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Description of problem:
If system is in non-UTF-8 mode, loadkey still uses "-u" to load keymap. This will cause that e.g. German umlauts are displayed as two chars.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
initscripts-8.11.1-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. enable non-UTF-8 mode in /etc/sysconfig/i18n (e.g. LANG=en_US)
2. reboot
3. use a German keyboard and type a German umlaut on a console
  

Actual Results:  Strange chars are displayed

Expected Results:  Germans umlauts are displayed

Additional info:

loadkey call in rc.sysinit unconditionally uses "-u" for unicode setup:

  loadkeys -u $KEYMAP < /dev/tty0 > /dev/tty0 2>/dev/null && \
     success $"Loading default keymap" || failure $"Loading default keymap"
  echo

That was not a good idea to use "-u" without checking whether system language is UTF-8.

A temporary fix is to remove "-u" on non-UTF-8 systems.