Comment # 18 on bug 1008248 from Stefan Dirsch

(In reply to First Last from comment #17)
> I changed /etc/vconsole.conf to "ch-de", then I created a new user and
> opened a session with the new user. The issue persists.
> cat /etc/vconsole.conf in the new session gave "KEYMAP=ch-de" because I had
> changed it. All the other commands stayed the same - with the "nodeadkeys"
> string.

Seems like /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf has not been recreated. Please
make sure to restart the display manager ("rcxdm restart") or reboot the
machine? I was wrong before. Restarting the desktop is *not* enough. Reattach 
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf afterwards.

> Yast only offers one variant of German (Switzerland) unlike German, where
> there is a dead keys variant.

I know. As before on Leap 42.1 ...