Package kbd
Tools for configuring the console (keyboard, virtual terminals, etc.)
The kbd package contains tools for managing a Linux
system's console's behavior, including the keyboard, the screen
fonts, the virtual terminals and font files.
Version: 2.9.0
General Commands | |
| chvt | change foreground virtual terminal |
| deallocvt | deallocate unused virtual consoles |
| dumpkeys | dump keyboard translation tables |
| fgconsole | print the number of the active VT. |
| kbd_mode | report or set the keyboard mode |
| kbdinfo | read information about keyboard state |
| loadkeys | load keyboard translation tables |
| openvt | start a program on a new virtual terminal (VT). |
| psfaddtable | add a Unicode character table to a console font |
| psfgettable | extract the embedded Unicode character table from a console font |
| psfstriptable | remove the embedded Unicode character table from a console font |
| psfxtable | handle Unicode character tables for console fonts |
| setleds | set the keyboard leds |
| setmetamode | define the keyboard meta key handling |
| showkey | examine the codes sent by the keyboard |
| unicode_start | put keyboard and console in unicode mode |
| unicode_stop | revert keyboard and console from unicode mode |
| vlock | Virtual Console lock program |
File Formats | |
| keymaps | keyboard table descriptions for loadkeys and dumpkeys |
System Administration | |
| getkeycodes | print kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table |
| kbdrate | reset the keyboard repeat rate and delay time |
| loadunimap | load the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table |
| mapscrn | load screen output mapping table |
| resizecons | change kernel idea of the console size |
| setfont | load EGA/VGA console screen font |
| setkeycodes | load kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries |
| setvtrgb | set the virtual terminal RGB colors |
| showconsolefont | Show the current EGA/VGA console screen font |