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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/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" xreflabel="Kbd" role="wrap">
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<title>Kbd-&kbd-version;</title>
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<?dbhtml filename="kbd.html"?>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd"><primary sortas="a-Kbd">Kbd</primary></indexterm>
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<sect2 role="package"><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><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>12 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>Kbd installation depends on</segtitle>
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<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils,
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Diffutils, Flex, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Gzip, M4, Make, Sed</seg></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>Prepare Kbd for compilation:</para>
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<screen><userinput>./configure</userinput></screen>
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<para>Compile the package:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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<para>Now install it:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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</sect2>
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<!-- The "Configuring your keyboard" section has been moved to
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Chapter 7 and renamed to "Configuring Linux console" -->
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<sect2 id="contents-kbd" role="content"><title>Contents of Kbd</title>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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<seglistitem><seg>chvt, deallocvt, dumpkeys,
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fgconsole, getkeycodes, getunimap, kbd_mode, 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, setlogcons, setmetamode, setvesablank,
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showconsolefont, showkey, unicode_start and unicode_stop</seg></seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
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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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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd chvt"><primary sortas="b-chvt">chvt</primary></indexterm>
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<para>changes the foreground virtual terminal.</para>
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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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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd deallocvt"><primary sortas="b-deallocvt">deallocvt</primary></indexterm>
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<para>deallocates unused virtual terminals.</para>
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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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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd dumpkeys"><primary sortas="b-dumpkeys">dumpkeys</primary></indexterm>
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<para>dumps the keyboard translation tables.</para>
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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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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd fgconsole"><primary sortas="b-fgconsole">fgconsole</primary></indexterm>
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<para>prints the number of the active virtual terminal.</para>
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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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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd getkeycodes"><primary sortas="b-getkeycodes">getkeycodes</primary></indexterm>
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<para>prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="getunimap">
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<term><command>getunimap</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd getunimap"><primary sortas="b-getunimap">getunimap</primary></indexterm>
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<para>prints the currently used unimap.</para>
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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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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbd_mode"><primary sortas="b-kbd_mode">kbd_mode</primary></indexterm>
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<para>reports or sets the keyboard mode.</para>
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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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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbdrate"><primary sortas="b-kbdrate">kbdrate</primary></indexterm>
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<para>sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates.</para>
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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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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadkeys"><primary sortas="b-loadkeys">loadkeys</primary></indexterm>
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<para>loads the keyboard translation tables.</para>
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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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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadunimap"><primary sortas="b-loadunimap">loadunimap</primary></indexterm>
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<para>loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table.</para>
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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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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd mapscrn"><primary sortas="b-mapscrn">mapscrn</primary></indexterm>
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<para>is an obsolete program that used to load
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a user-defined output character mapping table into the console driver. This is
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now done by <command>setfont</command>.</para>
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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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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd openvt"><primary sortas="b-openvt">openvt</primary></indexterm>
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<para>starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="psf">
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<term><command>psf*</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psf"><primary sortas="b-psf*">psf*</primary></indexterm>
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<para>are a set of tools for handling Unicode character tables for console fonts.</para>
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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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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd resizecons"><primary sortas="b-resizecons">resizecons</primary></indexterm>
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<para>changes the kernel idea of the console size.</para>
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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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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setfont"><primary sortas="b-setfont">setfont</primary></indexterm>
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<para>lets you change the EGA/VGA fonts on the console.</para>
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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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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setkeycodes"><primary sortas="b-setkeycodes">setkeycodes</primary></indexterm>
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<para>loads kernel scancode-to-keycode
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mapping table entries, useful if you have some unusual keys on your keyboard.</para>
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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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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setleds"><primary sortas="b-setleds">setleds</primary></indexterm>
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<para>sets the keyboard flags and LEDs. Many
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people find it useful to have <quote>Num Lock</quote> on by default, <command>setleds +num</command> achieves this.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="setlogcons">
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<term><command>setlogcons</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setlogcons"><primary sortas="b-setlogcons">setlogcons</primary></indexterm>
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<para>sends kernel messages to the console.</para>
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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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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setmetamode"><primary sortas="b-setmetamode">setmetamode</primary></indexterm>
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<para>defines the keyboard meta-key handling.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="setvesablank">
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<term><command>setvesablank</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setvesablank"><primary sortas="b-setvesablank">setvesablank</primary></indexterm>
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<para>lets you fiddle with the built-in
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hardware screensaver (no toasters, just a blank screen).</para>
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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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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showconsolefont"><primary sortas="b-showconsolefont">showconsolefont</primary></indexterm>
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<para>shows the current EGA/VGA console screen font.</para>
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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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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showkey"><primary sortas="b-showkey">showkey</primary></indexterm>
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<para>reports the scancodes and keycodes and
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ASCII codes of the keys pressed on the keyboard.</para>
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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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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_start"><primary sortas="b-unicode_start">unicode_start</primary></indexterm>
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<para>puts the keyboard and console in UNICODE mode. Never use it on LFS,
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because applications are not configured to support UNICODE.</para>
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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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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_stop"><primary sortas="b-unicode_stop">unicode_stop</primary></indexterm>
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<para>reverts keyboard and console from UNICODE mode.</para>
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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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