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Set X11 keyboard layout in addition to console keymap
PabloG-Dev Jan 8, 2026
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Adding kbd-model-map
PabloG-Dev Jan 8, 2026
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Simplify fallback and add X11 conditional.
PabloG-Dev Jan 9, 2026
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152 changes: 150 additions & 2 deletions installer.sh
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Expand Up @@ -552,13 +552,161 @@ menu_keymap() {
done
}

# Mapping derived from systemd's kbd-model-map

map_keymap_to_xkb() {
case "$1" in
sg|sg-latin1)
XKB_LAYOUT="ch"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="de_nodeadkeys" ;;
nl)
XKB_LAYOUT="nl"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
mk-utf)
XKB_LAYOUT="mk"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
trq)
XKB_LAYOUT="tr"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
uk)
XKB_LAYOUT="gb"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
is-latin1)
XKB_LAYOUT="is"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
de|de-latin1)
XKB_LAYOUT="de"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
la-latin1)
XKB_LAYOUT="latam"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
us)
XKB_LAYOUT="us"; XKB_MODEL="pc105+inet"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
ko)
XKB_LAYOUT="kr"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
ro)
XKB_LAYOUT="ro"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
ro-std)
XKB_LAYOUT="ro"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="std" ;;
slovene)
XKB_LAYOUT="si"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
hu)
XKB_LAYOUT="hu"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
jp106)
XKB_LAYOUT="jp"; XKB_MODEL="jp106"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
croat)
XKB_LAYOUT="hr"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
it|it2|it-ibm)
XKB_LAYOUT="it"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
hu101)
XKB_LAYOUT="hu"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="qwerty" ;;
sr-latin)
XKB_LAYOUT="rs"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="latin" ;;
fi)
XKB_LAYOUT="fi"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
fr|fr-latin1|fr-pc)
XKB_LAYOUT="fr"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
fr_CH|fr_CH-latin1)
XKB_LAYOUT="ch"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="fr" ;;
dk|dk-latin1)
XKB_LAYOUT="dk"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
be-latin1)
XKB_LAYOUT="be"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
bg_pho-utf8)
XKB_LAYOUT="bg"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="phonetic" ;;
cz-us-qwertz)
XKB_LAYOUT="cz"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
cz-qwerty)
XKB_LAYOUT="cz"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="qwerty" ;;
br-abnt2)
XKB_LAYOUT="br"; XKB_MODEL="abnt2"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
us-acentos)
XKB_LAYOUT="us"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="intl" ;;
pt-latin1)
XKB_LAYOUT="pt"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
ro-std-cedilla)
XKB_LAYOUT="ro"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="std_cedilla" ;;
tj_alt-UTF8)
XKB_LAYOUT="tj"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
de-latin1-nodeadkeys)
XKB_LAYOUT="de"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="nodeadkeys" ;;
no)
XKB_LAYOUT="no"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
dvorak)
XKB_LAYOUT="us"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="dvorak" ;;
ru)
XKB_LAYOUT="ru"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
cz-lat2)
XKB_LAYOUT="cz"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="qwerty" ;;
pl2)
XKB_LAYOUT="pl"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
es)
XKB_LAYOUT="es"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
es-dvorak)
XKB_LAYOUT="es"; XKB_MODEL="microsoftpro"; XKB_VARIANT="dvorak" ;;
ro-cedilla)
XKB_LAYOUT="ro"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="cedilla" ;;
ie)
XKB_LAYOUT="ie"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
et)
XKB_LAYOUT="ee"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
sk-qwerty)
XKB_LAYOUT="sk"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="qwerty" ;;
sk-qwertz)
XKB_LAYOUT="sk"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
fr-latin9)
XKB_LAYOUT="fr"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="latin9" ;;
cf)
XKB_LAYOUT="ca"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
sv-latin1)
XKB_LAYOUT="se"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
sr-cy)
XKB_LAYOUT="rs"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
gr)
XKB_LAYOUT="gr"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
by)
XKB_LAYOUT="by"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
il)
XKB_LAYOUT="il"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
kazakh)
XKB_LAYOUT="kz"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
lt|lt.l4|lt.baltic)
XKB_LAYOUT="lt"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
khmer)
XKB_LAYOUT="kh"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
lv)
XKB_LAYOUT="lv"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="apostrophe" ;;
lv-tilde)
XKB_LAYOUT="lv"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="tilde" ;;
ge)
XKB_LAYOUT="ge"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
*)
XKB_LAYOUT="$1"; XKB_MODEL="pc105"; XKB_VARIANT="" ;;
esac
}

set_keymap() {
local KEYMAP=$(get_option KEYMAP)

# Console keymap
if [ -f /etc/vconsole.conf ]; then
sed -i -e "s|KEYMAP=.*|KEYMAP=$KEYMAP|g" $TARGETDIR/etc/vconsole.conf
sed -i -e "s|KEYMAP=.*|KEYMAP=$KEYMAP|g" "$TARGETDIR/etc/vconsole.conf"
else
sed -i -e "s|#\?KEYMAP=.*|KEYMAP=$KEYMAP|g" $TARGETDIR/etc/rc.conf
sed -i -e "s|#\?KEYMAP=.*|KEYMAP=$KEYMAP|g" "$TARGETDIR/etc/rc.conf"
fi

# X11 keymap
if [ -x "$TARGETDIR/usr/bin/Xorg" ] || [ -x "$TARGETDIR/bin/Xorg" ]; then
map_keymap_to_xkb "$KEYMAP"

mkdir -p "$TARGETDIR/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"

cat > "$TARGETDIR/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf" <<EOF
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "system-keyboard"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
Option "XkbLayout" "$XKB_LAYOUT"
Option "XkbModel" "$XKB_MODEL"
EOF
[ -n "$XKB_VARIANT" ] && \
echo " Option \"XkbVariant\" \"$XKB_VARIANT\"" >> \
"$TARGETDIR/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf"

cat >> "$TARGETDIR/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf" <<EOF
EndSection
EOF
fi
}

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