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22 .TH kbd_mode 1 "5 Aug 2011"
23 .IX "kbd_mode" "" "\f3kbd_mode\f1(1) \(em keyboard translation utility" ""
24 .IX "keyboard" "trans" "keyboard" "translation utility \(em \f3kbd_mode\f1(1)"
26 kbd_mode \- change the keyboard translation mode
31 .IX "keyboard" "reset" "keyboard" "resetting input \(em \f3kbd_mode\f1(1)" ""
33 sets the translation mode of the console's keyboard (\f3/dev/kbd\f1)
34 to one of the four values defined for
38 This is useful when a program that resets the translation mode
39 terminates abnormally and fails to restore the original translation mode.
41 Note that the text console desires ASCII characters (\f3kbd_mode -a\f1), while
43 desires untranslated events (\f3kbd_mode -u\f1).
47 ASCII: the keyboard will generate simple ASCII characters.
50 None: the keyboard will generate unencoded bytes
51 \- a distinct value for up and down on each switch on the keyboard.
54 Events: the keyboard will generate firm_events
55 with ASCII characters in the \fIvalue\fP field.
58 Unencoded: the keyboard will generate input events
59 with unencoded bytes in the \fIvalue\fP field
60 such as those desired by the X server.