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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import sys
+import os
+import syslog
+import subprocess
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+    try:
+
+        # Exit if something is missing
+        for required_file in ["/etc/default/keyboard", "/usr/bin/setxkbmap"]:
+            if not os.path.exists(required_file):
+                syslog.syslog("%s not found." % required_file)
+                sys.exit(0)
+
+        # Log current keyboard configuration
+        output = subprocess.check_output(["setxkbmap", "-query"]).decode("UTF-8")
+        syslog.syslog("Current keyboard configuration: %s" % output)
+
+        # Parse keyboard configuration file
+        XKBMODEL = ""
+        XKBLAYOUT = ""
+        XKBVARIANT = ""
+        XKBOPTIONS = ""
+        with open("/etc/default/keyboard", "r") as keyboard:
+            for line in keyboard:
+                line = line.strip()
+                if "XKBMODEL=" in line:
+                    XKBMODEL = line.split('=')[1].replace('"', '')
+                if "XKBLAYOUT=" in line:
+                    XKBLAYOUT = line.split('=')[1].replace('"', '')
+                if "XKBVARIANT=" in line:
+                    XKBVARIANT = line.split('=')[1].replace('"', '')
+                if "XKBOPTIONS=" in line:
+                    XKBOPTIONS = line.split('=')[1].replace('"', '')
+
+            # Apply keyboard configuration
+            command = ["setxkbmap", "-model", XKBMODEL, "-layout", XKBLAYOUT, "-variant", XKBVARIANT, "-option", XKBOPTIONS, "-v"]
+            syslog.syslog("Applying keyboard configuration: %s" % command)
+            output = subprocess.check_output(command).decode("UTF-8")
+            syslog.syslog("Result: %s" % output)
+
+        # Log new keyboard configuration
+        output = subprocess.check_output(["setxkbmap", "-query"]).decode("UTF-8")
+        syslog.syslog("New keyboard configuration: %s" % output)
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        # best effort, syslog it and bail out
+        syslog.syslog("ERROR: %s" % e)
+
+    sys.exit(0)