Comment # 3 on bug 1006779 from Stefan Dirsch

(In reply to Michal Suchanek from comment #2)
> Why is there /etc/sysconfig/keyboard and /etc/vconsole.conf?

The former is the deprecated one. ;-)

> Which is used when?

The former is preferred, probably due to not break system updates (IIRC) in
order to update /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf if required during
displaymanager startup time before Xserver gets started.

> And since both are limited to crude keyboard descriptions using the TV
> keymap files how do I specify xkb options in those?

You don't. This is what you can select during installation. Mainly one possible
keyboard layout per language. No way to specify special xkb options here.

> I run Xorg desktop. There is no daemon fucking with my keyboard settings and
> I do not want system scripts to do that either if they cannot set up all xkb
> options I specify.

It's up to the *desktop* to provide any special keyboard layout settings. Feel
free to blame your desktop, but not the Xorg component. Sorry, but there is no
Xorg desktop, unless you specify twm a desktop. And I doubt twm messes around
with keyboard settings.

> My WM keyboard shortcuts get remapped.
This sounds to me like you're using a real desktop.