Keyboard input method system can be selected but isn't saved upon reboot or loggout as indicated by "all changes take effect next time you login" dialogue.

[laptoplinux]

Binary package hint: language-selector

Expected behaviour:
 "Keyboard input method system" will allow selection of method and preserve the setting after reboot or logoff.
Behaviour:
Can select ibus as the keyboard input method in the drop down menu but it resets to null on every reboot or logout.

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

apt-cache policy language-selector
language-selector:
  Installed: 0.4.18
  Candidate: 0.4.18
  Version table:
 *** 0.4.18 0
        500 http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jan 6 13:49:38 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Package: language-selector 0.4.18
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: language-selector
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686