LinuxQuestions.org - Problem with a keymap in Manjaro on an old Macbook Pro

Hello,

I have Manjaro installed on my old Macbook Pro, precisely it is MacBookPro5,3.

If I switch to one of the consoles via CTRL + ALT + F<num>, the keymap is set to uk by default and that would be OK but this is not correct for Macbooks

Code:

[macbookpro ~]$ localectl

System Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8

    VC Keymap: uk

  X11 Layout: gb

  X11 Variant: mac

I can list all possible keymaps filtered by uk and mac-uk is in the list

Code:

[macbookpro ~]$ localectl list-keymaps | grep uk

atari-uk-falcon

dvorak-uk

dvorak-ukp

mac-uk

sunt5-uk

sunt6-uk

uk

The problem is if I set this keymap using loadkeys mac-uk when working on one of the TTY consoles, the keyboard does not work at all; frankly, it is a mess, such that keys produce completely different characters that they supposed to. For instance, if I press BACKSPACE, I get a letter e.

Does anyone have an idea how to sort it out?

Thanks