diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml
index 328de22e..63aa4e63 100644
--- a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml
+++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml
@@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@ such as the most important components, how they work, and so on.
Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO,
The Linux keyboard and console HOWTO
-Updated: September 2001.
+Updated: October 2002.
Contains some information about the Linux (v2.0) keyboard and
console, and the use of non-ASCII characters.
diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/hwSect.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/hwSect.sgml
index 53ed4b27..131d0b3d 100644
--- a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/hwSect.sgml
+++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/hwSect.sgml
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ for Linux.
Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO,
The Linux keyboard and console HOWTO
-Updated: September 2001.
+Updated: October 2002.
Contains some information about the Linux (v2.0) keyboard and
console, and the use of non-ASCII characters.
diff --git a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO.sgml b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO.sgml
index 32e843b1..44f8a44e 100644
--- a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO.sgml
+++ b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO.sgml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
The Linux keyboard and console HOWTO
Andries Brouwer, v2.12, 2001-09-21
+v2.13, 2002-10-12
This note contains some information about the Linux keyboard
and console, and the use of non-ASCII characters.
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ It describes Linux 2.0.
The following packages contain keyboard or console related programs.
There exists a clone of the kbd package, namely
-
@@ -86,7 +86,10 @@ see infocmp(1).
The Linux console sequences are documented in console_codes(4).
-
+The package funkey by Rick van Rein provides support
+for all these new keys modern keyboards have. See
+.
Keyboard generalities
keyboard!theory of operation
@@ -717,7 +720,7 @@ in .
The console character sets
@@ -925,6 +928,10 @@ AMI BIOS has a feature that locks up the keyboard and flashes the LED's
if the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace combination is pressed while a BIOS password
is enabled, until the CMOS/BIOS password is typed in.
+On some SiS based motherboards the combination Ctrl-Alt-Backspace
+will cause a power off, or puts the machine in power save mode.
+(Reported for SiS 630 and for SiS645DX.)
+
Dosemu Combinations
key combinations!dosemu
dosemu!key combinations for
@@ -1457,6 +1464,20 @@ would make these Windows keys go to the previous or next virtual console,
and let the Menu key create a fresh virtual console (in case you have
something like Funkeys
+Many modern keyboards have buttons or keys with labels like
+"Vol Up", "Eject" etc. that suggest actions rather than strings.
+Of course one can bind shell commands to them, but then they'll
+work only when you are at a shell prompt.
+Rick van Rein wrote a package funkey consisting of a kernel patch
+and a daemon. The kernel patch creates a new character device,
+and adds a new key type to indicate which keystrokes should be
+sent to this new character device. A daemon can now listen to
+the character device, somewhat like gpm listens to the
+mouse device, and perform the actions indicated in its config file.
+See .
+
Examples of use of loadkeys and xmodmap
loadkeys!example using
xmodmap!example using