[arch-general] keymap corruption

I recently had a hard drive failure which resulted in my system having a corrupted /var.  I removed /var and recreated it from backups, however now i seem to have a unique problem: when I log into the console the backspace and ESC keys do not function correctly.  Both keys just result in advancing the cursor.  Strangely, if I boot into the rescue.target, the keys work correctly. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mike