vt_reset_keyboard(9)

🎀 vt_reset_keyboard(9) 🎀

hey bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for vt_reset_keyboard 💖 this one is a tiny little console-reset icon and we’re gonna get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

vt_reset_keyboard — reset keyboard state 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay so the call signature is literally this, no cap:

void vt_reset_keyboard (unsigned int console );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• console — the console to reset 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so vt_reset_keyboard resets the keyboard bits for a console as part of a general console reset event. that’s the assignment, bestie — keyboard bits, console reset event, slay ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c 👑

• vt_get_leds(9)
• vt_set_led_state(9)
• vt_kbd_con_start(9)
• vt_kbd_con_stop(9)
• vt_do_diacrit(9)
• vt_do_kdskbmode(9)
• vt_do_kdskbmeta(9)
• vt_do_kdgkbmeta(9)
• vt_reset_unicode(9)
• vt_get_shift_state(9)
• vt_get_kbd_mode_bit(9)
• vt_set_kbd_mode_bit(9)
• vt_clr_kbd_mode_bit(9)

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okay that’s the whole vibe — this page is from ./drivers/tty/vt, dated October 2026 💖 mwah 💋