$ uname -a
Linux maluch 2.6.31-16-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 8 04:02:15 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ lsb_release -cidr
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 9.10
Release:	9.10
Codename:	karmic

$ grep XKB /etc/default/console-setup 
XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="de"
XKBVARIANT=""
XKBOPTIONS="compose:menu"

$ LANG=C gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard bell_custom_file = (no value set)
 rate = 30
 bell_pitch = 400
 remember_numlock_state = true
 bell_duration = 100
 click = true
 click_volume = 0
 repeat = true
 bell_mode = off
 delay = 500
 /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/indicator:
  secondary = 0
  showFlags = false
  enabledPlugins = []
 /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/preview:
  x = -1
  y = -1
  width = -1
  height = -1
 /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd:
  layouts = []
  options = []
  model = 
 /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/general:
  defaultGroup = -1
  update_handlers = []
  handleIndicators = false
  disable_sysconfig_changed_warning = false
  groupPerWindow = true
  known_file_list = []
  layoutNamesAsGroupNames = true
  loadExtraItems = false

$ sudo tail /var/log/gdm/:0.log
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB Optical Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(**) Logitech USB Optical Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) Logitech USB Optical Mouse: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) Logitech USB Optical Mouse: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) Logitech USB Optical Mouse: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) Logitech USB Optical Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning:          Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
>                   Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server