kbd(4) - Linux man page

Name

kbd - Keyboard input driver

Synopsis

Section InputDevice  Identifier idevname  Driver kbd  ...
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Description

kbd is an Xorg input driver for keyboards. The driver supports the standard OS-provided keyboard interface, but these are currently only available to this driver module for Linux, BSD, and Solaris. This driver is planned to replace the built-in keyboard driver in a future release of Xorg.

The kbd driver functions as a keyboard input device, and may be used as the X server's core keyboard.

Configuration Details

Please refer to xorg.conf(5x) for general configuration details and for options that can be used with all input drivers. This section only covers configuration details specific to this driver.

The following driver Options are supported:

Option Device string: Specify the keyboard device. Default: the OS's default console keyboard input source.
Option Protocol string: Specify the keyboard protocol. Valid protocol types include:

Standard, Xqueue.

Not all protocols are supported on all platforms. Default: "Standard".

Option AutoRepeat delay rate: sets the auto repeat behaviour for the keyboard. This is not implemented on all platforms. delay is the time in milliseconds before a key starts repeating. rate is the number of times a key repeats per second. Default: "500 30".
Option XLeds ledlist: makes the keyboard LEDs specified in ledlist available for client use instead of their traditional function (Scroll Lock, Caps Lock and Num Lock). The numbers in the list are in the range 1 to 3. Default: empty list.
Option XkbRules rules: specifies which XKB rules file to use for interpreting the XkbModel, XkbLayout, XkbVariant, and XkbOptions settings. Default: "xorg" for most platforms, but "xfree98" for the Japanese PC-98 platforms.
Option XkbModel modelname: specifies the XKB keyboard model name. Default: "pc105" for most platforms, but "pc98" for the Japanese PC-98 platforms.
Option XkbLayout layoutname: specifies the XKB keyboard layout name. This is usually the country or language type of the keyboard. Default: "us" for most platforms, but "nec/jp" for the Japanese PC-98 platforms.
Option XkbVariant variants: specifies the XKB keyboard variant components. These can be used to enhance the keyboard layout details. Default: not set.
Option XkbOptions options: specifies the XKB keyboard option components. These can be used to enhance the keyboard behaviour. Default: not set.

Some other XKB-related options are available, but they are incompatible with the ones listed above and are not recommended, so they are not documented here.

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