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How do I permanently change the keyboard layout for the passphrase prompt at startup?

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What do you mean by startup? The lvm startup or the login startup or the bios startup or the grub startup? – Abhijit Navale Dec 25 '12 at 16:11
    
when it tries to unlock the lvm volumes. – Thomas Dec 25 '12 at 16:29
    
You can not. It uses standard US keyboard layout. – Abhijit Navale Dec 25 '12 at 16:30
    
What about modifying the initrd? – Thomas Dec 25 '12 at 16:32
    
Go through this link on your own risk. wiki.debian.org/Keyboard#Set_Keyboard_Layout_in_initramfs But I dont think lvm offers to use keyboard layout other than US. Its not possible. If you are a developer you might wish to contribute this feature. Follow that link only if you know what you are doing. It may cause software failure or data corruption. – Abhijit Navale Dec 25 '12 at 16:36
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For me, simply setting KEYMAP=Y in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf worked -- I am now able to use my console's keymap for entering the LUKS passphrase. As root:

echo "KEYMAP=Y" >> /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
update-initramfs -u

Source: https://wiki.debian.org/Keyboard#Set_Keyboard_Layout_in_initramfs

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