I meant: "I suspect bug #480021 (no XKB support in X server) is connected with this."
I solved the problem. I did: $ xkbset q XKB not supported for display :0.0 then, I did: $ setxkbmap us at this point, the keyboard indicator was able to show me the correct keyboard layout. I did $ setxkbmap it and the same happened for the Italian keyboard layout. Still, the keyboard indicator would not work. So I removed the Italian layout and added it back again, then want to the keyboard options, changed some of them, than changed them back again. All the above described operations were apparently necessary to restore correct working. Now the keyboard indicator works again for me. I am not sure whether this bug should be closed. It could be showing that the keyboard indicator settings somehow are corrupted when upgrading xorg, and they need to be restored manually. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]