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<sect1 id="ch07-loadkeys">
<title>Creating the loadkeys script</title>
<?dbhtml filename="loadkeys.html" dir="chapter07"?>

<para>You only need to create this script if you don't have a 
default 101 keys US keyboard layout.</para>

<para>Create the <filename>/etc/init.d/loadkeys</filename> script by 
running the following command:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/init.d/loadkeys &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
#!/bin/sh
# Begin /etc/init.d/loadkeys

#
# Include the functions declared in the /etc/init.d/functions file
#

source /etc/init.d/functions

#
# Include /etc/sysconfig/keyboard which contains the LAYOUT variable
#

source /etc/sysconfig/keyboard

#
# Load the default keymap file
#

echo -n "Loading keymap..."
/bin/loadkeys $LAYOUT 2&gt;/dev/null
evaluate_retval

# End /etc/init.d/loadkeys
<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>

<sect2>
<title>Creating the /etc/sysconfig/keyboard file</title>
 
<para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/sysconfig/keyboard</filename> 
by running the following:</para>
 
<para><screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/sysconfig/keyboard &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput
>
# Begin /etc/sysconfig/keyboard
 
LAYOUT=&lt;path-to-keymap&gt;
 
# End /etc/sysconfig/keyboard
<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>

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

</sect2>

</sect1>