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NAME

6       kbd - Keyboard input driver
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SYNOPSIS

9       Section "InputDevice"
10         Identifier "idevname"
11         Driver "kbd"
12         ...
13       EndSection
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DESCRIPTION

16       kbd  is  an  Xorg  input driver for keyboards.  The driver supports the
17       standard OS-provided keyboard interface, but these are  currently  only
18       available  to  this  driver  module  for Linux, BSD, and Solaris.  This
19       driver is the replacement for the  built-in  keyboard  driver  formerly
20       included in Xorg.
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22       The kbd driver functions as a keyboard input device.
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CONFIGURATION DETAILS

25       Depending  on  the X server version in use, input device options may be
26       set in either a xorg.conf file, an xorg.conf.d snippet, or in the  con‐
27       figuration  files  read by the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) daemon,
28       hald(1).
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30       Please refer to xorg.conf(5) for general configuration details and  for
31       options  that  can  be  used with all input drivers.  This section only
32       covers configuration details specific to this driver.
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34       The following driver Options are supported:
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36       Option "Device" "string"
37              Specify the keyboard device.  Default: the OS's default  console
38              keyboard input source.  Property: "Device Node" (read-only).
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40       Option "Protocol" "string"
41              Specify the keyboard protocol.  Valid protocol types include:
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43                   Standard, Xqueue.
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45              Not  all  protocols  are  supported  on all platforms.  Default:
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48       Option "XLeds" "ledlist"
49              makes the keyboard  LEDs  specified  in  ledlist  available  for
50              client  use  instead of their traditional function (Scroll Lock,
51              Caps Lock and Num Lock).  The numbers in the  list  are  in  the
52              range 1 to 3.  Default: empty list.
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54       Option "XkbRules" "rules"
55              specifies  which XKB rules file to use for interpreting the Xkb‐
56              Model, XkbLayout, XkbVariant, and XkbOptions settings.  Default:
57              "base" for most platforms.  If you use the "base" value then you
58              can find listing of all valid values for these four  options  in
59              the /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst file.
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61       Option "XkbModel" "modelname"
62              specifies  the  XKB  keyboard  model name.  Default: "pc105" for
63              most platforms.
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65       Option "XkbLayout" "layoutname"
66              specifies the XKB keyboard layout name.   This  is  usually  the
67              country  or  language  type  of the keyboard.  Default: "us" for
68              most platforms.
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70       Option "XkbVariant" "variants"
71              specifies the XKB keyboard variant  components.   These  can  be
72              used to enhance the keyboard layout details.  Default: not set.
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74       Option "XkbOptions" "options"
75              specifies the XKB keyboard option components.  These can be used
76              to enhance the keyboard behaviour.  Default: not set.
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78       For a list of available XKB options, see xkeyboard-config(7).
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EXAMPLE

81       The following xorg.conf fragment ensures that  user  will  be  able  to
82       switch between us and sk layouts by pressing the "menu" key. The scroll
83       lock LED shows which layout is currently active.
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85       The XkbVariant option defines which variants of the two layouts  should
86       be  used. In case of the us layout its default variant is used. In case
87       of the sk layout its qwerty variant is used.
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89           Section "InputDevice"
90               Identifier   "Generic Keyboard"
91               Driver       "kbd"
92               Option       "CoreKeyboard"
93               Option       "XkbRules"      "base"
94               Option       "XkbModel"      "pc105"
95               Option       "XkbLayout"     "us,sk"
96               Option       "XkbVariant"    ",qwerty"
97               Option       "XkbOptions"    "grp:menu_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
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SEE ALSO

101       Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5), Xserver(1), X(7).
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103       hal(7), hald(8), fdi(5).
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