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<sect1 id="ch-system-kbd" role="wrap">
<?dbhtml filename="kbd.html"?>
<title>Kbd-&kbd-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd">
<primary sortas="a-Kbd">Kbd</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title/>
<para>The Kbd package contains key-table files and keyboard
utilities.</para>
</sect2>
&env-target;
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Kbd</title>
<para os="cc1">When Cross Compiling the configure script does not
run a select few tests, Set the values manually:</para>
<screen os="cc1"><userinput>cat > config.cache << EOF
ac_cv_func_setpgrp_void=yes
ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes
ac_cv_func_realloc_0_nonnull=yes
EOF</userinput></screen>
<para os="a">Prepare Kbd for compilation:</para>
<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --build=${CLFS_HOST} --host=${CLFS_TARGET} \
--prefix=/usr --cache-file=config.cache</userinput></screen>
<para os="d">Compile the package:</para>
<screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para os="f">Install the package:</para>
<screen os="g"><userinput>make DESTDIR=${CLFS} install</userinput></screen>
<para os="h">Some of the Programs from Kbd are used by some of the scripts
in the CLFS-Bootscripts package. As <filename
class="directory">/usr</filename> may not be available during the early
stages of booting, those binaries need to be on the root partition:</para>
<screen os="i"><userinput>mv -v ${CLFS}/usr/bin/{kbd_mode,dumpkeys,loadkeys,openvt,setfont} ${CLFS}/bin</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="contents-kbd" role="content">
<title>Contents of Kbd</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>chvt, deallocvt, dumpkeys, fgconsole, getkeycodes, kbd_mode,
kbdrate, loadkeys, loadunimap, mapscrn, openvt, psfaddtable
(link to psfxtable), psfgettable (link to psfxtable), psfstriptable
(link to psfxtable), psfxtable, resizecons, setfont, setkeycodes,
setleds, setmetamode, showconsolefont, showkey, unicode_start, and
unicode_stop</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="chvt">
<term><command>chvt</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Changes the foreground virtual terminal</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd chvt">
<primary sortas="b-chvt">chvt</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="deallocvt">
<term><command>deallocvt</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Deallocates unused virtual terminals</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd deallocvt">
<primary sortas="b-deallocvt">deallocvt</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="dumpkeys">
<term><command>dumpkeys</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Dumps the keyboard translation tables</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd dumpkeys">
<primary sortas="b-dumpkeys">dumpkeys</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="fgconsole">
<term><command>fgconsole</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Prints the number of the active virtual terminal</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd fgconsole">
<primary sortas="b-fgconsole">fgconsole</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="getkeycodes">
<term><command>getkeycodes</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd getkeycodes">
<primary sortas="b-getkeycodes">getkeycodes</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="kbd_mode">
<term><command>kbd_mode</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Reports or sets the keyboard mode</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbd_mode">
<primary sortas="b-kbd_mode">kbd_mode</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="kbdrate">
<term><command>kbdrate</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbdrate">
<primary sortas="b-kbdrate">kbdrate</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="loadkeys">
<term><command>loadkeys</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Loads the keyboard translation tables</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadkeys">
<primary sortas="b-loadkeys">loadkeys</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="loadunimap">
<term><command>loadunimap</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadunimap">
<primary sortas="b-loadunimap">loadunimap</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="mapscrn">
<term><command>mapscrn</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>An obsolete program that used to load a user-defined output
character mapping table into the console driver; this is now done
by <command>setfont</command></para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd mapscrn">
<primary sortas="b-mapscrn">mapscrn</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="openvt">
<term><command>openvt</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT)</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd openvt">
<primary sortas="b-openvt">openvt</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="psfaddtable">
<term><command>psfaddtable</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>A link to <command>psfxtable</command></para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfaddtable">
<primary sortas="b-psfaddtable">psfaddtable</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="psfgettable">
<term><command>psfgettable</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>A link to <command>psfxtable</command></para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfgettable">
<primary sortas="b-psfgettable">psfgettable</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="psfstriptable">
<term><command>psfstriptable</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>A link to <command>psfxtable</command></para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfstriptable">
<primary sortas="b-psfstriptable">psfstriptable</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="psfxtable">
<term><command>psfxtable</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Handle Unicode character tables for console fonts</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfxtable">
<primary sortas="b-psfxtable">psfxtable</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="resizecons">
<term><command>resizecons</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Changes the kernel idea of the console size</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd resizecons">
<primary sortas="b-resizecons">resizecons</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="setfont">
<term><command>setfont</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Changes the Enhanced Graphic Adapter (EGA) and Video Graphics
Array (VGA) fonts on the console</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setfont">
<primary sortas="b-setfont">setfont</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="setkeycodes">
<term><command>setkeycodes</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries; this is
useful if there are unusual keys on the keyboard</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setkeycodes">
<primary sortas="b-setkeycodes">setkeycodes</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="setleds">
<term><command>setleds</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Sets the keyboard flags and Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setleds">
<primary sortas="b-setleds">setleds</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="setmetamode">
<term><command>setmetamode</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Defines the keyboard meta-key handling</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setmetamode">
<primary sortas="b-setmetamode">setmetamode</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="showconsolefont">
<term><command>showconsolefont</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Shows the current EGA/VGA console screen font</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showconsolefont">
<primary sortas="b-showconsolefont">showconsolefont</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="showkey">
<term><command>showkey</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Reports the scancodes, keycodes, and ASCII codes of the keys
pressed on the keyboard</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showkey">
<primary sortas="b-showkey">showkey</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="unicode_start">
<term><command>unicode_start</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Puts the keyboard and console in UNICODE mode. Never use it on
CLFS, because applications are not configured to support UNICODE.</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_start">
<primary sortas="b-unicode_start">unicode_start</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="unicode_stop">
<term><command>unicode_stop</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Reverts keyboard and console from UNICODE mode</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_stop">
<primary sortas="b-unicode_stop">unicode_stop</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>