Manual Pages for UNIX Operating System command usage for man kbd_mode

User Commands                                         kbd_mode(1)



NAME
     /usr/bin/kbd_mode - change the keyboard translation mode

SYNOPSIS
     kbd_mode -a | -n | -e | -u

DESCRIPTION
     kbd_mode sets the translation mode of the console's keyboard
     (/dev/kbd)  to  one of the four values defined for KIOCTRANS
     in kb(7M).  This is useful when a program  that  resets  the
     translation  mode terminates abnormally and fails to restore
     the original translation mode.

     Note  that  the  text  console  desires   ASCII   characters
     (kbd_mode -a), while Xorg(1) and Xsun(1) desire untranslated
     events (kbd_mode -u).

OPTIONS
     -a   ASCII: the keyboard will generate simple ASCII  charac-
          ters.

     -n   None: the keyboard will generate unencoded  bytes  -  a
          distinct  value  for  up and down on each switch on the
          keyboard.

     -e   Events: the keyboard  will  generate  firm_events  with
          ASCII characters in the value field.

     -u   Unencoded: the keyboard will generate input events with
          unencoded  bytes  in  the  value  field  such  as those
          desired by the X server.

FILES
     /dev/kbd

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     __________________________________________________
    |        ATTRIBUTE TYPE  ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |  |
    |______________________________________________|___|_
    | Availability    pkg:/system/keyboard/kbd_mode|  |
    | Interface Stability     Committed            |  |
    |______________________________________________|__|

SEE ALSO
     kb(7M)







SunOS 5.10          Last change: 2 July 2010                    1