diff -up gnome-settings-daemon-2.28.1/plugins/keyboard/gsd-keyboard-xkb.c.survive-xmm gnome-settings-daemon-2.28.1/plugins/keyboard/gsd-keyboard-xkb.c
--- gnome-settings-daemon-2.28.1/plugins/keyboard/gsd-keyboard-xkb.c.survive-xmm	2009-12-15 15:39:28.904208015 -0500
+++ gnome-settings-daemon-2.28.1/plugins/keyboard/gsd-keyboard-xkb.c	2009-12-15 15:39:46.554927327 -0500
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ apply_xkb_settings (void)
 		GSList *found_node;
 		int     max_groups;
 
-		max_groups = xkl_engine_get_max_num_groups (xkl_engine);
+		max_groups = MAX (xkl_engine_get_max_num_groups (xkl_engine), 1);
 		layouts = gconf_client_get_list (conf_client,
 						 GKBD_KEYBOARD_CONFIG_KEY_LAYOUTS,
 						 GCONF_VALUE_STRING, NULL);