I too can confirm this workaround solves the issue.
You can perform the same setting without the graphical gconf-editor using the following command (e.g. via SSH):
gconftool --set /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd/layouts --type List --list-type String [aa]
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I too can confirm this workaround solves the issue.
You can perform the same setting without the graphical gconf-editor using the following command (e.g. via SSH):
gconftool --set /desktop/ gnome/periphera ls/keyboard/ kbd/layouts --type List --list-type String [aa]