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21 .Nd a utility for manipulating the syscons console driver
27 .Ar duration . Ns Ar pitch | Ar belltype
31 .Ar delay . Ns Ar repeat | Ar speed
33 .Op Fl l Ar keymap_file
34 .Op Fl f Ar # Ar string
36 .Op Fl k Ar keyboard_device
37 .Op Fl L Ar keymap_file
41 command is used to set various keyboard related options for the
43 console driver and the keyboard drivers,
44 such as key map, keyboard repeat and delay rates, bell
47 Keyboard options may be automatically configured at system boot time by
51 .Sx Boot Time Configuration
54 The following command line options are supported:
55 .Bl -tag -width indent
57 .Ar duration . Ns Ar pitch | Ar belltype
59 Set the bell duration in milliseconds and pitch in hertz.
62 argument is specified, it may be one of
64 which sets sound parameters back to normal values,
66 which disables the bell entirely, or
68 which sets the bell to visual mode, i.e. flashes the screen instead.
71 is preceded by the word
73 the bell will not be rung when the ringing process is in the background vty.
75 .Ar delay . Ns Ar repeat | Ar speed
82 (34, 38, 42, 46, 50, 55, 59, 63, 68, 76, 84, 92, 100, 110, 118, 126,
83 136, 152, 168, 184, 200, 220, 236, 252, 272, 304, 336, 368, 400, 440,
87 argument is specified, it may be one of
95 .It Fl l Ar keymap_file
96 Install keyboard map file from
98 You may load the keyboard map file from a menu-driven command,
101 Dump the current keyboard map onto stdout.
102 The output may be redirected to a file and can be loaded
103 back to the kernel later by the
106 .It Fl f Ar # Ar string
107 Set function key number
111 Refer to the man page for the keyboard driver
114 for available function keys and their numbers.
116 Set function keys back to the standard definitions.
118 Use hexadecimal numbers in keyboard map dump.
120 Set history buffer size to
124 Print brief information about the keyboard.
126 Disconnect the keyboard from the console.
129 option below to associate a keyboard with the console again.
130 .It Fl k Ar keyboard_device
131 Use the specified device as the console keyboard.
132 When using this option, the standard input of the
134 process should be redirected from
136 if you are not working on the system console
140 .It Fl L Ar keymap_file
141 Load keyboard map file from
145 compiled from it to stdout.
146 This option is primarily intended for programmers and is probably
147 of little use under normal circumstances.
149 .Sh KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION
150 .Ss Boot Time Configuration
151 You may set variables in
154 .Pa /etc/rc.conf.local
155 in order to configure the keyboard at boot time.
156 The following is the list of relevant variables.
158 .Bl -tag -width foo_bar_var -compact
160 Specifies a keyboard map file for the
164 Sets the keyboard repeat rate for the
168 Lists function key strings for the
176 .Ss Driver Configuration
177 The keyboard device driver may let you change default configuration
178 options, such as the default keyboard map, so that you do not need to set up
179 the options at boot time.
180 See keyboard driver manuals
186 .Bl -tag -width /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/foo_bar -compact
187 .It Pa /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/*
191 The following command will load the keyboard map file
192 .Pa /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/ru.koi8-r.kbd .
194 .Dl kbdcontrol -l /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/ru.koi8-r.kbd
196 So long as the keyboard map file resides in
197 .Pa /usr/share/syscons/keymaps ,
198 you may abbreviate the file name as
201 .Dl kbdcontrol -l ru.koi8-r
203 The following command will make the function key 10 emit "telnet myhost".
205 .Dl kbdcontrol -f 10 \&"telnet myhost\&"
207 In order to get the visual effect for bell, but prevent the screen
208 from flushing if the bell is to ring in the background screen,
209 run the following command.
211 .Dl kbdcontrol -b quiet.visual
213 To change the default console keyboard to the another keyboard,
214 for example the first USB keyboard (see
216 use the following commands.
218 .Dl kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd1 < /dev/console
220 To switch back to the default keyboard, use this command.
222 .Dl kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd0
236 .An S\(/oren Schmidt Aq sos@FreeBSD.org