Bug#448003: ignores preference to use xorg.conf keyboard layout; does not configure jp106 keyboard correctly

[Tim Gershon]

Package: gnome-control-center
Version: 1:2.20.0.1-1
Severity: important

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Apologies in advance if I am reporting this against the wrong package - 
if so, please advise.

Starting up today, I was greeted with a box telling me that my gnome 
keyboard settings and my X (xorg.conf) keyboard settings differ, and 
asking which I would like to use.  I selected X, as that was working 
nicely before, however, that choice appears to have been disregarded.

I then try to set up to use jp106 as my default through 
gnome-keyboard-properties, which has at least two problems
1) gnome seems to refuse this as default, and I can only achieve the 
jp106 layout by starting gnome with a US default layout, and then 
switching to jp106
2) once I get to jp106, my backslash/underscore key does not work 
correctly, nor are the arrow keys recognized.

I would like to go back to the layout I have configured in xorg.conf ... 
how can I do it?

Thanks in advance
Tim

ps. I guess this must have come about from upgrades I made yesterday or 
the day before (I am running unstable), but I cannot see the likely 
cause from aptitude.log


--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.22-2-686

Debian Release: lenny/sid
   500 unstable        www.debian-multimedia.org
   500 unstable        ftp.uk.debian.org

--- Package information. ---
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libart-2.0-2                                  (>= 2.3.18) | 2.3.19-3
libatk1.0-0                                   (>= 1.20.0) | 1.20.0-1
libbonobo2-0                                  (>= 2.15.0) | 2.20.0-1
libbonoboui2-0                                (>= 2.15.1) | 2.20.0-1
libc6                                        (>= 2.6.1-1) | 2.6.1-6
libcairo2                                      (>= 1.4.0) | 1.4.10-1
libdbus-1-3                                    (>= 1.1.1) | 1.1.1-3
libdbus-glib-1-2                                (>= 0.74) | 0.74-1
libebook1.2-9                                 (>= 1.12.0) | 1.12.1-1
libesd0                                      (>= 0.2.35)  |
  OR libesd-alsa0                              (>= 0.2.35) | 0.2.36-3
libfontconfig1                                 (>= 2.4.0) | 2.4.2-1.4
libfreetype6                                   (>= 2.3.5) | 2.3.5-1+b1
libgconf2-4                                   (>= 2.13.5) | 2.20.0-1
libglade2-0                                  (>= 1:2.6.1) | 1:2.6.2-1
libglib2.0-0                                  (>= 2.14.0) | 2.14.2-1
libgnome-desktop-2                            (>= 2.11.1) | 2.20.0-2
libgnome-menu2                                (>= 2.15.4) | 2.20.0-2
libgnome-window-settings1                   (>= 1:2.17.5) | 1:2.20.0.1-1
libgnome2-0                                   (>= 2.17.3) | 2.20.1.1-1
libgnomecanvas2-0                             (>= 2.11.1) | 2.20.1-1
libgnomekbd1                                              | 2.20.0-1
libgnomekbdui1                                            | 2.20.0-1
libgnomeui-0                                  (>= 2.17.1) | 2.20.1.1-1
libgnomevfs2-0                             (>= 1:2.17.90) | 1:2.20.0-3
libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0              (>= 0.10.14) | 0.10.14-4
libgstreamer0.10-0                           (>= 0.10.14) | 0.10.14-2
libgtk2.0-0                                   (>= 2.12.0) | 2.12.1-1
libhal1                                        (>= 0.5.9) | 0.5.10-1
libice6                                      (>= 1:1.0.0) | 2:1.0.4-1
libmetacity0                                (>= 1:2.19.5) | 1:2.20.0-1
libnautilus-extension1                       (>= 2.17.90) | 2.20.0-1
liborbit2                                   (>= 1:2.14.1) | 1:2.14.7-0.1
libpanel-applet2-0                            (>= 2.19.3) | 2.20.0.1-3
libpango1.0-0                                 (>= 1.18.2) | 1.18.2-2
libpng12-0                                  (>= 1.2.13-4) | 1.2.15~beta5-3
libpopt0                                        (>= 1.10) | 1.10-3
libslab0                                                  | 
0.9.8.svn.20070430-1.1
libsm6                                                    | 2:1.0.3-1+b1
libstartup-notification0                       (>= 0.8-1) | 0.9-1
libx11-6                                                  | 2:1.0.3-7
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libxcursor1                                    (>> 1.1.2) | 1:1.1.9-1
libxdamage1                                    (>= 1:1.1) | 1:1.1.1-3
libxext6                                                  | 1:1.0.3-2
libxfixes3                                   (>= 1:4.0.1) | 1:4.0.3-2
libxft2                                        (>> 2.1.1) | 2.1.12-2
libxi6                                                    | 2:1.1.3-1
libxinerama1                                              | 1:1.0.2-1
libxklavier11                                    (>= 3.3) | 3.3-1
libxml2                                       (>= 2.6.29) | 2.6.30.dfsg-2
libxrandr2                                   (>= 2:1.2.0) | 2:1.2.2-1
libxrender1                                               | 1:0.9.4-1
libxss1                                                   | 1:1.1.2-1
libxxf86misc1                                             | 1:1.0.1-2
zlib1g                              (>= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-1) | 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-6
capplets-data                                 (>= 1:2.20) | 1:2.20.0.1-1
capplets-data                                 (<< 1:2.21) | 1:2.20.0.1-1
libgnome-window-settings1                (= 1:2.20.0.1-1) | 1:2.20.0.1-1
gnome-menus                                   (>= 2.12.0) | 2.20.0-2
gnome-desktop-data                                        | 2.20.0-2
gnome-icon-theme                                (>= 2.16) | 2.20.0-1
desktop-file-utils                                        | 0.12-1