I have the same problem using 10.10 amd64 The following lines solves my problem:
Xephyr :1 -noreset & sleep 1 xkbcomp :0 :1 DISPLAY=:1 ssh -X u...@localhost gnome-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/469335 Title: Xephyr keyboard layout broken since Karmic upgrade _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp