OK, now I have
> gconftool -g /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd/layouts [de nodeadkeys]
and the gdm screen showed "eliminate dead keys" yesterday but today I logged in and the variant got lost again.
OK, now I have
> gconftool -g /desktop/ gnome/periphera ls/keyboard/ kbd/layouts
[de nodeadkeys]
and the gdm screen showed "eliminate dead keys" yesterday but today I logged in and the variant got lost again.