SETLEDS

SETLEDS

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS EXAMPLE BUGS SEE ALSO

NAME

setleds - set the keyboard leds

SYNOPSIS

setleds [__''-v''__? [__''-L''__? [__''-D''__? [__''-F''__? [__''{+? [__''{+? [__''{+?

DESCRIPTION

setleds reports and changes the led flag settings of the current VT (namely !NumLock?, !CapsLock? and !ScrollLock?). Without arguments, setleds prints the current settings. With arguments, it sets or clears the indicated flags (and leaves the others unchanged). The settings before and after the change are reported if the -v flag is given.

OPTIONS

-F

This is the default. Only change the VT flags (and their setting may be reflected by the keyboard leds).

-D

Change both the VT flags and their default settings (so that a subsequent reset will not undo the change). This might be useful for people who always want to have numlock set.

-L

Do not touch the VT flags, but only change the leds. From this moment on, the leds will no longer reflect the VT flags (but display whatever is put into them). The command setleds -L (without further arguments) will restore the situation in which the leds reflect the VT flags.

-num +num

Clear or set !NumLock?. (At present, the !NumLock? setting influences the interpretation of keypad keys. Pressing the

NumLock? key complements the !NumLock? setting.)

-caps +caps

Clear or set !CapsLock?. (At present, the !CapsLock? setting complements the Shift key when applied to letters. Pressing the !CapsLock? key complements the !CapsLock? setting.)

-scroll +scroll

Clear or set !ScrollLock?. (At present, pressing the

ScrollLock? key (or ^S/^Q) stops/starts console

output.)

EXAMPLE

One might use setleds in /etc/rc to define the initial and default state of !NumLock?, e.g. by

INITTY=/dev/tty[1-8? for tty in $INITTY; do

setleds -D +num

done

BUGS

In keyboard application mode the !NumLock? key does not influence the !NumLock? flag setting.

SEE ALSO

loadkeys(1).