Comment # 61 on bug 1046436 from Thomas Blume

(In reply to Josef Reidinger from comment #59)
> (In reply to Steffen Winterfeldt from comment #58)
> > Do I see this correctly that we spent months and even blocked beta1 waiting
> > for something roughly equivalent of
> > 
> > echo KEYMAP=de-latin1-nodeadkeys > /mnt/etc/vconsole.conf
> > 
> > ???
> 
> see bug#1023774 there is complain that writing it directly is not always
> correct if done by yast and should be done by localectl. At least we have
> now responsible sources, who ensure it is written correctly.


Yes, it does some sanity checks, for example:

-->
0:g179:~ # systemd-firstboot --keymap=.
Keymap . is not valid.
0:g179:~ # systemd-firstboot --keymap=/bla
Keymap /bla is not valid.
--<

But please be aware that it doesn't check for the existence of the keymap file,
e.g.:

-->
0:g179:~ # systemd-firstboot --keymap=blafasel
/etc/vconsole.conf written.
0:g179:~ # cat /etc/vconsole.conf 
KEYMAP=blafasel
--<