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kbd_mode 1 "5 Aug 2011"
"kbd_mode" "" "\f3kbd_mode\f1(1) \(em keyboard translation utility" "" "keyboard" "trans" "keyboard" "translation utility \(em \f3kbd_mode\f1(1)"
NAME
kbd_mode - change the keyboard translation mode
SYNOPSIS
kbd_mode -a | -n | -e | -u
DESCRIPTION
"keyboard" "reset" "keyboard" "resetting input \(em \f3kbd_mode\f1(1)" "" kbd_mode sets the translation mode of the console's keyboard (\f3/dev/kbd\f1) 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 (\f3kbd_mode -a\f1), while Xorg (1) desires untranslated events (\f3kbd_mode -u\f1).

OPTIONS

-a ASCII: the keyboard will generate simple ASCII characters.

-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)