I have the same problem, but with different keys (in particular, the
left and down arrows no longer work. xev reports them as different
keys). The remedy is to switch the keyboard layout, with System ->
Preferences -> Keyboard. That works for a little while, and then I have
to do it again.

$ sudo apt-cache policy xkb-data
[sudo] password for cay: 
xkb-data:
  Installed: 1.3-2ubuntu4
  Candidate: 1.3-2ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 1.3-2ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ setxkbmap -print
xkb_keymap {
        xkb_keycodes  { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" };
        xkb_types     { include "complete"      };
        xkb_compat    { include "complete"      };
        xkb_symbols   { include 
"pc+us+inet(evdev)+level3(ralt_switch)+ctrl(nocaps)"    };
        xkb_geometry  { include "pc(pc104)"     };
};

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(Intrepid) keys not working as supposed to after upgrade
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/268396
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