From 81fd230419b0cfd052b08fc1ed352bb7d49975df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerard Beekmans Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 22:16:42 +0000 Subject: Trunk is now identical to Testing git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@4648 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter06/kbd.xml | 248 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 245 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'chapter06/kbd.xml') diff --git a/chapter06/kbd.xml b/chapter06/kbd.xml index 99acf19cd..055a81d9f 100644 --- a/chapter06/kbd.xml +++ b/chapter06/kbd.xml @@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ %general-entities; ]> - + Kbd-&kbd-version; Kbd +<para>The Kbd package contains key-table files and keyboard utilities.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>12 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> +<segmentedlist> +<segtitle>Kbd installation depends on</segtitle> +<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils, +Diffutils, Flex, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Gzip, M4, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem> +</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -30,7 +36,7 @@ <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> -<para>Now install it:</para> +<para>Install the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> @@ -38,8 +44,244 @@ <sect2 id="contents-kbd" role="content"><title>Contents of Kbd -See testing + +Installed programs +chvt, deallocvt, dumpkeys, +fgconsole, getkeycodes, getunimap, kbd_mode, kbdrate, loadkeys, loadunimap, +mapscrn, openvt, psfaddtable (link to psfxtable), psfgettable (link to +psfxtable), psfstriptable (link to psfxtable), psfxtable, resizecons, +setfont, setkeycodes, setleds, setlogcons, setmetamode, setvesablank, +showconsolefont, showkey, unicode_start, and unicode_stop + + +Short Descriptions + + + +chvt + +Changes the foreground virtual terminal +chvt + + + + +deallocvt + +Deallocates unused virtual terminals +deallocvt + + + + +dumpkeys + +Dumps the keyboard translation tables +dumpkeys + + + + +fgconsole + +Prints the number of the active virtual terminal +fgconsole + + + + +getkeycodes + +Prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table +getkeycodes + + + + +getunimap + +Prints the currently used unimap +getunimap + + + + +kbd_mode + +Reports or sets the keyboard mode +kbd_mode + + + + +kbdrate + +Sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates +kbdrate + + + + +loadkeys + +Loads the keyboard translation tables +loadkeys + + + + +loadunimap + +Loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table +loadunimap + + + + +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 +mapscrn + + + + +openvt + +Starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT) +openvt + + + + +psfaddtable + +A link to psfxtable +psfaddtable + + + + +psfgettable + +A link to psfxtable +psfgettable + + + + +psfstriptable + +A link to psfxtable +psfstriptable + + + + +psfxtable + +Handle Unicode character tables for console fonts +psfxtable + + + + +resizecons + +Changes the kernel idea of the console size +resizecons + + + + +setfont + +Changes the Enhanced Graphic Adapter (EGA) and Video Graphics +Array (VGA) fonts on the console +setfont + + + + +setkeycodes + +Loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries; this is +useful if there are unusual keys on the keyboard +setkeycodes + + + + +setleds + +Sets the keyboard flags and Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) +setleds + + + + +setlogcons + +Sends kernel messages to the console +setlogcons + + + + +setmetamode + +Defines the keyboard meta-key handling +setmetamode + + + + +setvesablank + +Lets the user adjust the built-in hardware screensaver (a blank +screen) +setvesablank + + + + +showconsolefont + +Shows the current EGA/VGA console screen font +showconsolefont + + + + +showkey + +Reports the scancodes, keycodes, and ASCII codes of the keys +pressed on the keyboard +showkey + + + + +unicode_start + +Puts the keyboard and console in UNICODE mode. Never use it on LFS, +because applications are not configured to support UNICODE. +unicode_start + + + + +unicode_stop + +Reverts keyboard and console from UNICODE mode +unicode_stop + + + + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf