Bug#693485: Re[2]: Bug#693485: keyboard-configuration: XKBLAYOUT, XKBOPTIONS values manually set in /etc/default/keyboard lost on upgrade

[Anton Zinoviev <anton@lml.bas.bg>]

On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 01:34:19AM +0400, Bob Bib wrote:
> 
> 1) Machine #1:
> --- keyboard.old
> +++ keyboard.new
> @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
>  # Consult the keyboard(5) manual page.
>  
>  XKBMODEL="acer_laptop"
> -XKBLAYOUT="us,ua,ru"
> +XKBLAYOUT=""
>  XKBVARIANT=""
> -XKBOPTIONS="grp:alt_shift_toggle"
> +XKBOPTIONS=""
>  
>  BACKSPACE="guess"

I have no explanation of this change and I am unable to reproduce it. 
Is there something particular about this machine and its configuration?

> 2) Machine #2:
> --- keyboard.old
> +++ keyboard.new
> @@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
>  XKBMODEL="genius"
>  XKBLAYOUT="us,ua,ru"
>  XKBVARIANT=""
> -XKBOPTIONS="grp:alt_shift_toggle"
> +XKBOPTIONS="grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
>  
>  BACKSPACE="guess"

For better or worse, this is indeed the current behavior for the 
non-Latin layouts.

Anton Zinoviev