kbd - Keyboard input driver

Section qInputDeviceq
  Identifier qidevnameq
  Driver qkbdq
  ...
EndSection

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 planned to replace the built-in keyboard driver in a future release of Xorg.

The kbd driver functions as a keyboard input device, and may be used as the X server's core keyboard.

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 qDeviceq qstringq

Specify the keyboard device. Default: the OS's default console keyboard input source.

Option qProtocolq qstringq

Specify the keyboard protocol. Valid protocol types include:

Standard, Xqueue.

Not all protocols are supported on all platforms. Default: "Standard".

Option qAutoRepeatq qdelay rateq

sets the auto repeat behaviour for the keyboard. This is not implemented on all platforms. delay is the time in milliseconds before a key starts repeating. rate is the number of times a key repeats per second. Default: "500 30".

Option qXLedsq qledlistq

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 qXkbRulesq qrulesq

specifies which XKB rules file to use for interpreting the XkbModel, XkbLayout, XkbVariant, and XkbOptions settings. Default: "xorg" for most platforms, but "xfree98" for the Japanese PC-98 platforms.

Option qXkbModelq qmodelnameq

specifies the XKB keyboard model name. Default: "pc105" for most platforms, but "pc98" for the Japanese PC-98 platforms.

Option qXkbLayoutq qlayoutnameq

specifies the XKB keyboard layout name. This is usually the country or language type of the keyboard. Default: "us" for most platforms, but "nec/jp" for the Japanese PC-98 platforms.

Option qXkbVariantq qvariantsq

specifies the XKB keyboard variant components. These can be used to enhance the keyboard layout details. Default: not set.

Option qXkbOptionsq qoptionsq

specifies the XKB keyboard option components. These can be used to enhance the keyboard behaviour. Default: not set.

Some other XKB-related options are available, but they are incompatible with the ones listed above and are not recommended, so they are not documented here.

keyboard(4), Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5), xorgconfig(1), Xserver(1), X(7).