Comment 26 for bug 401497

Maybe I should post the command that I use to work around the problem, to see if it helps other people here as well:

gconftool-2 --type list --list-type string --set /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd/layouts '[us,gr]'
Of course put the layouts for YOUR languages instead of [us,gr]

After that command, the layouts should be fixed immediately, and they should remain OK even after logging off or rebooting (if we're all talking about the same bug).