# Console keyboard mapping setup. # # With topmost priority it tries to set what the user specified as KEYMAP # which may fail when needed keymap files are missing (e.g. include files). # With second priority it tries to set the keymap of the original system. # As fallback it tries to set at least the default (US keyboard) keymap. default_keymap="defkeymap" original_system_dumpkeys_file="/etc/dumpkeys.out" # Set KEYMAP if it is explicitly specified by the user: if test $KEYMAP ; then echo "Using $KEYMAP keymap" if ! loadkeys $KEYMAP ; then # If setting KEYMAP failed try to set the keymap of the original system: echo "Failed to set $KEYMAP keymap" 1>&2 if test -s $original_system_dumpkeys_file ; then echo "Using keymap of the original system" 1>&2 if ! loadkeys $original_system_dumpkeys_file ; then # To be on the safe side when loadkeys failed try to set at least the default keymap: echo "Also failed to set original system keymap, using $default_keymap (US keyboard)" 1>&2 loadkeys $default_keymap || echo "Even failed to set $default_keymap" 1>&2 fi else # When setting KEYMAP failed and there is no original_system_dumpkeys_file set the default keymap: echo "Using $default_keymap (US keyboard)" 1>&2 loadkeys $default_keymap || echo "Also failed to set $default_keymap" 1>&2 fi fi else # When there no KEYMAP specified try to set the keymap of the original system: if test -s $original_system_dumpkeys_file ; then echo "Using keymap of the original system" if ! loadkeys $original_system_dumpkeys_file ; then # To be on the safe side when loadkeys failed try to set at least the default keymap: echo "Failed to set original system keymap, using $default_keymap (US keyboard)" 1>&2 loadkeys $default_keymap || echo "Also failed to set $default_keymap" 1>&2 fi else # When there is neither KEYMAP nor original_system_dumpkeys_file set the default keymap: echo "Using $default_keymap (US keyboard)" loadkeys $default_keymap || echo "Failed to set $default_keymap" 1>&2 fi fi