> The default has already been switched to off.  Does it always fail on R14
> or was this data point obtained with 3.5.13.x?

Thank you Tim, yes SAK is actually turned off on the R14/Ubuntu 13.04
nightly live CD I installed in March. That's the only R14 I've
installed so far.

The SAK problem has always occurred with 3.5.13.2 and older, on 3
different PC's with two different keyboards. It occurred on a few of your
(earlier) live Ubuntu CD's, Sparky Linux (3.5.13.x? on Wheezy) and on
several apt installations on Lucid and Jessie.

I believe SAK came already turned off on all three versions of Exe/Gnu.

It did recur when I reinstalled KDM on 3.5.13.2/Debian Testing/Jessie
a few weeks ago. (I used Wheezy repos for that one and it otherwise
works flawlessly).