Installing Consoletools

Installation of Console-tools

Before you start installing Console-tools you have to unpack the console-tools-0.2.3.patch file.

Install Console-tools by running the following commands:



patch -Np1 -i ../console-tools-0.2.3.patch &&
./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
make install &&
cd doc/man &&
sed s/"@datadir@"/"\/usr\/share"/ consolechars.8.in > consolechars.8 &&
sed s/"@datadir@"/"\/usr\/share"/ dumpkeys.1.in > dumpkeys.1 &&
sed s/"@datadir@"/"\/usr\/share"/ loadkeys.1.in > loadkeys.1 &&
cp *.1 /usr/share/man/man1 &&
cp *.4 /usr/share/man/man4 &&
cp *.5 /usr/share/man/man5 &&
cp *.8 /usr/share/man/man8

Contents

The Console-tools package contains the charset, chvt, consolechars, deallocvt, dumpkeys, fgconsole, fix_bs_and_del, font2psf, getkeycodes, kbd_mode, loadkeys, loadunimap, mapscrn, mk_modmap, openvt, psfaddtable, psfgettable, psfstriptable, resizecons, saveunimap, screendump, setfont, setkeycodes, setleds, setmetamode, setvesablank, showcfont, showkey, splitfont, unicode_start, unicode_stop, vcstime, vt-is-URF8, writevt

Description

charset

charset sets an ACM for use in one of the G0/G1 charsets slots.

chvt

chvt changes foreground virtual terminal.

codepage

No description available.

consolechars

consolechars loads EGA/VGA console screen fonts, screen font maps and/or application-charset maps.

deallocvt

deallocvt deallocates unused virtual terminals.

dumpkeys

dumpkeys dumps keyboard translation tables.

fgconsole

fgconsole prints the number of the active virtual terminal.

fix_bs_and_del

No description available.

font2psf

No description available.

getkeycodes

getkeycodes prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table.

kbd_mode

kbd_mode reports or sets the keyboard mode.

loadkeys

loadkeys loads keyboard translation tables.

loadunimap

No description available.

mapscrn

No description available.

mk_modmap

No description available.

openvt

openvt starts a program on a new virtual terminal.

psfaddtable

psfaddtable adds a Unicode character table to a console font.

psfgettable

psfgettable extracts the embedded Unicode character table from a console font.

psfstriptable

psfstriptable removes the embedded Unicode character table from a console font.

resizecons

resizecons changes the kernel idea of the console size.

saveunimap

No description available.

screendump

No description available.

setfont

No description available.

setkeycodes

setkeycodes loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries.

setleds

setleds sets the keyboard leds.

setmetamode

setmetamode defines the keyboard meta key handling.

setvesablank

No description available.

showcfont

showcfont displays all character in the current screenfont.

showkey

showkey examines the scancodes and keycodes sent by the keyboard.

splitfont

No description available.

unicode_start

unicode_start puts the console in Unicode mode.

unicode_stop

No description available.

vcstime

No description available.

vt-is-UTF8

vt-is-UTF8 checks whether the current virtual terminal is in UTF8- or byte-mode.

writevt

No description available.