Currently dm-crypt mappings are set up by the init scripts before the console keymap is loaded, meaning I have to enter my passphrase with the us ascii keymap, which is uncomfortable. Could this be changed? md401@li ~ $ emerge info Portage 2.0.54 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, gcc-3.4.5, glibc-2.3.5-r3, 2.6.15-gentoo-r1-mikeyd i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.15-gentoo-r1-mikeyd i686 AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2600+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.14 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2, 2.4.2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /opt/openjms/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks fixpackages noauto sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LINGUAS="en_GB" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow 3dnowext GAPING_SECURITY_HOLE X X509 Xaw3d a52 aac aalib acl acpi ada adns aim akode alsa apm applet ares arts artswrappersuid asf asm async audiofile authdaemond avahi avalon avi bash-completion bcp bidi big-tables binfilter bitmap-fonts bjam bonobo bookmarks browserplugin bzip2 cairo caps catalogs cdda cddb cdinstall cdio cdparanoia cdr cdrom chroot cjk clearcase corba crypt css cups curl custom-cflags daap dbus devmap dga directfb divx4linux dlloader dmx doc dri dts dv dvd dvdr dvdread dynamic ecc edl eds elf emacs emboss encode esd ethereal examples exif expat exscalibar extensions extraengine fam fame fbcon ffmpeg fftw flac flash fontconfig foomaticdb fortran fpx freetype fuse gcj gd gd-external gdbm geometry ggi gif gimpprint glibc-omitfp glitz glut gmp gnome gnome-print gnomedb gnutls gphoto2 gpm graphviz gs gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile hal haskell hbci howl hpn httpd icq icu idea idn ieee1394 imagemagick imap imlib insecure-drivers insecure-savers ipod ipv6 irc isdnlog ithreads jabber jack java javamail javascript jbig jce jikes jms jmx joystick jpeg jpeg2k junit jython kde kdeenablefinal kig-scripting kqemu ladspa lcms ldap leim libcaca libedit libg++ libsamplerate libwww linguas_de linguas_en_GB live lj lm_sensors lzo mad mailwrapper matroska mcal mdb mhash migemo mikmod ming mjpeg mmap mmx mmxext mng mod mono motif mozcalendar mozdevelop mozilla mozsvg mp3 mpeg mpi mplayer msn musepack music musicbrainz nas ncurses netboot network new-login nls nntp nodrm noflagstrip nowin nptl nptlonly nsplugin numeric nvidia objc objc-gc offensive ofx ogg oggvorbis on-the-fly-crypt openal openexr opengl pam pam_console pascal pccts pcre pdf pdflib perl pg-hier php physfs pic plotutils png postgres povray ppds pppd pvm pyste python qt qt4 quicktime rdesktop readline real recode rhino rle rpm rss rtc ruby samba sametime sasl screen sdk sdl sensord serial server sftplogging shout skey skins slang slp sndfile snmp socks5 soundtouch source speex spell sql sse sse2 ssl stream subp subversion svg swat symlink sysfs tcltk tcpd tetex tga theora threads tidy tiff timidity toolbar tools transcode truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts ucs2 udev unicode usb utf8 v4l v4l2 vcd vcdimager vidix vim-with-x visualization vlm vorbis win32codecs winbind wmf wxwindows xanim xcomposite xface xine xinerama xml xml2 xmms xosd xpm xprint xscreensaver xv xvid xvmc yahoo yaz yv12 zeroconf zlib zvbi userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS
currently the answer is 'no, not really' dm-crypt is integrated into checkfs/localmount which needs to be performed before any non-critical service is performed (like keymap)
having looked into this myself I can't see any really easy way of doing this right now, though I'm aware of the problem and would like to change it myself.
*** Bug 144879 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 210358 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
