I was still affected by this bug because of this bug: <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=726649>. I worked around it by removing one of my xkb grp options. Ubuntu developers might want to backport the patch from that bug, though.
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #726649 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=726649 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1218322 Title: Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1218322/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
