Comment 8 for bug 214984

Okay, I'll try that.
For the record, here is some interesting xev output:

# Just started X here. the onboard keyboard works. I type on the 'j' key of the azerty keyboard (which means 'h' in dvorak)
KeyPress event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x2000001,
    root 0x13b, subw 0x0, time 5443549, (723,-6), root:(836,101),
    state 0x0, keycode 44 (keysym 0x68, h), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (68) "h"
    XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (68) "h"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x2000001,
    root 0x13b, subw 0x0, time 5443625, (723,-6), root:(836,101),
    state 0x0, keycode 44 (keysym 0x68, h), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (68) "h"
    XFilterEvent returns: False
# A few minutes have passed. I've used an external keyboard. the onboard keyboard doesn't work anymore. pressing the same key as before gives this:
KeyPress event, serial 29, synthetic NO, window 0x1c00001,
    root 0x13b, subw 0x0, time 9398642, (1311,60), root:(2765,124),
    state 0x10, keycode 87 (keysym 0xffb1, KP_1), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (31) "1"
    XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (31) "1"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1c00001,
    root 0x13b, subw 0x0, time 9398718, (1311,60), root:(2765,124),
    state 0x10, keycode 87 (keysym 0xffb1, KP_1), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (31) "1"
    XFilterEvent returns: False