Comment 27 for bug 460328

Before Karmic, I didn't have to configure gnome at all (meaning, all the gconf settings were working fine if they were empty).
Console-setup was configured to [us,gr], and X would pick it up and let me work with it, and allow me to switch layouts, no matter if I used an xterm, gnome, or kde session.
I could type a mixed English/Greek password in gdm.

I think it'd be better if all the involved programs were modified to work correctly when all the gconf keys are empty.
I.e. gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard
inside a session should not result in a broken layout/ability to switch etc...