We want German keyboard layout no deadkeys and CAPS_LOCK as ESC


# cat > /etc/init.d/keymap.sh <<EOF
install-keymap de.kmap.gz
install-keymap de-latin1-nodeadkeys.kmap.gz
# have caps lock as esc
loadkeys /home/meillo/.keymaprc
EOF

# cd /etc/rc2.d/

# ln -s ../init.d/keymap.sh S99keymap.sh

# reboot


$ cat /home/meillo/.keymaprc
# have the caps lock key as escape
keycode 58 = Escape



(keymaps are in /usr/share/keymaps/i386/quertz/)