I seem to be able to put it in this state by running VMware workstation on my workstation from my notebook. At that point VMware says something about mismatched keyboards. Apparently VMware has hooks in gnome and adjusts the keyboard. Next time I login to the workstation (head) it gives me the infamous message: "The X system keyboard settings differ from your current GNOME keyboard settings. [...]"
Maybe this is a VMware workstation bug. But Gnome should be satisfied one way or another... and it never it, always prompts after that point. -- gnome keyboard layout question at each login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/154401 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs