About that issue with ubuntu: What is the version? Try to restart gnome-settings-daemon. Or even kill it and then start manually in the terminal (with "export XKL_DEBUG=160") - it might explain some issues.
About that issue with ubuntu: daemon. Or even kill it and then start manually in the terminal (with "export XKL_DEBUG=160") - it might explain some issues.
What is the version? Try to restart gnome-settings-