kdmconfig(1M) manual page
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kdmconfig - configure or unconfigure keyboard, display, and mouse
options for OpenWindows and internationalization
kdmconfig -c | -u
[ -s host ] [ -v ] [ -f ]
x86
PowerPC Edition
SUNWos86r
The kdmconfig program configures or unconfigures the appropriate files
with the keyboard, display, and mouse information relevant to a client’s
machine. These files are /etc/defaultkb and /etc/openwin/server/etc/OWconfig
on Solaris x86, and /etc/openwin/server/etc/OWconfig on Solaris (PowerPC
Edition). kdmconfig can also be used to set up the display, pointer, and
keyboard entries in the bootparams database on a server machine.
The kdmconfig
program is normally run during installation, but it can also be run from
the command line after the system has been installed. When configuring a
client during an initial installation or reconfigure reboot, the sysidconfig(1M)
program will invoke kdmconfig with the -c option, and when the user executes
the sys-unconfig(1M)
program, kdmconfig will be executed with the -u option.
Similarly, when you run kdmconfig from the command line, use the -u option
to unconfigure the existing OpenWindows configuration. You can then rerun
kdmconfig with the -cf options to create a new OpenWindows configuration.
The valid options are:
- -c
- Run the program in the configuration mode.
This mode is used to create or update the defaultkb and OWconfig files
on Solaris x86, and the OWconfig file on Solaris (PowerPC Edition). When
invoked in this way, kdmconfig first looks for the relevant configuration
information in the bootparams databases. The bootparams databases available
to the client are all of the /etc/bootparams files on servers on the same
subnet as the client, provided the server machine is running the bootparamd(1M)
daemon. kdmconfig is invoked with the -c option when called by sysidconfig.
- -u
- Unconfigure the system, returning it to an "out-of-the-box" state. In this
state, the factory default keyboard, mouse and display are selected as
a result of removing the /etc/openwin/server/etc/OWconfig and /etc/defaultkb
files in Solaris x86, and the /etc/openwin/server/etc/OWconfig file in
Solaris (PowerPC Edition).
- -s client
- Set up the bootparams database on this
machine for the specified client. This option presents the same screens
as it does when run on a client, but instead writes the resulting information
to the /etc/bootparams file. Either the -c or the -u option must be used in
conjunction with the -s option. Also, -s implies the use of the -f option. That
is, the program will always present the screens to the user when invoked
this way. This option will reconfigure the nsswitch.conf file to look for
a bootparams database on a local server. This option is only available to
the superuser.
- -v
- Enable verbose mode. Normally, kdmconfig will not produce
any output. This option is helpful for debugging, as it records the different
actions taken by kdmconfig on stderr.
- -f
- Force screens mode. When invoked
with -f, no network probing will be performed. This is helpful when debugging
the client’s configuration environment. Note that the -s option implies the
use of -f, bypassing network probing when setting up a server.
- /etc/openwin/server/etc/OWconfig
- OpenWindows configuration file
- /etc/bootparams
- contains list of clients
that diskless clients use for booting
- /etc/nsswitch.conf
- name service configuration
file
- /etc/defaultkb
- pointer to default keyboard layout
- /platform/prep/kernel/drv/kd.conf
- keyboard configuration file
admintool(1M)
, bootparamd(1M)
, sys-unconfig(1M)
, sysidconfig(1M)
,
bootparams(4)
loadkeys(1)
The -s option is an uncommitted
option, and may be replaced by functionality in the admintool(1M)
hostmanager
functions in a later release of Solaris.
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