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[Thomas Albright <thomas.albright@xxxxxxxxx>]

After many hours, I found a workaround for this problem.

The first workaround I tried was adding a rule to /etc/udev/rules.d/ to
run xmodmap automatically when the keyboard is plugged in.  This works,
but not on a consistent basis.  It seems to depend on the timing of when
the keyboard is actually registered by the system.  Sometimes, xmodmap
is run before the keyboard is actually registered, so the changes are
not effective.

Here is the workaround: Instead of using xmodmap, use xkb.  I believe
xkb is being run when the USB keyboard is plugged in, and running xkb
erases the xmodmap settings.  So rather than fight it trying to use
xmodmap, just use xkb.  It was a little tricky to figure it out, but it
only took an hour.  My key settings now stay consistent when I plug in a
USB keyboard.

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xmodmap settings not getting honored when keyboard devices are hotplugged
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/287215
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