| 1 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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| 3 | <sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
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| 4 |
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| 5 | <para>(Last checked against version &kbd-contversion;.)</para>
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
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| 8 |
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| 9 | <para><command>chvt</command> changes the foreground virtual terminal.</para>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <para><command>deallocvt</command> deallocates unused virtual terminals.</para>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <para><command>dumpkeys</command> dumps the keyboard translation tables.</para>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <para><command>fgconsole</command> prints the number of the active virtual terminal.</para>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <para><command>getkeycodes</command> prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode
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| 18 | mapping table.</para>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <para><command>getunimap</command> prints the currently used unimap.</para>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <para><command>kbd_mode</command> reports or sets the keyboard mode.</para>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <para><command>kbdrate</command> sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates.</para>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <para><command>loadkeys</command> loads the keyboard translation tables.</para>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <para><command>loadunimap</command> loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table.</para>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <para><command>mapscrn</command> is an obsolete program that used to load
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| 31 | a user-defined output character mapping table into the console driver. This is
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| 32 | now done by setfont.</para>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <para><command>openvt</command> starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).</para>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <para><command>psf*</command> are a set of tools for handling Unicode
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| 37 | character tables for console fonts.</para>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <para><command>resizecons</command> changes the kernel idea of the console size.</para>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <para><command>setfont</command> lets you change the EGA/VGA fonts on the console.</para>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <para><command>setkeycodes</command> loads kernel scancode-to-keycode
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| 44 | mapping table entries, useful if you have some unusual keys on your keyboard.</para>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | <para><command>setleds</command> sets the keyboard flags and LEDs. Many
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| 47 | people find it useful to have NumLock on by default, setleds +num achieves this.</para>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <para><command>setlogcons</command> sends kernel messages to the console.</para>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <para><command>setmetamode</command> defines the keyboard meta key handling.</para>
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| 52 |
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| 53 | <para><command>setvesablank</command> lets you fiddle with the built-in
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| 54 | hardware screensaver (no toasters, just a blank screen).</para>
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| 55 |
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| 56 | <para><command>showfont</command> displays data about a font, including
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| 57 | font properties, character metrics and character bitmaps.</para>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <para><command>showkey</command> reports the scancodes and keycodes and
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| 60 | ASCII codes of the keys pressed on the keyboard.</para>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <para><command>unicode_start</command> puts the keyboard and console in
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| 63 | unicode mode.</para>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <para><command>unicode_stop</command> reverts keyboard and console from
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| 66 | unicode mode.</para>
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| 67 |
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| 68 | </sect3>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | </sect2>
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| 71 |
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