Comment 6 for bug 191181

So, on previous installs of ubuntu, David's solution has worked for me. (previous versions: hardy64, intrepid64, netbook-remix-lpia) but it's just stopped working on my latest install (intrepid i386 + netbook-remix).

gconf-editor reports as expected - that stickykeys_two_key_off is unticked, and stickykeys_enable is ticked. However - stickykeys is not enabled, unless I turn it on via the gnome accessibility preferences panel. stickykeys_two_key_off always behaves as if turned on, regardless of settings in either gconf or the Accessibility panel.

I notice this bug also appears in Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=511999

Not having stickykeys is, quite literally, a major pain for me. Looks like it's time to give KDE a whirl....