NAME
send_to_keyboard - send to the keyboard device
SYNOPSIS
send_to_keyboard
DESCRIPTION
send_to_keyboard is a simple program which allows you to send actual
control codes to the keyboard device to enable or disable certain
functions. For example, some of the IBM keyboards require:
send_to_keyboard ea 17
in order to enable the extra keys. This helper application is actually
used from lineakd(1).
NOTES
Some keyboard functionality can be turned on at boot time using kernel
parameters. An owner of the Chicony Multimedia keyboard mentions that
booting with the kernel parameters set to: i8042.direct=1 atkbd.set=3
atkbd.extra=1 will enable functionality of the extra keys on his
keyboard. Put those in your lilo.conf or grub menu.lst and special
functionality may be enabled at boot time.
SEE ALSO
evtest(8), lineakd(1).
AUTHOR
send_to_keyboard was written by Dennis Bjorklund.
March 2, 2005