We may use loadkeys(1), dumpkeys(1) and showkey(1): The loadkeys(1) utility helps to load new strings into the keyboard buffers or prepares the new C-code to modify the kernel. The dumpkeys(1) should be used to get the current keyboard mapping table for inspection or modification. The showkey(1) may assist us to obtain the keycode of the selected function key.
If your Linux system does not have these utilities, you may get them
via anonymous ftp as kbd-0.90.tar.gz
package from
You should use the GNU tar to extract the needed files.
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