diff -Nru /tmp/tryIcdhZHY/console-tools-0.2.3dbs/debian/changelog /tmp/llPQvgj8hT/console-tools-0.2.3dbs/debian/changelog
--- /tmp/tryIcdhZHY/console-tools-0.2.3dbs/debian/changelog	2006-09-15 13:58:48.000000000 +0100
+++ /tmp/llPQvgj8hT/console-tools-0.2.3dbs/debian/changelog	2006-10-20 09:38:46.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+console-tools (1:0.2.3dbs-62ubuntu10) edgy; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/patches/999_ubuntu_getfd.patch: Make get_console_fd try to open
+    /proc/self/fd/0, so that kbd_mode can be used to query or modify any tty
+    by running kbd_mode < /dev/ttyN. This is a copy of a change by Denis
+    Barbier in kbd 1.12-15.
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:38:39 +0100
+
 console-tools (1:0.2.3dbs-62ubuntu9) edgy; urgency=low
 
   * Accept console-setup as an alternative for console-common and
diff -Nru /tmp/tryIcdhZHY/console-tools-0.2.3dbs/debian/patches/999_ubuntu_getfd.patch /tmp/llPQvgj8hT/console-tools-0.2.3dbs/debian/patches/999_ubuntu_getfd.patch
--- /tmp/tryIcdhZHY/console-tools-0.2.3dbs/debian/patches/999_ubuntu_getfd.patch	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ /tmp/llPQvgj8hT/console-tools-0.2.3dbs/debian/patches/999_ubuntu_getfd.patch	2006-10-19 22:13:05.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff -ruN console-tools-0.2.3-old/lib/misc-console-utils.c console-tools-0.2.3/lib/misc-console-utils.c
+--- console-tools-0.2.3-old/lib/misc-console-utils.c	1999-10-25 21:24:47.000000000 +0100
++++ console-tools-0.2.3/lib/misc-console-utils.c	2006-10-19 22:13:01.000000000 +0100
+@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@
+ 	return fd;
+     }
+   
++  fd = open_a_console("/proc/self/fd/0");
++  if (fd >= 0)
++    return fd;
++
+   fd = open_a_console("/dev/tty");
+   if (fd >= 0)
+     return fd;