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Subject: Re: Keyboard multiplexing?
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On Wednesday 18 July 2007 16:53, Ernst de Haan wrote:
> on for me remains: "What _is_ keyboard multiplexing." I did =A0
> some searches on Google and Wikipedia, but I found no clear =A0=20
> definition, so IMHO an explanation would provide added value, =A0
> answering the following questions:
> 1. what is it?
> 2. when is that useful?
> 3. can I remove it if I don't use the machine as a desktop?

Although I use the mentioned sources quite often your first=20
source of information should always be FreeBSD's own
documentation.  AFAIK every entry in the kernel config file
should have its own man page.  In your case:

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dkbdmux&sektion=3D4&manpath=3DFre=
eBSD+6.2-RELEASE

J. Kois
jkois@FreeBSD.org