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[jzacsh <287215@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can someone suggest how to fix this properly? I'm happy spend the time
understanding some code and sending a patch.

My reproduction:
- my ~/.xprofile has the following line which turns caps into a Control_L key: `xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap`[1]
- I have a bluetooth keyboard for my 14.04LTS ubuntu machine
- when I walk away from the machine, I turn off my keyboard (to preserve battery/charge)
- when I come back and unlock my screen, my config is reset (ignoring my previous `xmodmap` calls)

Also, wow(!), the 7th anniversary of this bug is coming up :)

[1]:
https://github.com/jzacsh/dotfiles/blob/411572a68ead36ab240bad9e6a550188f19023d1/.config/xmodmaprc#L15-L17

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Title:
  xmodmap settings not getting honored when keyboard devices are
  hotplugged

Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-evdev

  I use xmodmap to map the caps lock key to the meta key with the
  following in my ~/.Xmodmap:

    !
    ! - map capslock to meta key
    !
    remove Lock = Caps_Lock
    add Mod3 = Caps_Lock

  This works correctly on Intrepid on my lenovo T61's built-in keyboard.
  When I plug in a USB keyboard, caps lock is not mapped to meta, though
  it still is mapped that way on the built-in keyboard. If I then re-run
  xmodmap on my .Xmodmap, caps lock on the USB keyboard gets mapped
  correctly; however, unplugging and re plugging in the USB keyboard
  results in its caps lock key being reset to the unmapped state.

  This worked correctly on hardy.

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