I can confirm that I am affected by this same issue (using a Lenovo Thinkpad X60). I noticed it immediately because I have 'Make CapsLock an Additional Ctrl' enabled. This feature is a must on this laptop due to the strange location of the real Ctrl key.
I also upgraded from 7.10 to 8.04 and use GDM's automatic login feature. I noticed that I could only get the right keyboard settings after I either a) went into the keyboard settings dialog (which I assume refreshes the layout somehow) or b) logged out and the logged back in. This led me to believe something might be going on with the initialization of my gnome session by gdm or something similar. I ultimately wound up here :) Of course everything works fine when automatic login is turned off. However, it is a nice feature to have. I would also be happy to provide any info/logs needed. -- gdm and keyboard layout switch https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228196 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
