As borrowed from this thread:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/331612
"To load the UK keys by default in the console, edit /etc/rc.d/rc.keymap and change the keymap from *us.map* to *uk.map*."
From the same thread as above:
To change the keyboard map in X, you need to edit the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
[code snippet from xorg.conf]
#
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# These are the default XKB settings for X.Org
#
# Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
# Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
# Option "XkbLayout" "us"
# Option "XkbVariant" ""
# Option "XkbOptions" ""
Option "XkbLayout" "uk" # <-- this is the important bit
[/code]
In X you must edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to reflect your keyboard.
So, where it says UK, change it to the appropriate map =)
- Piete.