Comment 215 for bug 196277

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Francesco Potortì (pot) wrote : Re: [Bug 196277] Re: A GNOME login without keypress dosn't set GNOME keyboard settings

>I've been using the workaround of running setxkbmap automatically after
>login for a long time without problems. Perhaps this workaround can be
>implemented as an update for hardy, and the real Xorg fix remain in
>Intrepid?

If possible at all, please do!

By the way, I cannot make it work automatically. I have to open a
terminal and write 'setxkbmap' manually each time X starts.

>I think it really make no sense that an LTS release won't be usable out
>of the box for anyone with an extra keyboard layout.

Same here. What's the purpose of LTS if fundamental bugs don't get
corrected? To keep a buggy version alive as long as possible?