xkb keyboard switching strangness

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I use two keymaps: us and il, I use the dvorak variant of us, and I
switch between us and il using some key combination, generally alt
+shift.  I used to configure this in Xorg.conf thus:

	Option          "XkbLayout"     "us,il"
	Option          "XkbVariant"    "dvorak,"
        Option          "XkbOptions"    "grp:alt_shift_toggle,ctrl:swapcaps"

Recently, with the Xorg switch to evdev and hal for input device
configuration, this stopped working, and I eventually discovered that
the keyboard is no longer configured in Xorg.conf.  From NEWS.Debian.gz:

> * Changes in handling of input devices
> 
>   Starting from this version, input devices are no longer configured
>   statically in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.  Instead, input devices are detected at
>   runtime (and can be hotplugged) and configured individually.  The default
>   keyboard layout is shared with the console and is configured in
>   /etc/default/console-setup.  As a result, devices configured in xorg.conf to
>   use the mouse or kbd driver are ignored by the X server by default.
> 
>   For more details, see:
>   http://who-t.blogspot.com/2008/12/evdev-xorgconf-hal-and-other-fud.html
>   http://who-t.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-keyboard-configuration-handling.html

I therefore configured the keyboard in /etc/default/console-setup thus:

> XKBMODEL="acer_laptop"
> XKBLAYOUT="us,il"
> XKBVARIANT="dvorak,"
> XKBOPTIONS="lv3:ralt_switch"
> XKBOPTIONS="grp:alt_shift_toggle,ctrl:swapcaps"

[A combination of the Debian defaults and my Xorg options.]  This works
fine in the console, but for some reason behaves strangely in X.  I
have to hit alt+shift *twice* to switch to il, and once to switch
back.  I tried changing the toggle to lwin, with the same results.
[I notice using xev that when alt+shift is configured, ISO_Prev_Group
keysyms are generated, while when lwin is configured, ISO_Next_Group
keysyms are generated.  I have no idea why, or if this is significant.]

My questions:

I)  Why on earth do I need to hit my toggle key combo twice in X (it
works properly in the console, as above)? 
II) What is the current method for configuring the keyboard for X,
without altering the console-setup stuff?  [I tried using an fdi file
under /etc/hal/fdi/policy, but I couldn't get it to work properly.]

Celejar
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