NAME

kbd − manipulate the state of keyboard or display the type of keyboard

SYNOPSIS

kbd [ −r ] [ −t ] [ −c on|off ] [ −d keyboard device ]

AVAILABILITY

SPARC

SUNWcsu

DESCRIPTION

kbd manipulates the state of the keyboard, or displays the keyboard type.  The default keyboard device being set is /dev/kbd. 

Only keyboards that support a clicker respond to the −c option.  If you want to turn clicking on by default, this can be set in the /etc/rcS file. 

OPTIONS

−r Reset the keyboard as if power-up. 

−t Return the type of the keyboard being used. 

−c on/off state Turn the clicking of the keyboard on or off. 

on Enable clicking. 

off Disable clicking. 

−d keyboard device Specify the keyboard device being set.  The default is /dev/kbd. 

EXAMPLES

The following example displays the keyboard type. 

example% kbd −t
type 4 Sun keyboard
example%

To enable clicking by default, add the following line to your /etc/rcS file. 

kbd −c on

FILES

/etc/rcS shell script containing commands necessary to get the system to single-user mode

/dev/kbd keyboard device file

SEE ALSO

loadkeys(1), keytables(4), kb(7M)

BUGS

There is no way to determine the state of the keyboard click setting. 

SunOS 5.5  —  Last change: 18 Jul 1994