Comment 4 for bug 8698

I can login. However I am not sure if everyone will. I don't have
very weird characers in my password. If I had characters like
; or [ I would be in trouble. The problem could also be
worse for someone coming from a language with a more weird
keyboard layout (remember, this problem is not only pt_BR
specific as I explained above).

I had tried to setup the keyboard using the gnome preferences.
I had selcted the "Generic 104-key PC" model. When I try to select
the "US English w/ deadkeys" layout I get an error dialog like
this:

--- Error message ---

Error activating XKB configuration.
Probably internal X server problem.

X server version data:
The XFree86 Project, Inc
40300001
You are using XFree 4.3.0.
There are known problems with complex XKB configurations.
Try using simpler configuration or taking more fresh version of XFree software.
If you report this situation as a bug, please include:
- The result of xprop -root | grep XKB
- The result of gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb

--- Error message ---

If I run the above commands I get

--- Commands output ---

pjssilva@leia:~$ xprop -root | grep XKB
_XKB_RULES_NAMES_BACKUP(STRING) = "xfree86", "abnt2", "br", "abnt2", ""
_XKB_RULES_NAMES(STRING) = "xfree86", "pc104", "br", "abnt2", ""

pjssilva@leia:~$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/xkb
 layouts = [br abnt2,us_intl]
 model = pc104
 overrideSettings = false
 options = [grp grp:alts_toggle]
 update_handlers = []

--- end output ---

I only get this message if I select "US English w/ deadkeys" layout. If I select
any other
layout like plain "US English" or "US English w/ ISO9995-3" (which does not have
deadkeys
here) or "Latin America" I don't get an error message. I have also tested the
above in my
Debian unstable dektop at home and I get the same error.

I am now running my ubuntu system with plain English and I can't use accents :-(