Apparently this was a known issue in Intrepid alpha5 (http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/alpha5#Known%20Issues) - the work around described there (set keyboard "Ev-managed") is currently working for me.
Apparently this was a known issue in Intrepid alpha5 (http:// www.ubuntu. com/testing/ intrepid/ alpha5# Known%20Issues) - the work around described there (set keyboard "Ev-managed") is currently working for me.