Public bug reported: In Kubuntu 6.10, RC1 I believe[1] when you put the CD you ca choose the keymap with F3. I did it, chose Dvorak and a weir square appeared on a screen with some text. I've booted and neither the console (text mode) nor the KDE session has the keyboard in Dvorak mode. This used to work on the previous version of Kubuntu (Dapper). Thank you.
[1] $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu edgy (development branch) Release: 6.10 Codename: edgy ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Selecting keymap (dvorak) at boot time fails https://launchpad.net/bugs/68487 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs