[5df2845] | 1 | <sect2>
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| 2 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 3 |
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[b822811] | 4 | <para>The Kbd package contains the chvt,
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[5df2845] | 5 | deallocvt, dumpkeys, fgconsole, getkeycodes,
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| 6 | kbd_mode, kbdrate, loadkeys, loadunimap, mapscrn,
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| 7 | psfxtable,
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| 8 | resizecons, screendump, setfont,
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| 9 | setkeycodes, setleds, setmetamode, setvesablank, showfont,
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| 10 | showkey,
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| 11 | unicode_start, and unicode_stop programs. There are some other programs that
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| 12 | don't get installed by default, as they are very optional. Take a look at the
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[b822811] | 13 | Kbd package contents if you have trouble with your console.</para>
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[5df2845] | 14 |
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| 15 | </sect2>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <sect2>
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| 18 | <title>Description</title>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <sect3>
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| 21 | <title>chvt</title>
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| 22 |
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[b822811] | 23 | <para>chvt changes foreground virtual terminal.</para>
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[5df2845] | 24 |
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| 25 | </sect3>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <sect3>
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| 28 | <title>deallocvt</title>
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| 29 |
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[b822811] | 30 | <para>deallocvt deallocates unused virtual terminals.</para>
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[5df2845] | 31 |
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| 32 | </sect3>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <sect3>
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| 35 | <title>dumpkeys</title>
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| 36 |
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[b822811] | 37 | <para>dumpkeys dumps keyboard translation tables.</para>
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[5df2845] | 38 |
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| 39 | </sect3>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <sect3>
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| 42 | <title>fgconsole</title>
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| 43 |
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[b822811] | 44 | <para>fgconsole prints the number of the active virtual terminal.</para>
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[5df2845] | 45 |
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| 46 | </sect3>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <sect3>
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| 49 | <title>getkeycodes</title>
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| 50 |
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[b822811] | 51 | <para>getkeycodes prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table.</para>
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[5df2845] | 52 |
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| 53 | </sect3>
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| 54 |
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| 55 | <sect3>
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| 56 | <title>kbd_mode</title>
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| 57 |
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[b822811] | 58 | <para>kbd_mode reports or sets the keyboard mode.</para>
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[5df2845] | 59 |
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| 60 | </sect3>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <sect3>
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| 63 | <title>kbdrate</title>
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| 64 |
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[b822811] | 65 | <para>kbdrate sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates.</para>
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[5df2845] | 66 |
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| 67 | </sect3>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <sect3>
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| 70 | <title>loadkeys</title>
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| 71 |
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[b822811] | 72 | <para>loadkeys loads keyboard translation tables.</para>
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[5df2845] | 73 |
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| 74 | </sect3>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <sect3>
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| 77 | <title>loadunimap</title>
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| 78 |
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[b822811] | 79 | <para>loadunimap loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table.</para>
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[5df2845] | 80 |
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| 81 | </sect3>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <sect3>
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| 84 | <title>mapscrn</title>
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| 85 |
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[b822811] | 86 | <para>mapscrn loads a user defined output character
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[5df2845] | 87 | mapping table into the console driver. Note that it is obsolete and that its
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[b822811] | 88 | features are built into setfont.</para>
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[5df2845] | 89 |
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| 90 | </sect3>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <sect3>
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| 93 | <title>psfxtable</title>
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| 94 |
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[b822811] | 95 | <para>psfxtable is a tool for handling Unicode character tables for
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| 96 | console fonts.</para>
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[5df2845] | 97 |
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| 98 | </sect3>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <sect3>
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| 101 | <title>resizecons</title>
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| 102 |
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[b822811] | 103 | <para>resizecons changes the kernel idea of the console size.</para>
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[5df2845] | 104 |
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| 105 | </sect3>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | <sect3>
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| 108 | <title>screendump</title>
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| 109 |
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[b822811] | 110 | <para>A screen shot utility for the console.</para>
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[5df2845] | 111 |
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| 112 | </sect3>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <sect3>
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| 115 | <title>setfont</title>
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| 116 |
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[b822811] | 117 | <para>This lets you change the EGA/VGA fonts in console.</para>
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[5df2845] | 118 |
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| 119 | </sect3>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <sect3>
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| 122 | <title>setkeycodes</title>
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| 123 |
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[b822811] | 124 | <para>setkeycodes loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries.</para>
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[5df2845] | 125 |
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| 126 | </sect3>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <sect3>
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| 129 | <title>setleds</title>
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| 130 |
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[b822811] | 131 | <para>setleds sets the keyboard LEDs. Many people find it useful to have numlock
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| 132 | enabled by default, and it is by using this program that you can
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| 133 | achieve this.</para>
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[5df2845] | 134 |
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| 135 | </sect3>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <sect3>
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| 138 | <title>setmetamode</title>
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| 139 |
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[b822811] | 140 | <para>setmetamode defines the keyboard meta key handling.</para>
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[5df2845] | 141 |
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| 142 | </sect3>
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| 143 |
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| 144 | <sect3>
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| 145 | <title>setvesablank</title>
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| 146 |
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[b822811] | 147 | <para>This lets you fiddle with the built-in hardware screensaver
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| 148 | (not toasters, only a blank screen).</para>
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[5df2845] | 149 |
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| 150 | </sect3>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <sect3>
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| 153 | <title>showfont</title>
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| 154 |
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[b822811] | 155 | <para>showfont displays data about a font. The information shown includes font
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| 156 | information, font properties, character metrics, and character bitmaps.</para>
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[5df2845] | 157 |
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| 158 | </sect3>
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| 159 |
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| 160 | <sect3>
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| 161 | <title>showkey</title>
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| 162 |
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[b822811] | 163 | <para>showkey examines the scancodes and keycodes sent by the keyboard.</para>
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[5df2845] | 164 |
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| 165 | </sect3>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <sect3>
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| 168 | <title>unicode_start</title>
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| 169 |
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[b822811] | 170 | <para>unicode_start puts the console in Unicode mode.</para>
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[5df2845] | 171 |
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| 172 | </sect3>
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| 173 |
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| 174 | <sect3>
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| 175 | <title>unicode_stop</title>
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| 176 |
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[b822811] | 177 | <para>unicode_stop reverts keyboard and console from unicode mode.</para>
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[5df2845] | 178 |
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| 179 | </sect3>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | </sect2>
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| 182 |
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