SETLEDS(1)
NAME
setleds - set the keyboard leds
SYNOPSIS
setleds [-v] [-L] [-D] [-F] [{+|-}num] [{+|-}caps]
[{+|-}scroll]
DESCRIPTION
Setleds reports and changes the led flag settings of a VT
(namely NumLock, CapsLock and ScrollLock). Without argu-
ments, setleds prints the current settings. With argu-
ments, 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.
The led flag settings are specific for each VT (and the VT
corresponding to stdin is used).
By default (or with option -F), setleds will only change
the VT flags (and their setting may be reflected by the
keyboard leds).
With option -D, setleds will 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.
With option -L, setleds will 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.
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 < $tty
done
OPTIONS
-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 out-
put.)
BUGS
In keyboard application mode the NumLock key does not
influence the NumLock flag setting.
SEE ALSO
loadkeys(1)