Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 11:30:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/18520: kbdcontrol manpage incomplete Message-ID: <200007121830.LAA84011@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org>
To: n_hibma@freebsd.org
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/18520: kbdcontrol manpage incomplete
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 19:24:15 +0100
n_hibma@freebsd.org wrote:
> The manpage for kbdcontrol is incomplete. It does not mention that
> some commands only apply to /dev/console or the virtual terminals. It would
> be useful to see an example along the lines of
>
> kbdcontrol -k /dev/ukbd0 < /dev/console
>
> to show how to change the keyboard when in an xterm (or when using an automatic
> changer line in usbd.conf).
What sort of text do you think is needed? I don't really know enough
about USB and stuff to see exactly what you mean. I assume that command
will mean that the USB keyboard acts as the console keyboard from that
point forward? How do you change it back?
Anyway, how about:
To change the default console keyboard to the first USB keyboard
(see ukbd(4)) when not working on the console or a virtual
terminal, use this command:
kbdcontrol -k /dev/ukbd0 < /dev/console
The ukbd(4) manpage seems to have a bit more about this, so I explicitly
added a reference to it there rather than expecting people to find it in
the SEE ALSO bit.
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