Oops actually I just remembered how I inadvertently worked around the bug on one machine. And I successfully applied the workaround on the other. Here are the workaround steps:
1) Go through the process I outlined above to remove the no-longer- wanted keyboard. [I'm not sure this step is required, but just in case.] 2) Logout (or restart). 3) At the GDM greeter screen, choose your user. Once you do that, you'll see options at the bottom for accessibility etc. 4) On that bottom strip, change your keyboard from <OLD ONE> [in my case "USA Macintosh"], to "Other...". From the selection dialog, choose the new one you want to keep. It should match the one you kept from step #1. In my case, it was simply: "USA". 5) Now when you finish the login process, you'll notice the keyboard indicator is gone. If you open up the Keyboard Preferences dialog, you'll only see one keyboard listed--the one you want. Note that this is a workaround to a still obvious bug somewhere. It appears to me that the GDM greeter and Keyboard Preferences aren't using the same mechanism or something... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/779509 Title: keyboard layout settings not remembered To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/779509/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
