---
name: "send_to_keyboard"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "lineakd"
version: "1:0.9-6"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/send_to_keyboard"
---

# send\_to\_keyboard(8)

send to the keyboard device

## NAME

send\_to\_keyboard - send to the keyboard device

## SYNOPSIS

**send\_to\_keyboard**

## DESCRIPTION

send\_to\_keyboard is a simple program which allows you to send actual control codes to the keyboard device to enable or disable certain functions. For example, some of the IBM keyboards require:\
   send\_to\_keyboard ea 17

in order to enable the extra keys. This helper application is actually used from [lineakd(1)](/lineakd/1.md).

## NOTES

Some keyboard functionality can be turned on at boot time using kernel parameters. An owner of the Chicony Multimedia keyboard mentions that booting with the kernel parameters set to: i8042.direct=1 atkbd.set=3 atkbd.extra=1 will enable functionality of the extra keys on his keyboard. Put those in your lilo.conf or grub menu.lst and special functionality may be enabled at boot time.

## SEE ALSO

evtest(8), [lineakd(1)](/lineakd/1.md).

## AUTHOR

**send\_to\_keyboard** was written by Dennis Bjorklund.