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When I plug an external keyboard into my laptop (which runs Xubuntu 18.04), I have to run xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap to apply the changes to the second keyboard also. This bothers me.

Here is my .Xmodmap:

! change CapsLock to Escape
clear Lock
keycode 0x42 = Escape

This is supposed to make Caps Lock work like Escape, and works well for the attached keyboard. But when I plug in my USB keyboard in the live system, its Caps Lock does not act like Escape, but still like Caps Lock. I have to run xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap again, to also change the Caps Lock key of the USB keyboard.

If the USB keyboard is plugged in at boot time, there is no problem.

Is there a way to do this automatically, when a keyboard is plugged in?

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