Re: Keyboard Mapping Strangeness

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:55:19 +0000, Alan Chandler wrote:

> Recently (since Squeeze release and my decision to change back to
> unstable) my gnome desktop keyboard default as moved from Gbr to USA (as
> witnessed by the little icon to the left of time on my top panel).  If I
> go edit keyboard settings and ensure that United Kingdom is the default
> layout, and also remove the USA settings it holds OK until my next
> reboot (the Icon disappears when there is only one setting to choose
> from).

(...)

It seems GNOME keyboard settings are stored in another place other than "/
etc/default/keyboard" (adding an additional layout using GNOME keyboard 
menu does not alter the content of "/etc/default/keyboard" at all :-?).

What does GDM greeter say about keyboard settings when the user logins?

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón