kbd_mode
(1)
Name
kbd_mode - change the keyboard translation mode
Synopsis
/usr/bin/kbd_mode -a | -n | -e | -u
Description
User Commands kbd_mode(1)
NAME
kbd_mode - change the keyboard translation mode
SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/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) desires 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
SEE ALSO
kbd(1), kb(7M)
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |system/keyboard/kbd_mode |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Committed |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SunOS 5.11 Last change: 5 Aug 2011 1