diff -Naur kbd-1.12.orig/src/kbd_mode.c kbd-1.12/src/kbd_mode.c
--- kbd-1.12.orig/src/kbd_mode.c	2004-01-16 20:45:31.000000000 +0100
+++ kbd-1.12/src/kbd_mode.c	2008-01-26 02:57:35.000000000 +0100
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 static void
 usage(void){
-    fprintf(stderr, _("usage: kbd_mode [-a|-u|-k|-s]\n"));
+    fprintf(stderr, _("usage: kbd_mode [-a|-u|-k|-s] [device]\n"));
     exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@
 	if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-V"))
 	    print_version_and_exit();
 
-	fd = getfd(NULL);
+	if(argc == 3) {
+		fd = getfd(argv[2]);
+	} else {
+		fd = getfd(NULL);
+	}
 
 	if (argc == 1) {
 	    /* report mode */
@@ -59,7 +63,7 @@
 	    }
 	    exit(1);
 	}
-	if (argc != 2)
+	if (argc < 2)
 	  usage();
 	if (!strcmp(argv[1], "-a"))
 	  mode = K_XLATE;