after exiting from gnome, beiing in kdm killing x by ctrl-alt-backspace, logging in kdm to gnome, i had some other issues.
but, after shutdown -r gnome works fine :-) with good key handling (including repeat ket caps-lock and verr-num leds). capital letters works fine again :-) ALT-TAB works fine again :-) digits are accessible with shift key: (~1234567890°+) and everything seams to be fine. :-) including CTRL key, and question mark (????????). :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)