I don't understand why there is no option to tell
gnome to leave my damn keybindings alone.  I've
been using the same xkb map for the last 6 years,
and now since installing a recent version of
gnome2 on my Debian machine, gnome clobbers my
well-established settings, screwing up my modifier
config.  This, like the C-a issue in text boxes
before that was finally fixed, is SO SINGULARLY
ANNOYING that I will commence jumping through
hoops to destroy this behavior until it is
officially fixed.  All that is needed is a
checkbox in gconf-editor to disable any hijacking
of the xkb config.  GRRRRRR!!