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KBD(4)                                                                  KBD(4)




NAME

       kbd - Keyboard input driver


SYNOPSIS

       Section "InputDevice"
         Identifier "idevname"
         Driver "kbd"
         ...
       EndSection


DESCRIPTION

       kbd  is an XFree86 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 and BSD.  This driver is
       experimental, but will soon replace the built-in keyboard driver.

       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 XF86Config(5) 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 Xkb-
              Model, XkbLayout, XkbVariant, and XkbOptions settings.  Default:
              "xfree86"  for  most  platforms,  but "xfree98" for the Japanese
              PC-98 platforms.

       Option "XkbModel" "modelname"
              specifies the XKB keyboard model  name.   Default:  "pc101"  for
              most platforms, but "pc98" for the Japanese PC-98 platforms, and
              "pc101_sol8x86" for Solaris 8 on x86.

       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.


SEE ALSO

       keyboard(4),   XFree86(1),  XF86Config(5),  xf86config(1),  Xserver(1),
       X(7).



4.4.0                               XFree86                             KBD(4)