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KBD(4x) 			  X Version 11				 KBD(4x)

NAME
     kbd - XLibre keyboard input driver

SYNOPSIS
     Section "InputDevice"
       Identifier "idevname"
       Driver "kbd"
       ...
     EndSection

DESCRIPTION
     kbd is an XLibre input driver for keyboards.  The driver supports the stan-
     dard OS-provided keyboard interface, but these are currently only available
     to this driver module for GNU Hurd, BSD, and Solaris.

     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  op-
     tions  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 key-
	    board input source.  Property: "Device Node" (read-only).

     Option "Protocol" "string"
	    Specify the keyboard protocol.  Valid protocol types include:

		 standard, wskbd.

	    Not all protocols are supported on all platforms.	Default:  "Stan-
	    dard".

     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 list-
	    ing of all valid values for  these	four  options  in  the	/usr/lo-
	    cal/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 the 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
     XLibre(1), xorg.conf(5), Xserver(1), X(7).

     hal(7), hald(8), fdi(5).

     xkeyboard-config(7).

xlibre-xf86-input-keyboard 25.0.0  2025-06-01				 KBD(4x)

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