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6.64.2. Contents of Kbd
Installed programs: chvt, deallocvt, dumpkeys, fgconsole, getkeycodes, kbdinfo, kbd_mode, kbdrate, loadkeys, loadunimap, mapscrn, openvt, psfaddtable (link to psfxtable), psfgettable (link to psfxtable), psfstriptable (link to psfxtable), psfxtable, setfont, setkeycodes, setleds, setmetamode, setvtrgb, showconsolefont, showkey, unicode_start, and unicode_stop
Installed directories: /usr/share/consolefonts, /usr/share/consoletrans, /usr/share/keymaps, /usr/share/doc/ kbd-2.2.0, and /usr/share/unimaps
Short Descriptions
chvt Changes the foreground virtual terminal
deallocvt Deallocates unused virtual terminals
dumpkeys Dumps the keyboard translation tables
fgconsole Prints the number of the active virtual terminal getkeycodes Prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table kbdinfo Obtains information about the status of a console
kbd_mode Reports or sets the keyboard mode
kbdrate Sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates
loadkeys Loads the keyboard translation tables
loadunimap Loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table
mapscrn An obsolete program that used to load a user-defined output character mapping table into the console driver; this is now done by setfont
openvt Starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT)
psfaddtable Adds a Unicode character table to a console font
psfgettable Extracts the embedded Unicode character table from a console font psfstriptable Removes the embedded Unicode character table from a console font psfxtable Handles Unicode character tables for console fonts
setfont Changes the Enhanced Graphic Adapter (EGA) and Video Graphics Array (VGA) fonts on the console
setkeycodes Loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries; this is useful if there are unusual keys on the keyboard
setleds Sets the keyboard flags and Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
setmetamode Defines the keyboard meta-key handling setvtrgb Sets the console color map in all virtual terminals showconsolefont Shows the current EGA/VGA console screen font
showkey Reports the scancodes, keycodes, and ASCII codes of the keys pressed on the keyboard
unicode_start Puts the keyboard and console in UNICODE mode [Don't use this program unless your keymap file is in the ISO-8859-1 encoding. For other encodings, this utility produces incorrect results.]
unicode_stop Reverts keyboard and console from UNICODE mode