Comment 4 for bug 782199

I use Dvorak, and this has been an annoyance for me as well. I recently learned about GRUB's newly-added support for non-QWERTY keymaps, and have put together a drop-in solution for Ubuntu users.

Place the attached script in /etc/grub.d/, and run "update-grub". It will use your system-wide keyboard configuration in /etc/default/keyboard .

Caveat 1: Entering the GRUB menu by pressing Shift doesn't seem to work. The Esc key works fine, however.

Caveat 2: I've only tested this on Oneiric. I don't think Natty's version of GRUB has the necessary keymap support.