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| 2 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 3 |
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[53ad30a] | 4 | <para>The Kbd package contains the chvt, deallocvt, dumpkeys, fgconsole,
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| 5 | getkeycodes, kbd_mode, kbdrate, loadkeys, loadunimap, mapscrn,
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| 6 | psfxtable, resizecons, screendump, setfont,
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[5df2845] | 7 | setkeycodes, setleds, setmetamode, setvesablank, showfont,
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[53ad30a] | 8 | showkey, unicode_start, and unicode_stop programs.
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| 9 | There are some other programs that
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[5df2845] | 10 | don't get installed by default, as they are very optional. Take a look at the
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[b822811] | 11 | Kbd package contents if you have trouble with your console.</para>
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[5df2845] | 12 |
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| 13 | </sect2>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect2>
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| 16 | <title>Description</title>
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| 17 |
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[53ad30a] | 18 | <sect3><title>chvt</title>
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| 19 | <para>chvt changes foreground virtual terminal.</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 20 |
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[53ad30a] | 21 | <sect3><title>deallocvt</title>
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| 22 | <para>deallocvt deallocates unused virtual terminals.</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 23 |
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[53ad30a] | 24 | <sect3><title>dumpkeys</title>
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| 25 | <para>dumpkeys dumps keyboard translation tables.</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 26 |
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[53ad30a] | 27 | <sect3><title>fgconsole</title>
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| 28 | <para>fgconsole prints the number of the active virtual terminal.</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 29 |
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[53ad30a] | 30 | <sect3><title>getkeycodes</title>
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| 31 | <para>getkeycodes prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode
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| 32 | mapping table.</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 33 |
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[53ad30a] | 34 | <sect3><title>kbd_mode</title>
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| 35 | <para>kbd_mode reports or sets the keyboard mode.</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 36 |
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[53ad30a] | 37 | <sect3><title>kbdrate</title>
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| 38 | <para>kbdrate sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates.</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 39 |
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[53ad30a] | 40 | <sect3><title>loadkeys</title>
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| 41 | <para>loadkeys loads keyboard translation tables.</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 42 |
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[53ad30a] | 43 | <sect3><title>loadunimap</title>
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| 44 | <para>loadunimap loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table.</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 45 |
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[53ad30a] | 46 | <sect3><title>mapscrn</title>
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[b822811] | 47 | <para>mapscrn loads a user defined output character
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[5df2845] | 48 | mapping table into the console driver. Note that it is obsolete and that its
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[53ad30a] | 49 | features are built into setfont.</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 50 |
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[53ad30a] | 51 | <sect3><title>psfxtable</title>
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[b822811] | 52 | <para>psfxtable is a tool for handling Unicode character tables for
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[53ad30a] | 53 | console fonts.</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 54 |
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[53ad30a] | 55 | <sect3><title>resizecons</title>
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| 56 | <para>resizecons changes the kernel idea of the console size.</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 57 |
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[53ad30a] | 58 | <sect3><title>screendump</title>
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| 59 | <para>A screen shot utility for the console.</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 60 |
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[53ad30a] | 61 | <sect3><title>setfont</title>
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| 62 | <para>This lets you change the EGA/VGA fonts in console.</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 63 |
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[53ad30a] | 64 | <sect3><title>setkeycodes</title>
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| 65 | <para>setkeycodes loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping
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| 66 | table entries.</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 67 |
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[53ad30a] | 68 | <sect3><title>setleds</title>
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[b822811] | 69 | <para>setleds sets the keyboard LEDs. Many people find it useful to have numlock
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| 70 | enabled by default, and it is by using this program that you can
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[53ad30a] | 71 | achieve this.</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 72 |
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[53ad30a] | 73 | <sect3><title>setmetamode</title>
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| 74 | <para>setmetamode defines the keyboard meta key handling.</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 75 |
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[53ad30a] | 76 | <sect3><title>setvesablank</title>
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[b822811] | 77 | <para>This lets you fiddle with the built-in hardware screensaver
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[53ad30a] | 78 | (not toasters, only a blank screen).</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 79 |
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[53ad30a] | 80 | <sect3><title>showfont</title>
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[b822811] | 81 | <para>showfont displays data about a font. The information shown includes font
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[53ad30a] | 82 | information, font properties, character metrics, and
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| 83 | character bitmaps.</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 84 |
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[53ad30a] | 85 | <sect3><title>showkey</title>
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| 86 | <para>showkey examines the scancodes and keycodes sent by
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| 87 | the keyboard.</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 88 |
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[53ad30a] | 89 | <sect3><title>unicode_start</title>
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| 90 | <para>unicode_start puts the console in Unicode mode.</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 91 |
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[53ad30a] | 92 | <sect3><title>unicode_stop</title>
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| 93 | <para>unicode_stop reverts keyboard and console from
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| 94 | unicode mode.</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 95 |
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| 96 | </sect2>
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| 97 |
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