BOOK/chapter06/kbd.xml

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   7
   8 <sect1 id="ch-system-kbd" role="wrap">
   9   <?dbhtml filename="kbd.html"?>
  10
  11   <sect1info condition="script">
  12     <productname>kbd</productname>
  13     <productnumber>&kbd-version;</productnumber>
  14     <address>&kbd-url;</address>
  15   </sect1info>
  16
  17   <title>Kbd-&kbd-version;</title>
  18
  19   <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd">
  20     <primary sortas="a-Kbd">Kbd</primary>
  21   </indexterm>
  22
  23   <sect2 role="package">
  24     <title/>
  25
  26     <para>The Kbd package contains key-table files, console fonts, and keyboard
  27     utilities.</para>
  28
  29     <segmentedlist>
  30       <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  31       <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  32
  33       <seglistitem>
  34         <seg>&kbd-ch6-sbu;</seg>
  35         <seg>&kbd-ch6-du;</seg>
  36       </seglistitem>
  37     </segmentedlist>
  38
  39   </sect2>
  40
  41   <sect2 role="installation">
  42     <title>Installation of Kbd</title>
  43
  44     <para>The behaviour of the Backspace and Delete keys is not consistent
  45     across the keymaps in the Kbd package. The following patch fixes this
  46     issue for i386 keymaps:</para>
  47
  48 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&kbd-backspace-patch;</userinput></screen>
  49
  50     <para>After patching, the Backspace key generates the character with code 127,
  51     and the Delete key generates a well-known escape sequence.</para>
  52
  53     <para>Remove the redundant <command>resizecons</command> program (it requires
  54     the defunct svgalib to provide the video mode files - for normal use
  55     <command>setfont</command> sizes the console appropriately) together with its
  56     manpage.</para>
  57
  58 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i 's/\(RESIZECONS_PROGS=\)yes/\1no/g' configure
  59 sed -i 's/resizecons.8 //' docs/man/man8/Makefile.in</userinput></screen>
  60
  61     <para>Prepare Kbd for compilation:</para>
  62
  63 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-vlock</userinput></screen>
  64
  65     <variablelist>
  66       <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
  67 <!--
  68       <varlistentry>
  69         <term><parameter>- -datadir=/lib/kbd</parameter></term>
  70         <listitem>
  71           <para>This option puts keyboard layout data in a directory that will
  72           always be on the root partition instead of the default <filename
  73           class="directory">/usr/share/kbd</filename>.</para>
  74        </listitem>
  75       </varlistentry>
  76 -->
  77       <varlistentry>
  78         <term><parameter>--disable-vlock</parameter></term>
  79         <listitem>
  80           <para>This option prevents the vlock utility from being built, as it
  81           requires the PAM library, which isn't available in the chroot
  82           environment.</para>
  83        </listitem>
  84       </varlistentry>
  85
  86     </variablelist>
  87
  88     <para>Compile the package:</para>
  89
  90 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  91
  92     <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
  93
  94 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
  95
  96     <para>Install the package:</para>
  97
  98 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
  99
 100     <note>
 101       <para>For some languages (e.g., Belarusian) the Kbd package doesn't
 102       provide a useful keymap where the stock <quote>by</quote> keymap assumes
 103       the ISO-8859-5 encoding, and the CP1251 keymap is normally used. Users of
 104       such languages have to download working keymaps separately.</para>
 105     </note>
 106
 107 <!--
 108     <para>Some of the scripts in the LFS-Bootscripts package depend on
 109     <command>kbd_mode</command>, <command>loadkeys</command>,
 110     <command>openvt</command>, and
 111     <command>setfont</command>.  As <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>
 112     may not be available during the early stages of booting, those binaries
 113     need to be on the root partition:</para>
 114
 115 <screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/bin/{kbd_mode,loadkeys,openvt,setfont} /bin</userinput></screen>
 116 -->
 117     <para>If desired, install the documentation:</para>
 118
 119 <screen><userinput remap="install">mkdir -v       /usr/share/doc/kbd-&kbd-version;
 120 cp -R -v docs/doc/* /usr/share/doc/kbd-&kbd-version;</userinput></screen>
 121
 122   </sect2>
 123
 124   <sect2 id="contents-kbd" role="content">
 125     <title>Contents of Kbd</title>
 126
 127     <segmentedlist>
 128       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
 129       <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
 130
 131       <seglistitem>
 132         <seg>chvt, deallocvt, dumpkeys, fgconsole, getkeycodes, kbdinfo,
 133         kbd_mode, kbdrate, loadkeys, loadunimap,
 134         mapscrn, openvt, psfaddtable (link to psfxtable), psfgettable (link to
 135         psfxtable), psfstriptable (link to psfxtable), psfxtable, <!--resizecons,-->
 136         setfont, setkeycodes, setleds, setmetamode, setvtrgb,
 137         showconsolefont, showkey, unicode_start, and unicode_stop</seg>
 138         <seg>/usr/share/consolefonts, /usr/share/consoletrans, /usr/share/keymaps,
 139         /usr/share/doc/kbd-&kbd-version;,  and /usr/share/unimaps</seg>
 140       </seglistitem>
 141     </segmentedlist>
 142
 143     <variablelist>
 144       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
