Installed programs: chvt, deallocvt, dumpkeys, fgconsole, getkeycodes, getunimap, kbd_mode, kbdrate, loadkeys, loadunimap, mapscrn, openvt, psfaddtable (link to psfxtable), psfgettable (link to psfxtable), psfstriptable (link to psfxtable), psfxtable, resizecons, setfont, setkeycodes, setleds, setlogcons, setmetamode, setvesablank, showconsolefont, showkey, unicode_start, and unicode_stop
Short Descriptions
- chvt
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Changes the foreground virtual terminal
- deallocvt
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Deallocates unused virtual terminals
- dumpkeys
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Dumps the keyboard translation tables
- fgconsole
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Prints the number of the active virtual terminal
- getkeycodes
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Prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table
- getunimap
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Prints the currently used unimap
- kbd_mode
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Reports or sets the keyboard mode
- kbdrate
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Sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates
- loadkeys
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Loads the keyboard translation tables
- loadunimap
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Loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table
- mapscrn
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An obsolete program that used to load a user-defined output character mapping table into the console driver; this is now done by setfont
- openvt
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Starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT)
- psfaddtable
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A link to psfxtable
- psfgettable
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A link to psfxtable
- psfstriptable
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A link to psfxtable
- psfxtable
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Handle Unicode character tables for console fonts
- resizecons
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Changes the kernel idea of the console size
- setfont
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Changes the Enhanced Graphic Adapter (EGA) and Video Graphics Array (VGA) fonts on the console
- setkeycodes
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Loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries; this is useful if there are unusual keys on the keyboard
- setleds
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Sets the keyboard flags and Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
- setlogcons
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Sends kernel messages to the console
- setmetamode
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Defines the keyboard meta-key handling
- setvesablank
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Lets the user adjust the built-in hardware screensaver (a blank screen)
- showconsolefont
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Shows the current EGA/VGA console screen font
- showkey
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Reports the scancodes, keycodes, and ASCII codes of the keys pressed on the keyboard
- unicode_start
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Puts the keyboard and console in UNICODE mode. Never use it on LFS, because applications are not configured to support UNICODE.
- unicode_stop
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Reverts keyboard and console from UNICODE mode