It appears that gnome get its keyboard settings primarily from X (!) /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "dvorak" EndSection If you put the correct settings in xorg.conf, gnome is not misbehaving anymore. -- Gnome Keyboard layout changes are lost after reboot/-start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/23762 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs