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378 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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]>
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<sect1 id="ch-system-kbd" role="wrap">
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<?dbhtml filename="kbd.html"?>
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<sect1info condition="script">
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<productname>kbd</productname>
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<productnumber>&kbd-version;</productnumber>
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<address>&kbd-url;</address>
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</sect1info>
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<title>Kbd-&kbd-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd">
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<primary sortas="a-Kbd">Kbd</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<sect2 role="package">
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<title/>
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<para>The Kbd package contains key-table files and keyboard utilities.</para>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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<seglistitem>
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<seg>&kbd-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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<seg>&kbd-ch6-du;</seg>
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</seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Kbd</title>
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<para>The behaviour of the Backspace and Delete keys is not consistent
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across the keymaps in the Kbd package. The following patch fixes this
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issue for i386 keymaps:</para>
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<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&kbd-backspace-patch;</userinput></screen>
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<para>After patching, the Backspace key generates the character with code 127,
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and the Delete key generates a well-known escape sequence.</para>
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<para>Patch Kbd to fix a bug in <command>setfont</command> that is triggered
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when compiling with GCC-&gcc-version;:</para>
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<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&kbd-gcc4_fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
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<para>Prepare Kbd for compilation:</para>
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<screen><userinput>./configure --datadir=/lib/kbd</userinput></screen>
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<variablelist>
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<title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>--datadir=/lib/kbd</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This option puts keyboard layout data in a directory that will
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always be on the root partition instead of the default <filename
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class="directory">/usr/share/kbd</filename>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>Compile the package:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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<para>Install the package:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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<note>
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<para>For some languages (e.g., Belarusian) the Kbd package doesn't
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provide a useful keymap where the stock <quote>by</quote> keymap assumes
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the ISO-8859-5 encoding, and the CP1251 keymap is normally used. Users of
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such languages have to download working keymaps separately.</para>
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</note>
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<para>Some of the scripts in the LFS-Bootscripts package depend on
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<command>kbd_mode</command>, <command>openvt</command>, and
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<command>setfont</command>. As <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>
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may not be available during the early stages of booting, those binaries
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need to be on the root partition:</para>
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<screen><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/{kbd_mode,openvt,setfont} /bin</userinput></screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="contents-kbd" role="content">
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<title>Contents of Kbd</title>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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<seglistitem>
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<seg>chvt, deallocvt, dumpkeys, fgconsole, getkeycodes, kbd_mode,
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kbdrate, loadkeys, loadunimap,
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mapscrn, openvt, psfaddtable (link to psfxtable), psfgettable (link to
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psfxtable), psfstriptable (link to psfxtable), psfxtable, resizecons,
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setfont, setkeycodes, setleds, setmetamode,
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showconsolefont, showkey, unicode_start, and unicode_stop</seg>
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</seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<variablelist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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<varlistentry id="chvt">
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<term><command>chvt</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Changes the foreground virtual terminal</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd chvt">
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<primary sortas="b-chvt">chvt</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="deallocvt">
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<term><command>deallocvt</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Deallocates unused virtual terminals</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd deallocvt">
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<primary sortas="b-deallocvt">deallocvt</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="dumpkeys">
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<term><command>dumpkeys</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Dumps the keyboard translation tables</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd dumpkeys">
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<primary sortas="b-dumpkeys">dumpkeys</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="fgconsole">
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<term><command>fgconsole</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Prints the number of the active virtual terminal</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd fgconsole">
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<primary sortas="b-fgconsole">fgconsole</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="getkeycodes">
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<term><command>getkeycodes</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd getkeycodes">
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<primary sortas="b-getkeycodes">getkeycodes</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="kbd_mode">
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<term><command>kbd_mode</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Reports or sets the keyboard mode</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbd_mode">
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<primary sortas="b-kbd_mode">kbd_mode</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="kbdrate">
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<term><command>kbdrate</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbdrate">
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<primary sortas="b-kbdrate">kbdrate</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="loadkeys">
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<term><command>loadkeys</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Loads the keyboard translation tables</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadkeys">
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<primary sortas="b-loadkeys">loadkeys</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="loadunimap">
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<term><command>loadunimap</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadunimap">
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<primary sortas="b-loadunimap">loadunimap</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="mapscrn">
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<term><command>mapscrn</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>An obsolete program that used to load a user-defined output
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character mapping table into the console driver; this is now done
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by <command>setfont</command></para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd mapscrn">
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<primary sortas="b-mapscrn">mapscrn</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="openvt">
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<term><command>openvt</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT)</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd openvt">
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<primary sortas="b-openvt">openvt</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="psfaddtable">
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<term><command>psfaddtable</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>A link to <command>psfxtable</command></para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfaddtable">
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<primary sortas="b-psfaddtable">psfaddtable</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="psfgettable">
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<term><command>psfgettable</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>A link to <command>psfxtable</command></para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfgettable">
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<primary sortas="b-psfgettable">psfgettable</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="psfstriptable">
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<term><command>psfstriptable</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>A link to <command>psfxtable</command></para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfstriptable">
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<primary sortas="b-psfstriptable">psfstriptable</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="psfxtable">
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<term><command>psfxtable</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Handle Unicode character tables for console fonts</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfxtable">
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<primary sortas="b-psfxtable">psfxtable</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="resizecons">
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<term><command>resizecons</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Changes the kernel idea of the console size</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd resizecons">
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<primary sortas="b-resizecons">resizecons</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="setfont">
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<term><command>setfont</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Changes the Enhanced Graphic Adapter (EGA) and Video Graphics
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Array (VGA) fonts on the console</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setfont">
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<primary sortas="b-setfont">setfont</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="setkeycodes">
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<term><command>setkeycodes</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries; this is
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useful if there are unusual keys on the keyboard</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setkeycodes">
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<primary sortas="b-setkeycodes">setkeycodes</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="setleds">
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<term><command>setleds</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Sets the keyboard flags and Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setleds">
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<primary sortas="b-setleds">setleds</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="setmetamode">
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<term><command>setmetamode</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Defines the keyboard meta-key handling</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setmetamode">
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<primary sortas="b-setmetamode">setmetamode</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="showconsolefont">
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<term><command>showconsolefont</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Shows the current EGA/VGA console screen font</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showconsolefont">
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<primary sortas="b-showconsolefont">showconsolefont</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="showkey">
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<term><command>showkey</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Reports the scancodes, keycodes, and ASCII codes of the keys
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pressed on the keyboard</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showkey">
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<primary sortas="b-showkey">showkey</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="unicode_start">
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<term><command>unicode_start</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Puts the keyboard and console in UNICODE mode. Don't use this
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program unless your keymap file is in the ISO-8859-1 encoding. For
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other encodings, this utility produces incorrect results.</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_start">
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<primary sortas="b-unicode_start">unicode_start</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="unicode_stop">
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<term><command>unicode_stop</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Reverts keyboard and console from UNICODE mode</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_stop">
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<primary sortas="b-unicode_stop">unicode_stop</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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