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author | ben <ben@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-07-19 19:13:55 +0000 |
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committer | ben <ben@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-07-19 19:13:55 +0000 |
commit | 291744d0a866b275eaeb77e7d235ad170120fe4e (patch) | |
tree | beb3c25933a0ee69b9cfe7c72b84c0540215034c /usr.sbin/kbdcontrol | |
parent | 8dc09f7b510f22cb979de55ee4c0fe24aecf231f (diff) | |
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* document that 'kbdcontrol -k' needs stdin to be the console.
* add an example of how to switch the console keyboard to a USB keyboard.
PR: 18520
Submitted by: n_hibma
Reviewed by: sheldonh
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/kbdcontrol')
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/kbdcontrol/kbdcontrol.1 b/usr.sbin/kbdcontrol/kbdcontrol.1 index dcd9492..c33eddc 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/kbdcontrol/kbdcontrol.1 +++ b/usr.sbin/kbdcontrol/kbdcontrol.1 @@ -118,6 +118,14 @@ You need to use the option below to associate a keyboard with the console again. .It Fl k Ar keyboard_device Use the specified device as the console keyboard. +When using this option, the standard input of the +.Nm +process should be redirected from +.Pa /dev/console +if you are not working on the system console +(see the +.Sx EXAMPLES +section). .It Fl L Ar keymap_file Load keyboard map file from .Ar keymap_file @@ -188,6 +196,17 @@ run the following command. .Pp .Dl kbdcontrol -b quiet.visual .Pp +To change the default console keyboard to the another keyboard, +for example the first USB keyboard (see +.Xr ukbd 4 ) , +use the following commands. +.Pp +.Dl kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd1 < /dev/console +.Pp +To switch back to the default keyboard, use this command. +.Pp +.Dl kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd0 +.Pp .Sh BUGS Report when found. .Sh SEE ALSO |