Please describe the problem:
Here's my setup: I am using Debian 4.0 ("Etch"),and
GNOME's version is 2.14.3. I have "Turkey" and
"U.S. English" in the "Layouts" tab of "Keyboard
Preferences". Please note that Turkey is the first
layout in the list and U.S. English is the second.
It turns out that the order of the layouts affects
the active keymap. I also have the "Keyboard Indicator"
applet enabled.

When I log in, the keyboard map is set by default to
Turkey, and all keys work properly. However when I
switch to U.S. English using the keyboard indicator,
I notice that I am not able to type the backwards
slash ("\") and the pipe character ("|") using the
key just above the right shift key. Instead of
backwards slash, the "," character comes up, and
instead of the pipe character the ";" character
comes up. Note that these two bindings were left
over from the Turkish keyboard layout. The mentioned
key is acting as if it were in the Turkish keyboard
layout.

However, if I change the order of the keyboard
layouts in the "Keyboard Preferences" window so
that "U.S. English" is the first layout and "Turkey"
is the second, everything is fine.

So, the summary is that GNOME changes the keyboard
map in a way which causes the default layout's key
mappings to be left over to the secondary keymap.

When I use "setxkbmap us" to change the layout,
the problem mentioned above does not occur. This
is why I think that the problem is in the way
GNOME changes the keyboard layout.



Steps to reproduce:
1. Open Desktop -> Preferences -> Keyboard
2. Open the "Layouts" tab
3. Add "Turkey" and make sure that it is the first layout. (Move it up.)
4. Add "U.S. English" and make sure that it is the second layout. (Move it down.)
5. Close the "Keyboard Preferences" window.
6. Right-click on the panel and select "Add to Panel".
7. Add the "Keyboard Indicator" applet to the panel.
8. Now switch to "Turkey" (abbreviated "Tur") keyboard layout. (Press Left and Right Alt keys at the same time to switch the keyboard layout.)
9. Now switch to "U.S. English" (abbreviated "USA") keyboard layout.
10. Open up a text editor and try to type "\" (backwards slash) and "|" (pipe) using the key just above the right shift key.
11. Notice that the mentioned key causes "," and ";" to get printed, as if the keyboard layout were "Turkey".
12. Open up the "Keyboard Preferences" window and make sure that "U.S. English" is the first layout in the list. (Move it up.)
13. Redo 8-10 and notice that the mentioned keyboard key is working properly now.


Actual results:
The key above the right shift key does not register the correct characters.
(It prints out "," whereas it should print out "\", and it prints out ";" whereas it should print "|".)

Expected results:
I would expect the key to print the correct characters.

Does this happen every time?
Yes, it does.

Other information: