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kbd - manipulate the state of keyboard or display the type of keyboard
kbd [ -r ] [ -t ] [ -c on|off ] [ -d keyboard device ]
SPARC
SUNWcsu
kbd manipulates the state of the keyboard, or displays
the keyboard type. The default keyboard device being set is /dev/kbd.
Only
keyboards that support a clicker respond to the -c option. If you want to
turn clicking on by default, this can be set in the /etc/rcS file.
- -r
- Reset the keyboard as if power-up.
- -t
- Return the type of the keyboard being
used.
- -c on/off state
- Turn the clicking of the keyboard on or off.
- on
- Enable
clicking.
- off
- Disable clicking.
- -d keyboard device
- Specify the keyboard device
being set. The default is /dev/kbd.
The following example displays
the keyboard type.
example% kbd -t
type 4 Sun keyboard
example%
To enable clicking by default, add the following line to your /etc/rcS
file.
kbd -c on
- /etc/rcS
- shell script containing commands necessary
to get the system to single-user mode
- /dev/kbd
- keyboard device file
loadkeys(1)
, keytables(4)
, kb(7M)
There is no way to determine
the state of the keyboard click setting.
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