[Nix-dev] Remapping Console Key Bindings

[Mark Gardner]

On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 9:24 AM, Rodney Lorrimar <dev at rodney.id.au> wrote:

> I just realised that the previous advice doesn't work very well after a
> reboot (no keys work except control).
>

​I got bitten by that one. I could not type in my password to decrypt the
disk before NixOS could boot. I am thankful for rollback! :-)
​

> A better way is:
> 1. dumpkeys > /etc/nixos/keys.map
> 2. Edit keys.map and change keycode 58 from Caps_Lock to Control.
> 3. In configuration.nix:  i18n.consoleKeyMap = ./keys.map;
>

​This makes sense. I will try it when I get home.

Mark
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