As a side note, I've verified same procedure using upcomming Ubutuntu- GNOME 15.04, by reseting gnome-shell and using a different keyboard layout (Spanish again), but english locale.
This problem is fixed on 15.04. May the problem is the different mixup set of package versions used in Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1391045 Title: gnome-shell reset keyboard layout to english randomly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1391045/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs