <title/>
19
20    <para>The Kbd package contains key-table files and keyboard
21    utilities.</para>
22
23    <segmentedlist>
24      <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
25
26      <seglistitem>
27        <seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils, Diffutils, Flex, GCC, Gettext,
28        Glibc, Grep, Gzip, M4, Make, Patch, and Sed</seg>
29      </seglistitem>
30    </segmentedlist>
31
32  </sect2>
33
34  <sect2 role="installation">
35    <title>Installation of Kbd</title>
36
37    <para os="p1">The following patch fixes build issues with GCC 4.x:</para>
38
39<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&kbd-gcc4_fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
40
41    <para os="a">Prepare Kbd for compilation:</para>
42
43<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure</userinput></screen>
44
45    <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
46
47<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
48
49    <para os="e">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
50
51    <para os="f">Install the package:</para>
52
53<screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
54
55  </sect2>
56
57  <sect2 id="contents-kbd" role="content">
58    <title>Contents of Kbd</title>
59
60    <segmentedlist>
61      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
62
63      <seglistitem>
64        <seg>chvt, deallocvt, dumpkeys, fgconsole, getkeycodes, getunimap,
65        kbd_mode, kbdrate, loadkeys, loadunimap, mapscrn, openvt, psfaddtable
66        (link to psfxtable), psfgettable (link to psfxtable), psfstriptable
67        (link to psfxtable), psfxtable, resizecons, setfont, setkeycodes,
68        setleds, setlogcons, setmetamode, setvesablank, showconsolefont,
69        showkey, unicode_start, and unicode_stop</seg>
70      </seglistitem>
71    </segmentedlist>
72
73    <variablelist>
74      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
75      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
76      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
77
78      <varlistentry id="chvt">
79        <term><command>chvt</command></term>
80        <listitem>
81          <para>Changes the foreground virtual terminal</para>
82          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd chvt">
83            <primary sortas="b-chvt">chvt</primary>
84          </indexterm>
85        </listitem>
86      </varlistentry>
87
88      <varlistentry id="deallocvt">
89        <term><command>deallocvt</command></term>
90        <listitem>
91          <para>Deallocates unused virtual terminals</para>
92          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd deallocvt">
93            <primary sortas="b-deallocvt">deallocvt</primary>
94          </indexterm>
95        </listitem>
96      </varlistentry>
97
98      <varlistentry id="dumpkeys">
99        <term><command>dumpkeys</command></term>
100        <listitem>
101          <para>Dumps the keyboard translation tables</para>
102          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd dumpkeys">
103            <primary sortas="b-dumpkeys">dumpkeys</primary>
104          </indexterm>
105        </listitem>
106      </varlistentry>
107
108      <varlistentry id="fgconsole">
109        <term><command>fgconsole</command></term>
110        <listitem>
111          <para>Prints the number of the active virtual terminal</para>
112          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd fgconsole">
113            <primary sortas="b-fgconsole">fgconsole</primary>
114          </indexterm>
115        </listitem>
116      </varlistentry>
117
118      <varlistentry id="getkeycodes">
119        <term><command>getkeycodes</command></term>
120        <listitem>
121          <para>Prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table</para>
122          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd getkeycodes">
123            <primary sortas="b-getkeycodes">getkeycodes</primary>
124          </indexterm>
125        </listitem>
126      </varlistentry>
127
128      <varlistentry id="getunimap">
129        <term><command>getunimap</command></term>
130        <listitem>
131          <para>Prints the currently used unicode-to-font mapping table</para>
132          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd getunimap">
133            <primary sortas="b-getunimap">getunimap</primary>
134          </indexterm>
135        </listitem>
136      </varlistentry>
137
138      <varlistentry id="kbd_mode">
139        <term><command>kbd_mode</command></term>
140        <listitem>
141          <para>Reports or sets the keyboard mode</para>
142          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbd_mode">
143            <primary sortas="b-kbd_mode">kbd_mode</primary>
144          </indexterm>
145        </listitem>
146      </varlistentry>
147
148      <varlistentry id="kbdrate">
149        <term><command>kbdrate</command></term>
150        <listitem>
151          <para>Sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates</para>
152          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbdrate">
153            <primary sortas="b-kbdrate">kbdrate</primary>
154          </indexterm>
155        </listitem>
156      </varlistentry>
157
158      <varlistentry id="loadkeys">
159        <term><command>loadkeys</command></term>
160        <listitem>
161          <para>Loads the keyboard translation tables</para>
162          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadkeys">
163            <primary sortas="b-loadkeys">loadkeys</primary>
164          </indexterm>
165        </listitem>
166      </varlistentry>
167
168      <varlistentry id="loadunimap">
169        <term><command>loadunimap</command></term>
170        <listitem>
171          <para>Loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table</para>
172          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadunimap">
173            <primary sortas="b-loadunimap">loadunimap</primary>
174          </indexterm>
175        </listitem>
176      </varlistentry>
177
178      <varlistentry id="mapscrn">
179        <term><command>mapscrn</command></term>
180        <listitem>
181          <para>An obsolete program that used to load a user-defined output
182          character mapping table into the console driver; this is now done
183          by <command>setfont</command></para>
184          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd mapscrn">
185            <primary sortas="b-mapscrn">mapscrn</primary>
186          </indexterm>
187        </listitem>
188      </varlistentry>
189
190      <varlistentry id="openvt">
191        <term><command>openvt</command></term>
192        <listitem>
193          <para>Starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT)</para>
194          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd openvt">
195            <primary sortas="b-openvt">openvt</primary>
196          </indexterm>
197        </listitem>
198      </varlistentry>
199
200      <varlistentry id="psfaddtable">
201        <term><command>psfaddtable</command></term>
202        <listitem>
203          <para>A link to <command>psfxtable</command></para>
204          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfaddtable">
205            <primary sortas="b-psfaddtable">psfaddtable</primary>
206          </indexterm>
207        </listitem>
208      </varlistentry>
209
210      <varlistentry id="psfgettable">
211        <term><command>psfgettable</command></term>
212        <listitem>
213          <para>A link to <command>psfxtable</command></para>
214          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfgettable">
215            <primary sortas="b-psfgettable">psfgettable</primary>
216          </indexterm>
217        </listitem>
218      </varlistentry>
219
220      <varlistentry id="psfstriptable">
221        <term><command>psfstriptable</command></term>
222        <listitem>
223          <para>A link to <command>psfxtable</command></para>
224          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfstriptable">
225            <primary sortas="b-psfstriptable">psfstriptable</primary>
226          </indexterm>
227        </listitem>
228      </varlistentry>
229
230      <varlistentry id="psfxtable">
231        <term><command>psfxtable</command></term>
232        <listitem>
233          <para>Handle Unicode character tables for console fonts</para>
234          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfxtable">
235            <primary sortas="b-psfxtable">psfxtable</primary>
236          </indexterm>
237        </listitem>
238      </varlistentry>
239
240      <varlistentry id="resizecons">
241        <term><command>resizecons</command></term>
242        <listitem>
243          <para>Changes the kernel idea of the console size</para>
244          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd resizecons">
245            <primary sortas="b-resizecons">resizecons</primary>
246          </indexterm>
247        </listitem>
248      </varlistentry>
249
250      <varlistentry id="setfont">
251        <term><command>setfont</command></term>
252        <listitem>
253          <para>Changes the Enhanced Graphic Adapter (EGA) and Video Graphics
254          Array (VGA) fonts on the console</para>
255          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setfont">
256            <primary sortas="b-setfont">setfont</primary>
257          </indexterm>
258        </listitem>
259      </varlistentry>
260
261      <varlistentry id="setkeycodes">
262        <term><command>setkeycodes</command></term>
263        <listitem>
264          <para>Loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries; this is
265          useful if there are unusual keys on the keyboard</para>
266          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setkeycodes">
267            <primary sortas="b-setkeycodes">setkeycodes</primary>
268          </indexterm>
269        </listitem>
270      </varlistentry>
271
272      <varlistentry id="setleds">
273        <term><command>setleds</command></term>
274        <listitem>
275          <para>Sets the keyboard flags and Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)</para>
276          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setleds">
277            <primary sortas="b-setleds">setleds</primary>
278          </indexterm>
279        </listitem>
280      </varlistentry>
281
282      <varlistentry id="setlogcons">
283        <term><command>setlogcons</command></term>
284        <listitem>
285          <para>Sends kernel messages to the console</para>
286          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setlogcons">
287            <primary sortas="b-setlogcons">setlogcons</primary>
288          </indexterm>
289        </listitem>
290      </varlistentry>
291
292      <varlistentry id="setmetamode">
293        <term><command>setmetamode</command></term>
294        <listitem>
295          <para>Defines the keyboard meta-key handling</para>
296          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setmetamode">
297            <primary sortas="b-setmetamode">setmetamode</primary>
298          </indexterm>
299        </listitem>
300      </varlistentry>
301
302      <varlistentry id="setvesablank">
303        <term><command>setvesablank</command></term>
304        <listitem>
305          <para>Lets the user adjust the built-in hardware screensaver (a blank
306          screen)</para>
307          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setvesablank">
308            <primary sortas="b-setvesablank">setvesablank</primary>
309          </indexterm>
310        </listitem>
311      </varlistentry>
312
313      <varlistentry id="showconsolefont">
314        <term><command>showconsolefont</command></term>
315        <listitem>
316          <para>Shows the current EGA/VGA console screen font</para>
317          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showconsolefont">
318            <primary sortas="b-showconsolefont">showconsolefont</primary>
319          </indexterm>
320        </listitem>
321      </varlistentry>
322
323      <varlistentry id="showkey">
324        <term><command>showkey</command></term>
325        <listitem>
326          <para>Reports the scancodes, keycodes, and ASCII codes of the keys
327          pressed on the keyboard</para>
328          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showkey">
329            <primary sortas="b-showkey">showkey</primary>
330          </indexterm>
331        </listitem>
332      </varlistentry>
333
334      <varlistentry id="unicode_start">
335        <term><command>unicode_start</command></term>
336        <listitem>
337          <para>Puts the keyboard and console in UNICODE mode. Never use it on
338          LFS, because applications are not configured to support UNICODE.</para>
339          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_start">
340            <primary sortas="b-unicode_start">unicode_start</primary>
341          </indexterm>
342        </listitem>
343      </varlistentry>
344
345      <varlistentry id="unicode_stop">
346        <term><command>unicode_stop</command></term>
347        <listitem>
348          <para>Reverts keyboard and console from UNICODE mode</para>
349          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_stop">
350            <primary sortas="b-unicode_stop">unicode_stop</primary>
351          </indexterm>
352        </listitem>
353      </varlistentry>
354
355    </variablelist>
356
357  </sect2>
358
359</sect1>
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