I experience it too: switching layout with either Alt+Alt or RAlt+Shift doesn't work until I go to keyboard preferences (System->Preferences->Keyboard) and reselect the layout (press the button indicates the current layout, and press Ok in the dialog opened).
The following post solved my problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4995013&postcount=7 -- keyboard layout switching combination does not get saved https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194645 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs