keyboard switching applet does not update /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd

[Brandt B]

Dear all

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04

apt-cache policy gnome-settings-daemon
gnome-settings-daemon:
  Installed: 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.2
  Candidate: 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.2
  Version table:
 *** 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.2 0
        500 http://ubuntu.ph.tum.de/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.4.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ubuntu.ph.tum.de/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages

Switching the keyboard layout via system-settings->keyboard-layout updates the file /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd accordingly:

gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
 layouts = [us,de]
 options = [terminate terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,lv3 lv3:ralt_switch,grp grp:alts_toggle]
 model = pc105
#************ switching layouts
gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
 layouts = [de,us]
 options = [terminate terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,lv3 lv3:ralt_switch,grp grp:alts_toggle]
 model = pc105

(Note the different order in layouts = [])Switching the keyboard via the keyboard applet in the indicator panel does not update the kbd file

gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
 layouts = [us,de]
 options = [terminate terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,lv3 lv3:ralt_switch,grp grp:alts_toggle]
 model = pc105
#************ switching layouts
gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd
 layouts = [us,de]
 options = [terminate terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,lv3 lv3:ralt_switch,grp grp:alts_toggle]
 model = pc105

although the keyboard layout is changed. This breaks some scripts, which need to determine the current keyboard layout.