KBD – Linux keyboard tools.

Introduction

The kbd project contains utilities for managing Linux console (Linux console, virtual terminals, keyboard, etc.) – mainly, what they do is loading console fonts and keyboard maps. The utilities use kernel interfaces to load the keymap.

This distribution contains no binaries - the sources depend on the kernel version - compile them yourself.

Download

The latest stable version of kbd can always be found on:

• https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kbd/
• https://github.com/legionus/kbd/releases

Documentation

• The Linux keyboard and console HOWTO;
• Scancodes (old version);
• Font formats;
• The libkeymap apidocs;
• The fonts README;
• The man pages.

Getting involved

Repository Access

To access the git repository:

git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/legion/kbd.git

you can also use the https protocol for these repositories.

Bug reporting

You can use several options:

• The most preferred method is a mailing list.

  E-Mail:

  kbd@lists.linux.dev

  Archive:

  https://lore.kernel.org/kbd

• If you think that github is the future, then use it: https://github.com/legionus/kbd/issues
• Bug reports with sensitive or private information: Alexey Gladkov <gladkov.alexey@gmail.com>.

NLS (PO Translation)

To translate kbd's messages into other languages, please see the Translation Project page for kbd.

License

All files in this package may be freely copied under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2, or at your option any later version - except possibly for the restrictions mentioned in the directory consolefonts.