 145       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
 146       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
 147
 148       <varlistentry id="chvt">
 149         <term><command>chvt</command></term>
 150         <listitem>
 151           <para>Changes the foreground virtual terminal</para>
 152           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd chvt">
 153             <primary sortas="b-chvt">chvt</primary>
 154           </indexterm>
 155         </listitem>
 156       </varlistentry>
 157
 158       <varlistentry id="deallocvt">
 159         <term><command>deallocvt</command></term>
 160         <listitem>
 161           <para>Deallocates unused virtual terminals</para>
 162           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd deallocvt">
 163             <primary sortas="b-deallocvt">deallocvt</primary>
 164           </indexterm>
 165         </listitem>
 166       </varlistentry>
 167
 168       <varlistentry id="dumpkeys">
 169         <term><command>dumpkeys</command></term>
 170         <listitem>
 171           <para>Dumps the keyboard translation tables</para>
 172           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd dumpkeys">
 173             <primary sortas="b-dumpkeys">dumpkeys</primary>
 174           </indexterm>
 175         </listitem>
 176       </varlistentry>
 177
 178       <varlistentry id="fgconsole">
 179         <term><command>fgconsole</command></term>
 180         <listitem>
 181           <para>Prints the number of the active virtual terminal</para>
 182           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd fgconsole">
 183             <primary sortas="b-fgconsole">fgconsole</primary>
 184           </indexterm>
 185         </listitem>
 186       </varlistentry>
 187
 188       <varlistentry id="getkeycodes">
 189         <term><command>getkeycodes</command></term>
 190         <listitem>
 191           <para>Prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table</para>
 192           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd getkeycodes">
 193             <primary sortas="b-getkeycodes">getkeycodes</primary>
 194           </indexterm>
 195         </listitem>
 196       </varlistentry>
 197
 198       <varlistentry id="kbdinfo">
 199         <term><command>kbdinfo</command></term>
 200         <listitem>
 201           <para>Obtains information about the status of a console</para>
 202           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbdinfo">
 203             <primary sortas="b-kbdinfo">kbdinfo</primary>
 204           </indexterm>
 205         </listitem>
 206       </varlistentry>
 207
 208       <varlistentry id="kbd_mode">
 209         <term><command>kbd_mode</command></term>
 210         <listitem>
 211           <para>Reports or sets the keyboard mode</para>
 212           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbd_mode">
 213             <primary sortas="b-kbd_mode">kbd_mode</primary>
 214           </indexterm>
 215         </listitem>
 216       </varlistentry>
 217
 218       <varlistentry id="kbdrate">
 219         <term><command>kbdrate</command></term>
 220         <listitem>
 221           <para>Sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates</para>
 222           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbdrate">
 223             <primary sortas="b-kbdrate">kbdrate</primary>
 224           </indexterm>
 225         </listitem>
 226       </varlistentry>
 227
 228       <varlistentry id="loadkeys">
 229         <term><command>loadkeys</command></term>
 230         <listitem>
 231           <para>Loads the keyboard translation tables</para>
 232           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadkeys">
 233             <primary sortas="b-loadkeys">loadkeys</primary>
 234           </indexterm>
 235         </listitem>
 236       </varlistentry>
 237
 238       <varlistentry id="loadunimap">
 239         <term><command>loadunimap</command></term>
 240         <listitem>
 241           <para>Loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table</para>
 242           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadunimap">
 243             <primary sortas="b-loadunimap">loadunimap</primary>
 244           </indexterm>
 245         </listitem>
 246       </varlistentry>
 247
 248       <varlistentry id="mapscrn">
 249         <term><command>mapscrn</command></term>
 250         <listitem>
 251           <para>An obsolete program that used to load a user-defined output
 252           character mapping table into the console driver; this is now done
 253           by <command>setfont</command></para>
 254           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd mapscrn">
 255             <primary sortas="b-mapscrn">mapscrn</primary>
 256           </indexterm>
 257         </listitem>
 258       </varlistentry>
 259
 260       <varlistentry id="openvt">
 261         <term><command>openvt</command></term>
 262         <listitem>
 263           <para>Starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT)</para>
 264           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd openvt">
 265             <primary sortas="b-openvt">openvt</primary>
 266           </indexterm>
 267         </listitem>
 268       </varlistentry>
 269
 270       <varlistentry id="psfaddtable">
 271         <term><command>psfaddtable</command></term>
 272         <listitem>
 273           <para>Adds a Unicode character table to a console font</para>
 274           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfaddtable">
 275             <primary sortas="b-psfaddtable">psfaddtable</primary>
 276           </indexterm>
 277         </listitem>
