Comment 6 for bug 656988

Asking repeatedly to 'fix it' does not help and is considered bad manners.

The description of the problem shows that it is probably a general issue. Therefore, there is something you can do, and this is to find more people who are affected.
You can search the 'xorg/xkeyboard-config/gnome-settings-daemon' packages on launchpad for existing bugs, or look at ubuntuforums.org for other users with the same issue.

For example, see
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1570776&highlight=keyboard+layout