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.

CONFIGURATION DETAILS

       Depending  on the X server version in use, input device options may be set in either a xorg.conf file, an
       xorg.conf.d snippet, or in the configuration 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.   Property:
              "Device Node" (read-only).

       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 settings.  Default: "base" for most platforms.  If you use the "base"  value  then  you
              can    find    listing    of    all    valid    values    for    these   four   options   in   the
              /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst file.

       Option "XkbModel" "modelname"
              specifies the XKB keyboard model name.  Default: "pc105" for most 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.

       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.

       For a list of available XKB options, see xkeyboard-config(7).

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 scroll lock LED shows which layout is currently active.

       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"      "base"
               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).

       xkeyboard-config(7).