I also have this problem (Acer-AOD255, Xubuntu 10.10, switching us & th layouts with grp:shifts_toggle)
Comment #4's workaround doesn't work for me: the setting's lost on logout/login as before.
Comment #6's workaround (with grp:shifts_toggle) also doesn't work for me, and messes up font and icon settings.
I also have this problem (Acer-AOD255, Xubuntu 10.10, switching us & th layouts with grp:shifts_toggle)
Comment #4's workaround doesn't work for me: the setting's lost on logout/login as before.
Comment #6's workaround (with grp:shifts_toggle) also doesn't work for me, and messes up font and icon settings.
It seems the upstream developers acknowledge there's limited support of XKB options for now: goodies. xfce.org/ projects/ panel-plugins/ xfce4-xkb- plugin
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so it's a case of waiting (or getting involved upstream, for those who can)