 278       </varlistentry>
 279
 280       <varlistentry id="psfgettable">
 281         <term><command>psfgettable</command></term>
 282         <listitem>
 283           <para>Extracts the embedded Unicode character table from a console
 284           font</para>
 285           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfgettable">
 286             <primary sortas="b-psfgettable">psfgettable</primary>
 287           </indexterm>
 288         </listitem>
 289       </varlistentry>
 290
 291       <varlistentry id="psfstriptable">
 292         <term><command>psfstriptable</command></term>
 293         <listitem>
 294           <para>Removes the embedded Unicode character table from a console
 295           font</para>
 296           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfstriptable">
 297             <primary sortas="b-psfstriptable">psfstriptable</primary>
 298           </indexterm>
 299         </listitem>
 300       </varlistentry>
 301
 302       <varlistentry id="psfxtable">
 303         <term><command>psfxtable</command></term>
 304         <listitem>
 305           <para>Handles Unicode character tables for console fonts</para>
 306           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfxtable">
 307             <primary sortas="b-psfxtable">psfxtable</primary>
 308           </indexterm>
 309         </listitem>
 310       </varlistentry>
 311
 312       <varlistentry id="setfont">
 313         <term><command>setfont</command></term>
 314         <listitem>
 315           <para>Changes the Enhanced Graphic Adapter (EGA) and Video Graphics
 316           Array (VGA) fonts on the console</para>
 317           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setfont">
 318             <primary sortas="b-setfont">setfont</primary>
 319           </indexterm>
 320         </listitem>
 321       </varlistentry>
 322
 323       <varlistentry id="setkeycodes">
 324         <term><command>setkeycodes</command></term>
 325         <listitem>
 326           <para>Loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries; this is
 327           useful if there are unusual keys on the keyboard</para>
 328           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setkeycodes">
 329             <primary sortas="b-setkeycodes">setkeycodes</primary>
 330           </indexterm>
 331         </listitem>
 332       </varlistentry>
 333
 334       <varlistentry id="setleds">
 335         <term><command>setleds</command></term>
 336         <listitem>
 337           <para>Sets the keyboard flags and Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)</para>
 338           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setleds">
 339             <primary sortas="b-setleds">setleds</primary>
 340           </indexterm>
 341         </listitem>
 342       </varlistentry>
 343
 344       <varlistentry id="setmetamode">
 345         <term><command>setmetamode</command></term>
 346         <listitem>
 347           <para>Defines the keyboard meta-key handling</para>
 348           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setmetamode">
 349             <primary sortas="b-setmetamode">setmetamode</primary>
 350           </indexterm>
 351         </listitem>
 352       </varlistentry>
 353
 354       <varlistentry id="setvtrgb">
 355         <term><command>setvtrgb</command></term>
 356         <listitem>
 357           <para>Sets the console color map in all virtual terminals</para>
 358           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setvtrgb">
 359             <primary sortas="b-setvtrgb">setvtrgb</primary>
 360           </indexterm>
 361         </listitem>
 362       </varlistentry>
 363
 364       <varlistentry id="showconsolefont">
 365         <term><command>showconsolefont</command></term>
 366         <listitem>
 367           <para>Shows the current EGA/VGA console screen font</para>
 368           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showconsolefont">
 369             <primary sortas="b-showconsolefont">showconsolefont</primary>
 370           </indexterm>
 371         </listitem>
 372       </varlistentry>
 373
 374       <varlistentry id="showkey">
 375         <term><command>showkey</command></term>
 376         <listitem>
 377           <para>Reports the scancodes, keycodes, and ASCII codes of the keys
 378           pressed on the keyboard</para>
 379           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showkey">
 380             <primary sortas="b-showkey">showkey</primary>
 381           </indexterm>
 382         </listitem>
 383       </varlistentry>
 384
 385       <varlistentry id="unicode_start">
 386         <term><command>unicode_start</command></term>
 387         <listitem>
 388           <para>Puts the keyboard and console in UNICODE mode [Don't use this
 389           program unless your keymap file is in the ISO-8859-1 encoding. For
 390           other encodings, this utility produces incorrect results.]</para>
 391           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_start">
 392             <primary sortas="b-unicode_start">unicode_start</primary>
 393           </indexterm>
 394         </listitem>
 395       </varlistentry>
 396
 397       <varlistentry id="unicode_stop">
 398         <term><command>unicode_stop</command></term>
 399         <listitem>
 400           <para>Reverts keyboard and console from UNICODE mode</para>
 401           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_stop">
 402             <primary sortas="b-unicode_stop">unicode_stop</primary>
 403           </indexterm>
 404         </listitem>
 405       </varlistentry>
 406
 407     </variablelist>
 408
 409   </sect2>
 410
 411 </sect1>