Configuring the loadkeys script

You only need to use the loadkeys script if you don't have a default 101 keys US keyboard layout.

The /etc/sysconfig/keyboard file contains the information the loadkeys script needs to operate. This file contains the LAYOUT variable which tells loadkeys what keymap to load that corresponds with your keyboard.

Create a new file /etc/sysconfig/keyboard by running the following:

cat > /etc/sysconfig/keyboard << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/sysconfig/keyboard
 
LAYOUT=<path-to-keymap>
 
# End /etc/sysconfig/keyboard
EOF

Replace <path-to-keymap> with the path to the keymap you have selected. For example, if you have chosen the US keymap, you would replace it with /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/us.map.gz