1 | <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
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3 | <para><command>chvt</command> changes the foreground virtual terminal.</para>
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5 | <para><command>deallocvt</command> deallocates unused virtual terminals.</para>
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6 |
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7 | <para><command>dumpkeys</command> dumps the keyboard translation tables.</para>
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9 | <para><command>fgconsole</command> prints the number of the active virtual terminal.</para>
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11 | <para><command>getkeycodes</command> prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode
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12 | mapping table.</para>
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14 | <para><command>getunimap</command> prints the currently used unimap.</para>
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15 |
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16 | <para><command>kbd_mode</command> reports or sets the keyboard mode.</para>
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17 |
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18 | <para><command>kbdrate</command> sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates.</para>
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20 | <para><command>loadkeys</command> loads the keyboard translation tables.</para>
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21 |
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22 | <para><command>loadunimap</command> loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table.</para>
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23 |
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24 | <para><command>mapscrn</command> is an obsolete program that used to load
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25 | a user-defined output character mapping table into the console driver. This is
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26 | now done by setfont.</para>
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27 |
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28 | <para><command>openvt</command> starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).</para>
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29 |
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30 | <para><command>psf*</command> are a set of tools for handling Unicode
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31 | character tables for console fonts.</para>
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32 |
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33 | <para><command>resizecons</command> changes the kernel idea of the console size.</para>
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34 |
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35 | <para><command>setfont</command> lets you change the EGA/VGA fonts on the console.</para>
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36 |
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37 | <para><command>setkeycodes</command> loads kernel scancode-to-keycode
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38 | mapping table entries, useful if you have some unusual keys on your keyboard.</para>
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39 |
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40 | <para><command>setleds</command> sets the keyboard flags and LEDs. Many
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41 | people find it useful to have NumLock on by default, setleds +num achieves this.</para>
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42 |
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43 | <para><command>setlogcons</command> sends kernel messages to the console.</para>
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44 |
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45 | <para><command>setmetamode</command> defines the keyboard meta key handling.</para>
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46 |
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47 | <para><command>setvesablank</command> lets you fiddle with the built-in
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48 | hardware screensaver (no toasters, just a blank screen).</para>
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49 |
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50 | <para><command>showconsolefont</command> shows the current EGA/VGA console
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51 | screen font.</para>
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52 |
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53 | <para><command>showkey</command> reports the scancodes and keycodes and
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54 | ASCII codes of the keys pressed on the keyboard.</para>
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55 |
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56 | <para><command>unicode_start</command> puts the keyboard and console in
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57 | unicode mode.</para>
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58 |
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59 | <para><command>unicode_stop</command> reverts keyboard and console from
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60 | unicode mode.</para>
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62 | </sect2>
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63 |
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