KBD(4)                                                                                                                    KBD(4)



NAME
       kbd - Keyboard input driver

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

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 the replacement  for  the
       built-in keyboard driver formerly included in Xorg.

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

CONFIGURATION DETAILS
       Depending  on the X server version in use, input device options may be set in either a xorg.conf file, or in the configu-
       ration files read by the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) daemon, hald(1).

       Please refer to xorg.conf(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 "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  set-
              tings.   Default: "xorg" for most platforms, but "xfree98" for the Japanese PC-98 platforms. If you use the "xorg"
              value   then   you   can   find   listing   of   all   valid   values   for   these   four    options    in    the
              /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst file.

       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 "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 recom-
       mended, so they are not documented here.

EXAMPLE
       The following xorg.conf fragment ensures that user will be able to switch between us  and  sk  layouts  by  pressing  the
       "menu" key.

       The  XkbVariant  option  defines  which  variants of the two layouts should be used. In case of the us layout its default
       variant is used. In case of the sk layout its qwerty variant is used.

           Section "InputDevice"
               Identifier   "Generic Keyboard"
               Driver       "kbd"
               Option       "CoreKeyboard"
               Option       "XkbRules"      "xorg"
               Option       "XkbModel"      "pc105"
               Option       "XkbLayout"     "us,sk"
               Option       "XkbVariant"    ",qwerty"
               Option       "XkbOptions"    "grp:menu_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
           EndSection

SEE ALSO
       Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5), Xserver(1), X(7).

       hal(7), hald(8), fdi(5).



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