Add Custom Keyboard to Linux console

Step 1:
su
cp /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/dvorak/dvorak-programmer.map.gz .
chmod 777 dvorak-programmer.map.gz
mv dvorak-programmer.map.gz dvorak-wim.map.gz

gzip -d dvorak-wim.map.gz

Step 2:
edit the file and change row 5
! --------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Row 5
! --------------------------------------------------------------------------
keycode 42 = Shift
keycode 44 = z
keycode 45 = x
keycode 46 = c
keycode 47 = v
keycode 48 = j
keycode 49 = b
keycode 50 = m
keycode 51 = w
keycode 52 = q
keycode 53 = apostrophe quotedbl
keycode 54 = Shift

And

keycode 23 = k

Save it!

gzip dvorak-wim.map
cp dvorak-wim.map /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/dvorak/dvorak-wim.map.gz
chmod 644 /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/dvorak/dvorak-wim.map.gz

To use it, type
loadkeys dvorak-wim

To make it permanent
edit /etc/vconsole.conf

change or add: KEYMAP=dvorak-wim

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